Savoy Chapel

The King's Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy, also known as the King's Chapel of the Savoy, is a church in the City of Westminster, London.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: chapel off the Strand, London
Also known as: “Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy”, “The King’s Chapel of the Savoy”, and “The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy”
Address: Savoy Hill, London, WC2R 0DA
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Royal Opera House.

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.

Royal Opera House

Arts center

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The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Savoy Chapel.

Somerset House

Arts center

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Somerset House is a large neoclassical building complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. Somerset House is situated 570 feet east of Savoy Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covent Garden and St Clement Danes.

Covent Garden

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Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

St Clement Danes

Neighborhood

St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.