I Never Knew That About London
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Gazetteer
EC3 SOUTH
The Monument
Fish Hill
Nearest underground: Monument
Open daily 9.30-5.30
www.themonument.info
Tel: 020 7626 2717
All Hallows-by-the-Tower
Byward Street
Nearest underground: Tower Hill
Open daily
www.allhallowsbythetower.org.uk
Tel: 020 7481 2928
St Olave, Hart Street
Nearest underground: Tower Hill
Open weekdays 10.00 – 4.00
www.sanctuaryinthecity.net
St Margaret Pattens
Eastcheap
Nearest underground: Monument
Open weekdays
www.stmargaretpattens.org
Tel: 020 7623 6630
EC3 NORTH
St Botolph, Aldgate
Aldgate High Street
Nearest underground: Aldgate
Open Sunday – Thursday 10.00 – 3.00
www.stbotolphs.org.uk
Tel: 020 7283 1670
St Helen’s Bishopsgate
Nearest underground: Liverpool Street
Open Monday – Friday 9.30 – 5.00 (entrance through office)
www.st-helens.org.uk
Tel: 020 7283 2231
St Katharine Cree
Leadenhall Street
Nearest underground: Aldgate
Open Monday – Friday 10.30 – 4.00
www.london-city-churches.org.uk
Tel: 020 7283 5733
Lloyd’s Building
1 Lime Street
Nearest underground: Bank or Monument
Open by appointment only
www.lloyds.com
St Mary Woolnoth
Lombard Street
Nearest underground: Bank
Open Monday – Friday 9.30 – 4.30
www.london-city-churches.org.uk
Tel: 020 7626 9701
Portuguese and Spanish Synagogue
Bevis Marks
Nearest underground: Aldgate
Open Monday – Wednesday, Friday 11.00 – 1.00
Sunday 11.00 – 12.30
www.london-city-churches.org.uk
Tel: 020 7626 1274
EC2
Bank of England Museum
Bartholomew Lane
Nearest underground: Bank
Open Monday – Friday 10.00 – 5.00
www.bankofengland.co.uk
Tel: 020 7601 5545
St Ethelburga-the-Virgin
Bishopsgate
Nearest underground: Liverpool Street
Open Friday 11.00 – 3.00 Other times by prior arrangement
www.stethelburgas.org
Tel: 020 7496 1610
St Giles Cripplegate
Barbican
Nearest underground: Barbican
Open Monday – Friday 11.00 – 4.00
www.stgilescripplegate.com
Guildhall
Nearest underground: St Paul’s or Bank
For opening times Tel: 020 7606 3030
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
St Lawrence Jewry
Gresham Street
Nearest underground: St Paul’s or Bank
Open Monday – Thursday 8.00 – 1.00
www.london-city-churches.org.uk
Tel: 020 7600 9478
ST PAUL’S
St Paul’s Cathedral
Nearest underground: St Paul’s
Open Monday – Saturday 8.30 – 4.00
www.stpauls.co.uk
St Mary-le-Bow
Cheapside
Nearest underground: Mansion House
Open Monday – Friday 7.00 – 5.00
www.stmarylebow.co.uk
Tel: 020 7248 5139
St Mary Aldermary
Watling Street
Nearest underground: Mansion House
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 11.00 – 3.00
1st and 3rd Wednesday 11.00 – 3.00
www.stmaryaldermary.co.uk
Tel: 020 7248 4906
St Stephen Walbrook
Nearest underground: Bank or Cannon Street
Open Monday – Friday 10.00 – 4.00
www.ststephenwalbrook.net
Tel: 020 7606 3998
St Benet, Paul’s Wharf
Queen Victoria Street
Nearest underground: Blackfriars
Open 1st Monday in month 11.00 – 3.30 or by arrangement
www.london-city-churches.org.uk
Tel: 020 7489 8754
College of Arms
Queen Victoria Street
Nearest underground: Blackfriars
Open by appointment
www.college-of-arms.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7248 2762
Mansion House
Nearest underground: Bank
Open by appointment only Applications in writing to The Principal Assistant, Mansion, House London EC4N 8BH
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
FLEET STREET
Temple Church
Inner Temple
Nearest underground: Temple
Open Wednesday – Sunday 10.00 – 4.00
www.templechurch.com
Tel: 020 7353 3470
Prince Henry’s Room
17 Fleet Street
Open Monday – Friday 11.00-2.00
Nearest underground: Blackfriars
*Prince Henry’s Room is currently closed but due to re open end of 2007. For news go to www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation
St Dunstan-in-the-West
Nearest underground: Temple or Blackfriars
Open Monday – Friday 11.00 – 2.00
www.stdunstaninthewest.org
Tel: 020 7405 1929
St Bride Fleet Street
Nearest underground: Blackfriars
Open Monday – Friday 8.00 – 5.00
