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.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: catholic church building in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of the English Martyrs”
Address: Prescot Street, London, E1 8BB

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 and St George in the East.

Aldgate

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 is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. It was an ancient parish, it was the larger of the two parishes that made up Wapping.

Whitechapel

Suburb

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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 the borough town centre.

English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill

Categories: Catholic church building, 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″ north

Longitude

-0.07193° or 0° 4′ 19″ west

Inception

1875

Open location code

9C3XGW6H+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 457712648

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata 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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