St Peter’s Church

St Peter's, Vauxhall, is a Church of England church on Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London SE11. The church was planned in 1860 by John Loughborough Pearson, and built in 1863–64 together with schools, orphanage and vicarage, and is one only a few Grade II* listed buildings in the area.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Vauxhall, London
Also known as: “Church of St Peter”, “St Peter Vauxhall”, and “St Peter’s Church, Vauxhall”
Address: 310 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5HY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vauxhall Gardens and The Oval.

Vauxhall Gardens

Park

Photo: Samuel Wale, Public domain.

Vauxhall Gardens is a public park in Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, on the south bank of the River Thames. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, it is believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660, being mentioned by Samuel Pepys in 1662. Vauxhall Gardens is situated 530 feet northwest of St Peter’s Church.

The Oval

Stadium

Photo: Jguk, Public domain.

The Oval, for sponsorship reasons named the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval is situated 1,400 feet southeast of St Peter’s Church.

Big Ben

Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower that stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 1 mile north of St Peter’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vauxhall and St George Wharf.

Vauxhall

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vauxhall is an area of South London, within the London Borough of Lambeth. Named after a medieval manor called Fox Hall, it became well known for the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

St George Wharf

Neighborhood

Photo: Jamesbeard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St George Wharf is a riverside development in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London, England, located on the southern bank of the River Thames beside Vauxhall Bridge.

Kennington Cross

Neighborhood

Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kennington Cross is a locality in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is at the junction of two major roads, Kennington Lane that links Vauxhall Cross with the Elephant and Castle and Kennington Road that runs from Waterloo to Kennington Park.

St Peter’s Church

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.48678° or 51° 29′ 12″ north

Longitude

-0.11867° or 0° 7′ 7″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

North Lambeth Parish & Circuit

Open location code

9C3XFVPJ+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 136012127

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q17553042

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