Saturday 11.00 – 4.00
Sunday 9.30 – 12.30 and 5.30 – 7.30
www.stbride.org
Tel: 020 7427 0133
EC1
Church of the Holy Sepulchre without Newgate
Holborn Viaduct
Nearest underground: St Paul’s
Open Tuesday & Thursday 12.00 – 2.00
Wednesday 11.00 – 3.00
www.london-city-churches.org.uk
Tel: 020 7248 3826
St John’s Gate
St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
Nearest underground: Faringdon
Open Monday – Friday 10.00 – 5.00 Saturday 10.00 – 4.00
www.sja.org.uk
Tel: 020 7234 4005
Charterhouse
Nearest underground: Barbican
Open by appointment only
www.thecharterhouse.com
St Etheldreda’s Church
Ely Place
Nearest underground: Chancery Lane
Open daily (Times subject to service times)
www.stetheldreda.com
Tel: 020 7405 1061
THE STRAND
St Clement Danes
Nearest underground: Temple
Open daily 8.00 – 16.30
www.st-clement-danes.co.uk
St Mary-le-Strand
Nearest underground: Temple
Open Monday – Saturday 11.00 – 4.00
Sunday 10.00 – 3.00
www.stmarylestrand.org
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
The Strand
Nearest underground: Temple
Open daily 10.00 – 6.00
www.courtauld.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7848 2526
Savoy Chapel
Nearest underground: Temple
Open Tuesday – Friday 11.30 – 3.30
www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk
THE WEST END
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Nearest underground:
Charing Cross
Open daily
www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
Tel: 020 7766 1100
St Paul’s Covent Garden
Nearest underground: Covent Garden
Open Monday – Friday 8.30 – 5.30
Sunday 9.00 – 1.00
www.actorschurch.org
Tel: 020 7836 5221
MAYFAIR & HYDE PARK
St James’s Piccadilly
Nearest underground: Piccadilly Circus
Open daily
www.st-james-piccadilly.org
Tel: 020 7734 4511
Apsley House
Hyde Park Corner
Nearest underground: Hyde Park Corner
Open 1 April – 31 October 10.00 – 5.00 daily except Mondays 1 November – 20 March 10.00 – 4.00 daily except Mondays
www.english-heritage.org,uk
Tel: 020 7499 5676
Handel House
25 Brook Street W1
Nearest underground: Bond Street
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10.00 – 6.00
Thursday 10.00 – 8.00
Sunday 12.00 – 6.00
www.handelhouse.org
Tel: 020 7495 1685
ST JAMES’S
Buckingham Palace
Nearest underground: Victoria
Open July 31 – Sept 25 9.45 – 6.00 (Timed tickets)
www.royal.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7766 7300
Institute of Contemporary Art
The Mall
Nearest underground: Charing Cross
Open Monday 12.00-11.00, Tues-Sat 12.00-1.00, Sunday 12.00-10.30
www.ica.org.uk
Tel: 020 7930 3647
Queen’s Chapel
Marlborough Road
Nearest underground: Green Park
Open for 8.30 and 11.30 Sunday services Easter to July only
www.royal.gov.uk
WHITEHALL
Banqueting House
Nearest underground: Westminster or Charing Cross
Open Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 5.00
www.hrp.org.uk
Cabinet War Rooms
King Charles Street SW1
Nearest underground: Westminster or St James’s Park
Open daily 9.30 – 6.00
www.cwr.iwm.org.uk
Tel: 020 7930 6961
WESTMINSTER
Westminster Abbey
Nearest underground: Westminster
Open Monday – Saturday 9.30 – 3.45
www.westminster-abbey.org
Tel: 020 7222 5152
Houses of Parliament
Nearest underground: Westminster
Visits arranged through an MP or Lord
Or by queuing in the day for debates
www.parliament.uk
VICTORIA
Westminster Cathedral
Nearest underground: Victoria
Open Monday – Saturday 8.00 – 7.00 Sunday 6.00 – 7.00
www.westminstercathedral.org.uk
Tel: 020 7798 9055
Tate Britain
Millbank SW1
Nearest underground: Pimlico
Open daily 10.00 – 5.50
www.tate.org.uk
Tel: 020 7887 8888
Blewcoat School (NT)
23 Caxton Street SW1
Nearest underground: St James’s Park
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Tel: 020 7222 2877
St John Smith Square
Nearest underground: Westminster
Open by appointment
www.sjss.org.uk
Tel: 020 7222 1061
TOWER
Tower of London
Nearest underground: Tower Hill
Open Tuesday – Saturday 9.00 – 6.00
Sunday – Monday 10.00 – 6.00
www.hrp.org.uk
