The Friends of the City Churches

The Friends of the City Churches is an architectural heritage charity dedicated to preserving the beautiful and unique churches found within the square mile of the City of London. As part of our work we:

bring together the many people who love and value the City churches
help arrange and publicise regular church opening hours — providing volunteer 'watchers' when required
produce and publish City Events
organise special events and encourage extended use of the City's churches
encourage a wider appreciation of the churches
promote the many services and events taking place in our City churches.

St Stephen Walbrook altar

Open churches

The following City churches are open with Friends' Watchers from 11am - 3pm (unless stated otherwise) each week:

Mondays

St Martin Ludgate
St Mary Abchurch

Tuesdays

The Dutch Church (2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month)
St Botolph Aldersgate (1.45 - 4 pm)
St Dunstan in the West
St Mary Abchurch

Wednesdays

All Hallows London Wall
St Magnus the Martyr (12 - 4 pm)
St Mary Abchurch
St Sepulchre
St Stephen Walbrook

Thursdays

St Benet Paul's Wharf
St James Garlickhythe
St Mary Abchurch
St Mary at Hill

Fridays

St Andrew by the Wardrobe
St Botolph Aldgate
St Clement Eastcheap
St Ethelburga Centre
St Mary Abchurch

Map of churches

The work of the Friends featured in the 21 May edition of Country Life magazine (1.7Mb PNG file). Have a look!

Also, FCC will be supporting both London Open House and Ride + Stride this year by opening St Mary Abchurch on Saturday 20 September – between 10am and 5pm. Please keep an eye on our website for notice of events taking place in the City churches over that weekend.

St Mary Le Bow Church

The Friends are now on Twitter – and to date we have 602 followers.

Download a sample copy of the FCC Newsletter. [2.2Mb PDF]

Visit the FCC News Page.