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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Saturday 6 December 12.30pm
Come and follow the shepherds to Bethlehem with John Rutter’s lively Shepherd’s Pipe Carol and Harrison Knights’ evocative arrangement of How Far Is It To Bethlehem?
Sunday 7 December 2-4pm
Once again we’ll be rocking St James’s gorgeous courtyard with our own gospel take on the Nine Lessons And Carols, a selection of seasonal texts and sizzling gospel arrangements of carols.
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.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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During Disability History Month Sally Jacobs explores the intertwined strands of faith, disability, and sexuality, reflecting on how they have shaped her life, identity, and survival.
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During Disability History month, Sorrel explores what today’s church can learn from the legacy of the UK disability civil rights movement. They reject the infantilising effect of the pity paradigm and use their experience in the Student Christian Movement to set out a vision of radical inclusion.
In this special film to mark Living Wage Week 2025, accredited churches from across the Diocese of London came together to express what paying the real Living Wage means to them and why it matters to their communities.
Mpume reflects on the recent retreat to Wychcroft House, which taught us to pause, trust, and be replenished together.
St James’s representatives Ray Crocker and Fiona Notman attended the rededication of the war memorial at Archbishop Tenison School in Kennington.
A powerful exhibition of new work by Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo, part of the Art in the Side Chapel series at St James’s, highlights colonialism, spirituality, and Black history.
The Very Revd Dr Mark Oakley, Dean of Southwark Cathedral, speaks boldly and personally about being gay in the Church of England and the love of God for all LGBTQ+ people.
Beneath the spire of Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, St James’s prepares once again to open its doors to the magic of the season. But this isn’t just any Christmas concert—it’s the annual Christmas for All Gala Concert, a fundraising concert that has become the hallmark event of the year for a church that has been a beacon of music, community, and compassion for over 340 years.
