London Christianity Walking Tours

 

 

Walking Through the History of Christianity in the City of London

 

Explore the development of Christianity from the Reformation to the present day. All of this walk is within the one square mile of the City of London.  Learn about some of the great figures of England's Christian history and enjoy visits to the interiors of several City Churches which today still proclaim the Christian faith in the midst of the financial heart of London.

 

 

City Churches Walk

 

There are thirty eight churches within the City of London and they are the 'jewels in the crown' of the City's architecture contrasting with the modern tall buildings.  We will go inside several churches with different styles of architecture and also explore the churches' Christian witness down the years and their role today.

 

 

Wren City Churches Walk

 

Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt fifty one churches after the Great Fire of London in 1666 and twenty three of these survive today.  We will go inside several of the churches, be inspired by the architecture and discover Wren's contribution to the development of Reformation Church architecture in England.

 

 

John Wesley Walk

 

Walk in the footsteps of John Wesley, founder of Methodism and his brother Charles in the area of London they knew so well.  Highlights will include Wesley's Chapel and House and the grave of Susanna Wesley, the brothers' mother who influenced them so much. 

 

 

 

John Wesley, the Huguenots and a Very Special Church.

 

Take this walk in Islington and Spitalfields and see John Wesley's Chapel and house. Then we visit Bunhill fields graveyard to see the graves of Susanna Wesley and John Bunyan. Then in Spitalfields we will see the house where Susanna Wesley was born and we learn about the Huguenots, French protestants who fled persecution in Roman Catholic France and settled here. We end the tour with an look inside Christ Church Spitalfields the architectural masterpiece of Nicholas Hawksmoor.  The church stood derelict for 40 years and it is an amazing story of restoration not just of the building but also of the Christian community.

A tour inside Wesley's Chapel and/or House can be included as part of this walk.