St George’s Garrison Church

St George's Garrison Church is a ruined church in Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London. It was built in 1862-63 as a Church of England place of worship for the Woolwich Royal Artillery garrison.

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Type: Church
Description: ruined church in Woolwich, London
Also known as: “Chapel of St George (Ruin)” and “St George’s Garrison Church, Woolwich”
Address: London, SE18 6BW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery Boer War Memorial and Woolwich Arsenal station.

61st Battery Royal Field Artillery Boer War Memorial

Memorial

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The Boer War Memorial in Woolwich is opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks on Grand Depot Road in Woolwich. The memorial marks the deaths of the 18 soldiers of the 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery who died in the Second Boer War. 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery Boer War Memorial is situated 480 feet southwest of St George’s Garrison Church.

Woolwich Arsenal station

Railway station

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Woolwich Arsenal station is an interchange station in the heart of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for Docklands Light Railway and National Rail services. Woolwich Arsenal station is situated 2,300 feet northeast of St George’s Garrison Church.

Woolwich Town Hall

Town hall

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Woolwich Town Hall is an early 20th-century town hall located in the historic Bathway Quarter in the centre of Woolwich, South East London. Until 1965 it was the seat of local government of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, after which it became the headquarters of the Greenwich London Borough Council. Woolwich Town Hall is situated 1,700 feet north of St George’s Garrison Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolwich and Woolwich Dockyard.

Woolwich

Town

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Woolwich is a market town in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throughout the 16th to 20th centuries.

Woolwich Dockyard

Neighborhood

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Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich—originally in north-west Kent, now in southeast London—where many ships were built from the early 16th century until the late 19th century.