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For more than 1,400 years, a cathedral dedicated to St Paul has stood at the highest point in the city.

St Matthew's Bethnal Green is considered a church of outstanding special interest.

As nearby Westminster Abbey was a monastery church, local people needed a place to worship and so St Margaret's was founded in the 12th century.

Discover the famous church or Bow Bells and see the majestic architecture of Sir Christopher Wren, an oasis of peace in the midst of the city.

There has been a church on this site, dedicated to St Benet (or Benedict), since the 12th century, Shakespeare refers to it and both Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey may have received the last rites here.

This Georgian church and its bucolic setting hasn’t changed significantly since it was shown in Turner’s view from Richmond Hill of 1820.

Bethnal Green Mission Church forms the heart of an elegant new urban block, which includes a community centre, cafe and apartments.

Westminster Cathedral is a supreme achievement of art with many distinguished works of artistic merit.

Prepare yourself for surprises when you go into this church, from the outside nothing looks untoward, except that the tower is clearly Saxon, and the whole of the rest of the building is obviously very much later.

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.

This is thought to be the oldest church in the City dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

The present chapel at Fulham Palace is the fourth known at the site, designed by William Butterfield for Bishop Tait it was consecrated in 1867 but after bomb damage in the 1940s it was altered in the 1950s and is now a fascinating mixture of old and new.