Tower Bridge
Nearest underground: Tower Hill
Open 1 April – 30 September: 10.00 – 18.30
1 October – 31 March: 09.30 – 18.00
www.towerbridge.org.uk
Tel: 020 7403 3761
Wilton’s Music Hall
Grace’s Alley E1
Nearest underground: Tower Hill or Aldgate East
Occasional open days or tours booked in advance
www.wiltons.org.uk
Tel: 020 7702 9555
EAST END RIVERSIDE
St Paul’s Shadwell
302 The Highway E1
Nearest underground: Wapping or Shadwell DLR
Open daily
www.stpaulsshadwell.org
Tel: 020 7680 2772
St Anne’s Limehouse
Commercial Road E14
Nearest underground: Westferry DLR
Open to visit – telephone 020 7515 0977
www.stanneslimehouse.org
POPLAR & ISLE OF DOGS
Virginia Quay
Access via side road off Aspen Way E14
Nearest underground: Blackwall or East India DLR
Open daily
Trinity Buoy Wharf
64 Orchard Place E14
Nearest underground: East India DLR
Open daily
Lighthouse open first weekend of each month, 11.00 – 5.00
www.trinitybuoywharf.com
THE EAST END
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
32/34 Whitechapel Road E1
Nearest underground: Aldgate East
Open: Tours on selected Saturdays at 10.00 and 5.00
www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk
Dennis Sever’s House
18 Folgate Street
Nearest underground: Aldgate East or Liverpool Street
Open Monday evenings and some Sundays
www.dennissevershouse.co.uk
Tel: 020 7247 4013
Christ Church, Spitalfields
Nearest underground: Liverpool Street
Open Sundays 1.00 – 4.00
Tuesdays 11.00 – 4.00
Monday to Friday 11.00 – 4.00
when not being used as a venue
www.ccspitalfields.org
Tel: 020 7377 6793
St Dunstan’s Stepney
Stepney High Street E1
Nearest underground:
Open daily
www.stdunstanstepney.org
Tel: 020 7702 8685
Jamme Masjid Mosque
Brick Lane E1
Nearest underground: Liverpool Street or Aldgate East
Open by appointment
CHELSEA
Royal Hospital
Royal Hospital Road SW3
Nearest underground: Sloane Square
Open daily 10.00 – 12.00 and 2.00 and 4.00
www.chelsea-pensioners.co.uk
020 7881 5200
Physic Garden
66 Royal Hospital Road SW3
Nearest underground: Sloane Square
Open April – 28 October Wednesdays 12.00 – dusk Thursdays and Fridays 12.00 – 5.00 Sundays and Bank Holidays 12.00 – 6.00
www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
Tel: 020 7352 5646
KENSINGTON
Kensington Palace
Nearest underground: High Street Kensington or Notting Hill
Open Daily 10.00 – 6.00
www.hrp.org.uk
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road SW7
Open daily 10.00 – 5.45 (10pm, Fridays)
Nearest underground: South Kensington
www.vam.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7942 2000
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road SW7
Open daily 10.00 – 5.50
Nearest underground: South Kensington
www.nhm.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7942 5000
Linley Samborne’s House
18 Stafford Terrace W8
Nearest underground: High Street Kensington
Open March – December by appointment
or for pre-booked weekend tours
www.rbkc.gov.uk
Tel: Monday to Friday – 020 7602 3316, 11am to 5.30pm
Saturday and Sunday – 020 7938 1295
Lord Leighton’s House
12 Holland Park Road W14
Nearest underground: High Street Kensington
Open daily 11.00 – 5.00 (except Tuesdays)
www.rbkc.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7602 3316
HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM
Fulham Palace
Bishops Park SW6
Nearest underground: Putney Bridge
Open Saturday 11.00 to 2.00
Sunday 11.30 to 3.30
Monday and Tuesday 12.00 to 4.00
www.fulhampalace.org
Tel: 020 7736 8140
Kelmscott House
26 Upper Mall W6
Nearest underground: Hammersmith or Ravenscourt Park
Basement and Coach House Open Thursdays and Saturdays 2.00 – 5.00
www.morrissociety.org
Tel: 020 8741 3735
BBC TV Centre
Wood Lane W12
Nearest underground: White City
Open pre-booked tours Monday – Saturday
www.bbc.co.uk/tours
0870 603 0304
WANDSWORTH
St Mary’s Putney
Putney Bridge SW15
Nearest underground: Putney Bridge
Open daily
www.parishofputney.co.uk
St Mary’s Battersea
Battersea Church Road SW11
Nearest station: Clapham Junction