St Matthias Old Church

St Matthias Old Church is the modern name given to the Poplar Chapel built by the East India Company in 1654, in Poplar, London. The church is designated a Grade II* listed building.

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Type: Community center
Description: church in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK
Also known as: “Saint Matthias Community Centre” and “St Matthias, Poplar”
Address: 112 Poplar High Street, London, E14 0AE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Poplar DLR station and All Saints DLR station.

Poplar DLR station

Railway station

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Poplar is a Docklands Light Railway station in Poplar in London, England. Poplar is a cross-platform interchange station for three of the six lines on the DLR making it one of the busiest stations on the network in terms of services. Poplar DLR station is situated 730 feet southwest of St Matthias Old Church.

All Saints DLR station

Railway station

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All Saints is a Docklands Light Railway station in Poplar in East London. The station is named after nearby All Saints, a Church of England parish church dating from 1821 to 1823. All Saints DLR station is situated 820 feet northeast of St Matthias Old Church.

Tower Hamlets College

College

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New City College is a large college of further education with campuses in east London and Essex. The college was formed in 2016 through the amalgamation of separate colleges, beginning with the merger of Tower Hamlets College and Hackney Community College. Tower Hamlets College is situated 420 feet southwest of St Matthias Old Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poplar and Canary Wharf.

Poplar

Suburb

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Poplar is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is located five miles east of Charing Cross and lies on the western bank of the River Lea.

Canary Wharf

Suburb

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Canary Wharf is a privately owned central business district in London, England, located in the Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets. With the City of London and the West End, it constitutes one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, and it is home to many of the world’s major financial corporations, including the headquarters of more than 150 major businesses.

Blackwall

Suburb

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Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London. The neighbourhood includes Leamouth and the Coldharbour conservation area.

St Matthias Old Church

Categories: former church building and building
Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.50956° or 51° 30′ 34″ north

Longitude

-0.01603° or 0° 0′ 58″ west

Operator

Tower Hamlets

Open location code

9C3XGX5M+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 51947908

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=community_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q7594715

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