New Cross is an area in south-east London, England, 4.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 …New Cross is an area in south-east London, England, 4.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, Telegraph Hill, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Greenwich, and home to Goldsmiths, University of London, Haberdashers' Hatcham College and Addey and Stanhope School.