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St Bride's, Fleet Street is a warm and welcoming Christian community, and one of the most famous and most fascinating historic churches in Central London.

St Bride's is known worldwide as the Journalists' Church, offering a spiritual home to all who work in the media. However, our ministry extends to everyone who lives and works within our parish, and to the thousands of visitors who come to us every year. Our beautiful Wren church provides a place of peace and a spiritual haven in the heart of the city for all who come. With one of the best professional choirs in the country, we are also well known for the outstanding quality of our music and of the worship we offer.

A place of Christian worship for 1500 years, we continue to proclaim the love of God here today. Whether journalist, tourist, City resident or worker, you will always be made very welcome.

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Whether a visitor to London, a City worker, journalist or a member of the media industries, or whether you are wondering about celebrating a special occasion here, we want you to feel that St Bride's is a special place of peace, prayer, and hospitality.

Address: St. Bride's Ave , London EC4Y 8AU, XGL, GB
Phone: 020 7427 0133
[email protected]
State: XGL
City: London
Zip Code: EC4Y 8AU

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I only went because of Notting Hill, the journalist church and it's stunning. An unusual tiled floor, beautiful stained glass windows and statues but more surprising below ground level are the ruins of the original church. A wonderful memorial place for those lost at war. So much to see, I loved it.Visited onWeekendWait time30–60 min
One of Londons most beautiful churches as well as historical having s museum in the crypt. Designed by Christopher Wren in the late 17th century, St. Bride's Church is a familiar part of the London skyline and has long been known as the "journalists' church," thanks to its location in the traditional hub of the British newspaper industry. One of its most intriguing features, however, had been completely forgotten until the church was gutted by German firebombs in World War II. The current building is the eighth church to occupy the site on Fleet Street, with the first most likely being built in the 6th century by Irish missionaries. A different incarnation subsequently built on the spot in the Middle Ages was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Wren was commissioned to design a replacement in 1672; the resulting church took seven years to build and ended up being one of the tallest and most expensive churches the architect ever built, second only to St. Paul's Cathedral. The new church was built atop the remnants of the seven previous churches, including seven different crypts and two medieval charnel houses which Wren organized into one cohesive substructure. The crypts regularly welcomed new inhabitants for almost another two centuries, right up to the 1854 cholera epidemic. Faced with a growing pile of bodies and worried about spreading the disease further, Parliament ordered the closing of all London crypts. The ancient crypt beneath St. Bride's was sealed shut and subsequently forgotten. In 1940, the Blitz inflicted severe fire damage on St. Bride's Church, leaving little more than a smoldering shell. Once efforts to rebuild Wren's design got underway a decade later, the crowded burial chambers below were unexpectedly rediscovered by preparatory excavations in 1953. The crypts were found to contain the remains of 227 individually identified people interred since the 17th century, as well as an estimated 7000 human remains in the more communal charnel house, where bones removed from the cemetery during the Middle Ages in order to make room for new burials were arranged according to type skulls with skulls, femurs with femurs, etc. and laid out in a checkerboard pattern to an as-yet unknown depth. St. Bride's more recent bone cache is concerned one of the best resources for historic forensics in Europe. The crypts are accessible only via guided tour.
Another fine work by the famous Christopher Wren. The place is just 5 minute walk from St. Paul Cathedral another work of Wren. Entry to the cathedral and the crypt/museum is completely free. Well worth a visit.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo
I was in the area for business and had some time to stroll around, when I noticed the sign outside the church. I went in to have a look, even though it was not the day/time mentioned in the sign. I was pleased to see that it had a welcoming environment and, unlike many other churches, was not trying to make a profit out of the visitors there is an option to make a donation if you wish, but access to the "modern" Church and the crypt is free. Well presented and easily accessible. An interesting place to visit with its own history, suitable for someone who wants to pray or just to have some quite time during a stressful day. The way a modern church should be like, in my opinion. 5 stars from me!
Beautiful church hidden behind the buildings on the main road and perfect place to contemplate and get some peace from the outside world. The church, its crypt and museum charts the history of London from the roman times to now with the archaeological finds from the site to explore.
As St Paul in covent garden is to the arts, St Bride's is to newspapers and journalism. The church is a memorial to journalism and their mission to accurately inform. The church has a remembrance altar on which are the ordo of service for deceased journalists and others. St Bride's suffered damage during the war and a positive was the discovery of Medieval and earlier church ruins and the crypt is worth visiting.
This may look like a self-promotion. I can assure you that it is not the case. Please try to empathise with my heart-felt feelings in reading this post. As a through and through Londoner, as i am. I've witnessed my city's skyline change dramatically at a breakneck speed over the last 40 years. Thank goodness our places of worship remain immovable. Stooped in history, they offer up not only a place for mindful comfort but equally a house dedicated to preserving our national history. However, small my day at St Brides may seem to the reader. For me, as a florist, i can assure you it means the world. My morning at St Brides cements my humble belonging to the city that created me.
St Brides on Fleet Street is one of London's most historical churches, and sadly, it was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. However, a new church was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and erected on the site until its demise during the Second World War. Despite being extensively damaged during the Blitz, the church was painstainkingly restored to its former glory and re-opened for worship in the 1950s The church has been synonymous with the newspaper industry because of its location in Fleet Street. However, the church is open to all and now houses its own museum in the Crypt and is well worth a visit.
We visited St. Bride's as part of our free City of London tour. The visit was free on a Tuesday morning. Our guide Sinead took us down to the crypt and explained Victorian-era resurrection men. It was really interesting to explore the excavated area, old tombstones, and the lovely little chapel. We didn't look much into the ground floor main church, but it was very bright and spacious.
Just a little off the beaten path from St Paul’s church, St Bride’s is worth a visit! Visitors are welcome to see this site, it is free, but we made a donation to the church! Please know, there are not any public restrooms. A church steeped in great history! I definitely suggest taking 20-30 minutes to go downstairs and see the historical exhibit that dates back 2000 years. “'PHOENIX OF FlEET STREET' This crypt orS Brides where you now sand. spans 2000 years of this country's history; spiritual, political and social. The Romans built on this spot. It was believed that a Celtic Christian community was active here. Saxon and Norman churches followed. The medieval church was one of 88 parish churches destroyed by the Great Fire of London in September 1666. Sir Christopher Wren, the builder of St Paul's Cathedral, designed the new St Bride's with its 'wedding cake' steeple. On 29 December 1940, during the Second World War, St Bride's was burnt down - only the steeple and outer walls remaining - in the great fire-bomb raid on London. After the War, the church was rebuilt substantially to Wren's original design. In 1952, before rebuilding began, Professor W. F. Grimes carried out excavations on behalf of the Roman and Medieval London Excavation Council; unfortunately he died before his detailed report could be completed In 1993, research funded by English Heritage, began at the Museum of London to reassess his work; meanwhile archacologists from University College London complemented the earlier investigations by recording in detail the standing medieval stonework. The story of St Bride's is embodied in the stones around you; this exhibition reveals that story of the past as it has been interpreted by archacologists of today.”
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