English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill
English Martyrs Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tower Hill, London. It was built from 1873 to 1876, by Pugin & Pugin according to designs by their deceased brother, E.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of the English Martyrs”
- Address: Prescot Street, London, E1 8BB
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.
The Tower of London
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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 1,500 feet southwest of English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 2,200 feet south of English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill.
Tower Gateway DLR station
Railway station
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Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway station in the City of London and is located near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. It adjoins the tracks to Fenchurch Street station and is located on the site of a former station called Minories. Tower Gateway DLR station is situated 510 feet southwest of English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldgate Ward and St George in the East.
Aldgate Ward
Quarter
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Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. The gate gave its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.
St George in the East
Quarter
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St George in the East, historically known as Wapping-Stepney, was an ancient parish, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. The place name is no longer widely used.
Whitechapel
Suburb
Whitechapel is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is in east London and part of the East End. It is the location of Tower Hamlets Town Hall and, therefore, the borough town centre.
English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51125° or 51° 30′ 41″ northLongitude
-0.07193° or 0° 4′ 19″ westInception
1875Open location code
9C3XGW6H+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 457712648OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q27081782
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In Other Languages
“English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “英國殉道者教堂”
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