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.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Kennington, London
Also known as: “Saint John The Divine”
Address: London, SW9 6JA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Oval and Myatt’s Fields Park.

The Oval

Stadium

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The Oval, for sponsorship reasons named 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

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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

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Oval is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Morden branch of the Northern line, between Kennington and Stockwell stations. Oval tube station is situated 2,100 feet northwest of St John the Divine, Kennington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oval and Camberwell.

Oval

Suburb

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Oval is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is the part of Kennington around The Oval cricket ground, situated 2.1 miles to the southeast of Charing Cross.

Camberwell

Suburb

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Camberwell is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, 2.75 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

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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.

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″ north

Longitude

-0.10616° or 0° 6′ 22″ west

Wheelchair access

Open location code

9C3XFVHV+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 58727807

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata 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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