St Patrick’s Church, Waterloo

St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Waterloo, London. It was built in 1897, designed by Frederick Walters. A Victorian Romanesque Revival style building that houses both the church and a school, it is located on the corner of Cornwall Street and Secker Street, to the east of St John's Church, Waterloo.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: catholic church in London, England
Also known as: “St Patrick’s”
Address: 26 Cornwall Road, London, SE1 8TW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Waterloo Railway Station.

Leicester Square

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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Waterloo Railway Station

Railway station

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Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London railway terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. Waterloo Railway Station is situated 840 feet southwest of St Patrick’s Church, Waterloo.

London Eye

Ferris wheel

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The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 2,100 feet west of St Patrick’s Church, Waterloo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bank and Gabriel’s Wharf.

South Bank

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The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.

Gabriel’s Wharf

Locality

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The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England.