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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.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
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 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.
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.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 2 February 6pm
This will be an unmissable evening hosted by Dominic Dromgoole, former artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Getting here
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
The evening will include uplifting gospel music from Soul Sanctuary as well as classical music from Patrick Kiernan’s Zielinski Quartet.
Performances will include a reading by Simon Callow, Sinead Cusack in a performance from Esther Freud’s prison play ‘Stitchers’, and Isabella Tree reading from her bestselling book ‘Wilding’, as well as testimonials from prisoners.
Doors will open at 6pm for drinks and canapes.
There will also be a short intermission.
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about rehabilitation in prison.
Fine Cell Work breaks the cycle of reoffending through the transformative power of needlework. Our unique process boosts our stitchers’ self-worth, instils accountability, and fosters hope. Hope that transformation is possible.
Tickets are available from £50-£75
