St John the Divine, Kennington
St John the Divine, Kennington, is an Anglican church in London. The parish of Kennington is within the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. The church was designed by the architect George Edmund Street in the Decorated Gothic style, and was built between 1871 and 1874.Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Cnbrb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Kennington, London
- Also known as: “Saint John The Divine”
- Address: London, SW9 6JA
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Oval and Myatt’s Fields Park.
The Oval
Stadium
Photo: Jguk, Public domain.
The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval is situated 3,000 feet northwest of St John the Divine, Kennington.
Myatt’s Fields Park
Park
Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Myatt's Fields Park is a 14-acre Victorian park in Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth in South London, England, 2.9 miles south-east of Charing Cross. Myatt’s Fields Park is situated 1,500 feet southeast of St John the Divine, Kennington.
Oval tube station
Metro station
Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oval is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Northern line between Kennington and Stockwell stations, and is in London fare zone 2. Oval tube station is situated 2,100 feet northwest of St John the Divine, Kennington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camberwell and Loughborough Junction.
Camberwell
Suburb
Photo: Secretlondon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camberwell is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, 2+3⁄4 miles southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant.
Loughborough Junction
Suburb
Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loughborough Junction is an area in Herne Hill, South London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located equidistant between Herne Hill, Brixton and Camberwell providing excellent transport connections to Central London.
Kennington
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kennington is a district in South London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the Lambeth and St George's parishes of those boroughs respectively.
St John the Divine, Kennington
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.47756° or 51° 28′ 39″ northLongitude
-0.10616° or 0° 6′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C3XFVHV+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 58727807OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7593761
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Egyptian Arabic—“St John the Divine, Kennington” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖者約翰教堂 (肯寧頓)”
- Chinese: “聖者約翰教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس يوحنا الالهى”
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