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Our Lady Immaculate with St Frederick (Roman Catholic), Commercial Road, Limehouse
Facing a busy main road, a church of 1925 by A.J. Sparrow. The wooden statue of Christ the Steersman was designed to be seen from the Thames.
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Christ Church and St John, Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs
A landmark at the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs. It was designed by Frederick Johnstone and built 1852-54, new vestries and restoration by J.E.K and J.P. Cutts in 1906-07. Inside several of the fittings have come from other demolished parish churches on the Isle of Dogs.
St Peter, WestIndia Quay, Isle of Dogs
A floating church in the shadow of the Canary Wharf development. It has been in place since 2003 outside the Docklands Museum.
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St Edmund, West Ferry Road, Isle of Dogs (Roman Catholic)
On the main road along the west side of the island it was built in 1999-2000 by David Aitken to replace a 19th century church.
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St Luke, Alpha Grove, Isle of Dogs(replaced by a new building)
Not far from Canary Wharf but in a much less well known area of the Isle of Dogs, disused from 2012, when the church moved to worship in a local school. It was built in 1960 to replace an older church. A new church on the corner of Alpha Grove and Havannah Street was opened in October 2018..
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St Michael and All Angels (former), Poplar
A notable landmark by R.W. Morris (1864-65) and now converted into flats.
St Nicholas and All Hallows, Aberfeldy Street, Poplar
A Seely and Paget church of 1953-55, it closed in 1968 to be used as a store for vinyl discs and reopened in 1997 and repaired by Keith Harrison Architects (Tim Hornsby). The ceiling is covered by paintings by Brian Thomas that were produced for a Lambeth Palace conference in 1948.
St Paul, Dock Street (former)
Built as a seaman’s mission in 1846-47 by Henry Roberts, it became a parish church in 1864 and a nursery in 2002.
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St Mary and St Joseph, Upper North Street, Poplar (Roman Catholic)
Built to replace a war damaged church. It is a bulky massive church of 1954 by Adrian Gilbert Scott. Inside there is a big central lantern and a built-in pulpit. The glass is by William Wilson and mainly from 1960.
St Saviour, Northumbria St, Poplar (former) now housing
Designed by F.J. and H. Francis and built in 1873-74, made redundant in 1976 but burnt out in 2007. It remained as a shell on the edge of Bartlett Park when I visited in 2013. A repeat visit in 2025 found it converted into housing. Applications for new surrounding housing and conversion of the church were made in 2013 but work does not seem to have started until around 2019/2020.
2025 Converted to housing
2013 Derelict post fire
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London Churches in photographs 