Church of St Helen and St Giles

St Helen and St Giles is a church and landmark of Rainham and is the oldest building in the London Borough of Havering. The church retains many of its original features, for example the round-headed arches.

Photo: Max Naylor, Public domain.

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Rainham, London
Also known as: “St Helen and St Giles, Rainham”, “St Helen and St Giles‘ Church, Rainham”, and “St. Helen & St. Giles”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rainham Hall and Rainham War Memorial.

Rainham Hall

Museum

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Rainham Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian house, owned by the National Trust, in Rainham, in the London Borough of Havering. Built in 1729 for Captain John Harle, the house was transferred to the National Trust in 1949.

Rainham War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Fay1982, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rainham War Memorial commemorates soldiers killed in both World Wars as well as civilian casualties of World War II.

Rainham railway station

Railway station

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Rainham railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Rainham in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Historically in the county of Essex, in official literature the station is sometimes shown as Rainham in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Kent. Rainham railway station is situated 580 feet south of Church of St Helen and St Giles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rainham and Frog Island.

Rainham

Suburb

Photo: Max Naylor, Public domain.

Rainham is a suburb of East London, England, in the London Borough of Havering. Historically an ancient parish in the county of Essex, Rainham is 13.6 miles east of Charing Cross and is surrounded by a residential area, which has grown from the historic village, to the north and a commercial area, fronting the River Thames, to the south.

Frog Island

Locality

Frog Island is a peninsula on the north bank of the River Thames in Rainham, London. It is the location of the mechanical biological treatment works building of the East London Waste Authority.

South Hornchurch

Suburb

Photo: Churchy1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

South Hornchurch is a locality to the south of Hornchurch in London Borough of Havering, east London. It is a suburban development situated 13.6 miles east of Charing Cross.

Church of St Helen and St Giles

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

51.51832° or 51° 31′ 6″ north

Longitude

0.19062° or 0° 11′ 26″ east

Open location code

9F32G59R+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 182186804

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q5117421

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Finnish—“Church of St Helen and St Giles” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت هيلين و سانت جايلز”
Finnish: “Church of St Helen and St Giles”

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