| 1 St Cyprian Clarence Gate |
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Romantic medievalising in a 19th-century church |
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| 2 St Mary |
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Modern architecture adapts to the medieval |
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| 3 St Mary |
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Spot Turner painting the river |
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| 4 St Mary |
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Dazzling decoration and colour |
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| 5 Bermondsey Abbey |
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The place that marks the spot |
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| 6 St Mary Magdalen |
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The site of a monastery church |
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| 7 St Matthew |
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What wonders can be done out of destruction |
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| 8 Fitzrovia Chapel |
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| 9 Lumen United Reformed |
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'Lumen' light is captivating |
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| 10 St George |
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The epitome of classical architecture |
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| 11 St Mary with St George |
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A cute German Lutheran church |
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| 12 St Pancras and Crypt Gallery |
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Classical statues and contemporary art |
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| 13 St Paul |
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| 14 St Wilfrid |
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Visible World War II damage |
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| 15 St Pancras Old Church |
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The tomb of Sir John Soane and a mortuary |
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| 16 St Luke with Holy Trinity |
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A village church with murder at its heart |
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| 17 St Michael and All Angels |
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Arts and Crafts meets Catholic revival |
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| 18 All Hallows by the Tower |
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Coffee by the river and wonderful art |
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| 19 Charterhouse Chapel |
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A place for brothers and sisters |
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| 20 Christchurch Greyfriars |
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How does your garden grow? |
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| 21 The Dutch Church |
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| 22 London Mithraeum |
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The ultra modern and the pagan |
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| 23 St Bartholomew the Less City of London |
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An ancient foundation for curing and healing |
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| 24 St Botolph-Aldersgate |
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The patron saint of travelling |
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| 25 St Bride |
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Crypt museum and ancient walls |
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| 26 St Dunstan in the East |
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An ivy-clad romantic ruin |
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| 27 St Giles' Cripplegate |
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| 28 St James Garlickhythe |
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Not far from the wharf where garlic arrived |
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| 29 St Katharine Cree |
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The next best thing to Renaissance Florence |
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| 30 St Magnus the Martyr |
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An Orkney saint and a 20th-century poet |
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| 31 St Margaret Pattens |
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Pattens protect you from mud and rain |
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| 32 St Mary Aldermary |
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| 33 St Mary Woolnoth |
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T.S. Eliot's legendary poem The Waste Land |
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| 34 St Vedast-alias-Foster |
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A church with a sculpture garden at the back |
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| 35 Courland Grove Baptist |
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A perfectly proportioned house |
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| 36 Holy Trinity |
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| 37 St James |
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| 38 St Peter |
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The altar in the west is close to the deli |
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| 39 St Constantine and St Helen |
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All that glitters and all that gold |
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| 40 St Saviour |
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| 41 St Clement |
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Classical in a gorgeous green square |
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| 42 St Alfege |
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Martyr saint and medieval nails |
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| 43 St John |
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| 44 St Michael & All Angels |
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| 45 St Augustine |
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A superb architect redesign |
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| 46 St Mary |
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Standing still in the face of Heathrow expansion |
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| 47 Our Lady of the Rosary |
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A little bit of Gothic France |
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| 48 St Augustine of Canterbury |
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| 49 Lincoln's Inn Chapel |
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The inner sanctum of the Inns of Court |
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| 50 St Alban the Martyr |
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At the end of a little labyrinth of paths |
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| 51 St Etheldreda |
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Built by the abbess Etheldreda in the 7th century |
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| 52 St John the Baptist |
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Stunning Anglo-Catholic decoration |
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| 53 St James |
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A quirky square for a location |
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| 54 Wesley Chapel |
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| 55 St Agnes |
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| 56 St John the Divine |
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| 57 St Mark |
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Coptic Orthodox in Kensington |
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| 58 St Mary Abbots |
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| 59 St Silas the Martyr |
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The best church website in town |
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| 60 St Augustine |
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Hours and hours of time to gaze required |
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| 61 Cathedral of the Dormition |
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Don't judge a church by its exterior |
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| 62 St Mary-at-Lambeth |
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Plants, tombs and objects |
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| 63 St Margaret |
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Choreography of the Arts and Crafts Movement |
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| 64 Notre Dame de France |
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The minimalist art of Jean Cocteau |
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| 65 St Mary |
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A place for graffiti, brasses, urns and bodies |
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| 66 St James' Spanish Place |
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| 67 The Swedish Church |
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| 68 Grosvenor Chapel |
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A sculpture and a door all in one |
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| 69 St Georg Hanover Square |
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A 50 Churches Act church (1711) |
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| 70 St James |
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An artist's notes on how to care for a mural |
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| 71 St Michael |
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A pulsating Devil amidst gold |
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| 72 St James Norlands |
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A church in the middle of a beautiful garden |
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| 73 St John |
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| 74 St James |
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| 75 St Mary Magdalene |
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| 76 St Mary |
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| 77 St Barnabas |
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Is this really in London? |
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| 78 St Gabriel |
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Churches at the heart of residential squares |
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| 79 All Saints |
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A big classical beast of the east |
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| 80 St Mary |
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| 81 Petersham Parish Church |
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| 82 Holy Trinity |
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Cholera in London and piled up bodies |
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| 83 St Mary |
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| 84 St Paul |
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Acoustics of the highest order |
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| 85 All Saints |
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The mural painting of Hans Feibusch |
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| 86 Holy Trinity |
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William Morris-like aesthetic |
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| 87 St Patrick |
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| 88 St Stephen |
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| 89 St Augustine |
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Virginia Woolf and churches |
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| 90 All-Hallows-the-Great |
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| 91 Christchurch |
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Civic imagery in a church |
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| 92 St George's Cathedral |
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A London cathedral, but without the crowds |
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| 93 St Mark |
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A church of grandeur for grandiose living |
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| 94 St Dunstan and All Saints |
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Like an ancient village church |
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| 95 Georgian Orthodox |
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Animal statues and a love sect |
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| 96 Newington Green Meeting House |
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Mary Wollstonecraft connections |
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| 97 Old Church |
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A church built in the Elizabethan period |
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| 98 Savoy Chapel |
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A place of worship for the Queen |
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| 99 Christchurch |
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| 100 St Leonard |
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| 101 St Bartholomew |
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| 102 St Giles-in-the-Fields |
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Protection for the poor and leprous |
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| 103 St Mary |
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Plague pits and ancient slabs |
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| 104 All Saints |
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| 105 Quaker Meeting House |
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Space, silence and simplicity |
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| 106 St Mary the Virgin |
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Elegant classical for the locals |
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| 107 St Mary the Virgin |
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A light interior perfect for a Hans Feibusch mural |
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| 108 St Matthew |
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| 109 St George-in-the-East |
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| 110 St Winifrede |
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Running water in a stunning work of art |
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| 111 St George - Royal Garrison |
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Mosaics of a warrior saint |
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