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Victorian church restored after WW2 by Ninian Comper; highlights include stained glass windows, Baldachino and war memorial in the grounds.

Nothing prepares you, as you climb the 13 steps up to St Stephen for the majestic space within, the dome is Wren's finest and based on his original design for St Paul's.

Our history is inexorably entwined with some of the most radical and progressive developments of the modern age, and yet the core principles at the centre of our congregation remain as true today as they were when the church began.

Southwark Cathedral, once a priory church, is (as in monastic days) a centre for a pattern of daily worship within the English cathedral music tradition: a centre of teaching, of worship, prayer and pilgrimage, open and inclusive to all.

When Wren rebuilt this 12th century church in 1681-86, he employed some of the greatest craftsmen of his age.

First mentioned in 1185 and rebuilt in 1441, the current church by Wren was completed in 1692; the tower by Robert Hooke was finished in 1700.

The original church, founded in the early 12th century, was one of the first buildings to be destroyed by the Great Fire as it stood just 300m (1000ft) from Pudding Lane.

On Easter Day 1727 St Mary Woolnoth of the nativity was reopened after it’s rebuilding by Nicholas Hawksmoor, which took 12 years and was paid for from the proceeds of the tax on sea borne coal.

Here for Good.

The church lies over the remains of the Basilica, the northern most part of the great Roman Forum built in the first century AD.

We warmly welcome visitors at Rye Lane Baptist Chapel; it is a Grade II listed building which boasts historical features in a fine Victorian nonconformist building.