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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
Join St James’s for a Holy Week pilgrimage as we walk the way of the cross together from sorrow to Easter joy. Everyone is welcome at all of our events and services.
17 Feb – 5 April
Joke Amusan’s powerful altarpiece and altar covering for Lent express a story of sacred love, prayer and hope in God’s steadfast presence.
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.
It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already 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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Held each Wednesday morning from 8.30am-9am in the side chapel
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Wednesday 8 April 1.10pm
The artist for this lunchtime recital will be selected from the prizewinners at this year’s Senior and Junior Intercollegiate Competitions on March 29th 2026.
Thur and Fri at 12noon
A chance to gather, share some silence, share some reflections.
Held each Thursday from 1.10pm-1.40pm in church.
Friday 10 April 1.10pm
Young musicians from Junior Academy (Royal Academy of Music) play a varied programme of colourful repertoire for piano, cello and violin.
Thursday 10 April 7.30pm
New Virtuosi Gala Concert will present a programme of solo and ensemble works by Paganini, Wieniawski, Maurer, Dvorak, etc
Saturday 11 April 7.30pm
English Chamber Choir, Vache Baroque & exceptional soloists perform Handel’s Messiah in the Baroque splendour of St James’s Piccadilly.
Sunday 12 April 11am
Author, Episcopal priest and prophetic leader The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers visits St James’s, to preach and help us reimagine the church’s future in an increasingly multicultural, nonreligious milieu.
