St Peter, Vere Street

St Peter, Vere Street, known until 1832 as the Oxford Chapel after its founder Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, is a former Anglican church off Oxford Street, London.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church building in Westminster, London, England, UK
Also known as: “St Peter’s Church, Vere Street” and “St. Peter’s Church Vere Street”
Address: Vere Street, London, W1G 0DQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Wigmore Hall.

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.

Wigmore Hall

Theater building

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The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall at 36 Wigmore Street, in west London. It was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt and opened in 1901 as the Bechstein Hall; it is considered to have particularly good acoustics. Wigmore Hall is situated 580 feet northwest of St Peter, Vere Street.

Madame Tussauds

Museum

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Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843. Madame Tussauds is situated 3,200 feet northwest of St Peter, Vere Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayfair-Marylebone and Marylebone.

Mayfair-Marylebone

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Marylebone

Suburb

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Marylebone is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.