St Alfege Church
St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Tuesday and Friday: noon—4:00 PM
Thursday and Saturday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Sunday: 11:15 AM—2:00 PM - Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Royal Borough of Greenwich, UK
- Also known as: “St Alfege Church, Greenwich”
- Address: Greenwich Church Street, London, SE10 9BJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cutty Sark and National Maritime Museum.
Cutty Sark
Museum
Photo: Krzysztof Belczyński, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes. Cutty Sark is situated 860 feet north of St Alfege Church.
National Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. National Maritime Museum is situated 980 feet east of St Alfege Church.
Royal Observatory
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north. Royal Observatory is situated 2,300 feet southeast of St Alfege Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich and Deptford.
Greenwich
Town
Photo: KTC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greenwich is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles east-south-east of Charing Cross.
Deptford
Suburb
Photo: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne.
Burrells Wharf
Neighborhood
Photo: Alctanay, Public domain.
Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate, owned by its leaseholders, in London, England. It is situated on the Isle of Dogs and the north bank of the River Thames.
St Alfege Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Greenwich, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4805° or 51° 28′ 50″ northLongitude
-0.00971° or 0° 0′ 35″ westInception
1718Open location code
9C3XFXJR+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 158230794OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q1975627
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“St Alfege Church” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Saint Alfege (Greenwich)”
- Dutch: “Saint Alfege”
- Dutch: “St Alfege’s”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت الفيج”
- French: “église Saint-Alfège de Greenwich”
- French: “Église Saint-Alfège de Greenwich”
- German: “St Alfege (Greenwich)”
- German: “St Alfege”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט אלפג‘”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט אלפג’”
- Japanese: “セント・アルフレッジ教会”
- Persian: “کلیسای سینت الفج”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Santo Alfege”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Alfegio, Greenwich”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Alfegio”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ St Alfege”
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