St John the Evangelist
St John the Evangelist is a church in Buffalo City, Eastern Cape which is located on Oxford Street. St John the Evangelist is situated nearby to the government office Department of Home Affairs, as well as near the arts center Miriam Makeba Centre for the Performing Arts.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Address: Oxford Street, KuGompo City
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East London railway station and East London City Hall.
East London railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
East London railway station is the central railway station in the city of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the terminus for Shosholoza Meyl inter-city trains to Johannesburg and Cape Town, and of a Metrorail commuter service to Mdantsane and Berlin. East London railway station is situated 480 metres north of St John the Evangelist.
East London City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London City Hall is a town hall, which is situated 700 metres north of St John the Evangelist.
Buffalo City Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buffalo City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs. Buffalo City Stadium is situated 1½ km north of St John the Evangelist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East London and Quigney.
East London
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province.
Quigney
Suburb
Quigney is a suburb of East London in South Africa. It got its name from the "Gwygney River" according to the earliest maps of East London from September 1847 by William Jervois. The municipality started to sell plots "east of the Quigney River" after 1883.
St John the Evangelist
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Buffalo City, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.02074° or 33° 1′ 15″ southLongitude
27.90626° or 27° 54′ 23″ eastInception
1880Open location code
4GR9XWH4+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 224977727OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglican
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