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St James's Piccadilly

Wren's own favourite of his churches, with free lunchtime recitals three days a week.

ClassicalLunchtime concertsWorth it for the building

The tower over Duke of York Street, with the Red Lion below it.

Also in Sacred London.

Wren thought this the best of his parish churches and said so, which is worth knowing before you go in and find a plain galleried box - the point is the light and the proportion rather than any display. Grinling Gibbons carved the limewood reredos and the marble font.

Recitals run at lunchtime several days a week, free with a suggested donation, usually young professional musicians. Evening concerts are ticketed. The church was gutted in 1940 and rebuilt, so what you hear it in is a careful reconstruction of Wren's room rather than the original fabric.

Where
197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL
Nearest station
Piccadilly Circus · 2 min walk

Coming up

Hours

Monday10:00 – 16:30
Tuesday10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday10:00 – 18:00
Thursday10:00 – 18:00
Friday10:00 – 18:00
Saturday10:00 – 16:30
Sunday10:00 – 17:30

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 6 September 2026.

Sunday Eucharist at 11:00. The courtyard and garden keep slightly different hours, given on the same page.

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