St Augustine with St Philip’s Church, Whitechapel

The St Augustine with St Philip's Church is a Grade II* listed former Victorian church in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, subsequently converted for use as a medical library for Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and known as the Whitechapel Library.

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Type: Library
Description: church in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England,UK
Also known as: “Church of St Augustine with St Philip”, “Royal London Hospital Museum”, “St Philip, Newark Street”, “St Philip’s Church Library”, “The Old Library”, and “Whitechapel Medical Library”
Address: Newark Street, London, E1 2AA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal London Hospital and The Tower of London.

Royal London Hospital

Hospital

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The Royal London Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. It provides district general hospital services for the City of London and Tower Hamlets and specialist tertiary care services for patients from across London and elsewhere.

The Tower of London

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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1 mile southwest of St Augustine with St Philip’s Church, Whitechapel.

East London Mosque

Mosque

Photo: AA, CC BY 3.0.

The East London Mosque is situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and Aldgate East. Combined with the adjoining London Muslim Centre and Maryam Centre, it is one of the largest mosques in Western Europe accommodating more than 7,000 worshippers for congregational prayers. East London Mosque is situated 1,100 feet west of St Augustine with St Philip’s Church, Whitechapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitechapel and Mile End New Town.

Whitechapel

Suburb

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Whitechapel is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. It is the location of Tower Hamlets Town Hall and the borough town centre.

Mile End New Town

Locality

Mile End New Town is a former hamlet and then civil parish in the East End of London. Its former area is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. At the 1911 census, Mile End New Town had a population of 11,341.

St George in the East

Quarter

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St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It was an ancient parish, it was the larger of the two parishes that made up Wapping.

St Augustine with St Philip’s Church, Whitechapel

Categories: secularized church, medical library, listed building, church, building, historic site, university building, and education
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51723° or 51° 31′ 2″ north

Longitude

-0.06044° or 0° 3′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C3XGW8Q+VR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 100611972

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=church

Wikidata ID

Q17531647

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