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 quarterly Skyline magazine, distributed to our members
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 present from 11am to 3pm each week (unless stated otherwise).

Mondays

St Botolph Aldgate
St Ethelburga Centre (1st and 3rd Mondays of each month)
St Mary Abchurch
St Sepulchre Newgate

Tuesdays

The Dutch Church (2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month)
St Dunstan in the West
St Katharine Cree
St Mary Abchurch
St Michael Cornhill
St Peter upon Cornhill (1 - 4pm)

Wednesdays

St Anne & St Agnes (11.45am - 4pm, 1st Wednesday of each month)
All Hallows London Wall
St Botolph Aldersgate
St Magnus the Martyr (1 - 4pm)
St Mary Abchurch
St Stephen Walbrook

Thursdays

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

Fridays

St Andrew by the Wardrobe
St Clement Eastcheap
St Mary Abchurch
St Martin Ludgate

Please note that very occasionally these arrangements may be subject to closure by the churches concerned.

Map of churches

March 2020 issue of City Events

Wednesday, 1 April 2020
10:30am
Watchers’ Meeting

Learn more about the lives of City churches in London Undone, a podcast produced by Catherine Cartwright, with a new episode coming out every week!

St James Garlickhythe

The Friends are on Twitter – and to date we have 1938 followers

Download a sample copy of the Skyline magazine [Copyright remains vested in the individual contributors to Skyline. For any enquiries contact skyline@london-city-churches.org.uk]