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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
Book tickets for Black History Month, Tue 8 Oct, 7.30pm, conversation with Revd Dr Ayla Lepine about history, racial justice today and the complexity and challenge of St James’s parish history.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round cultural programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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St James’s Piccadilly has been a Church of England parish at the heart of London since 1684. The Grade I listed church building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
In the 1662, King Charles II granted a charter to develop part of the estate that belonged to St James’s Palace. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, St James’s was consecrated in 1684 and is now a Grade 1 listed building. St James’s Church Piccadilly has been at the heart of the community since 1684.
Generations of Londoners and international visitors have found a place here, attending services, concerts, meeting in its unique courtyard or taking some time to enjoy the contemplative green space of the Southwood Garden.
After the bombing of 1940, the church was rebuilt. In the decades since, the church has developed a reputation for being creative, engaged and inclusive, rooted in its Christian faith as part of the Anglican Communion but welcoming to people of all faiths and none.
The Wren Project celebrates London’s 17th- century inheritance by transforming it for 21st century work.
St James’s Church is a historic church, looking to the future, impatient for change in the society we serve.
