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 seaside 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.

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″ south

Longitude

27.90626° or 27° 54′ 23″ east

Inception

1880

Open location code

4GR9XWH4+PG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 224977727

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

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