St Clement Danes

Local nameSt Clement Danes
LocationLondon, UK

St Clement Danes is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London. It is now situated near the 19th-century Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand. Although the first church on the site was reputedly founded in the 9th century by the Danes, the current building replaced the medieval church building and was completed in 1682 by celebrated architect Sir Christopher Wren. Wren's building was gutted by Luftwaffe bombing raids during the Blitz and not restored until 1958, when it was adapted to its current function as the central church of the Royal Air Force.

The church might be the one featured in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" and the bells do indeed play that tune every day at 9 am, noon, 3pm and 6pm—as reported in 1940 the church's playing of the tune was interrupted during World War II due to Nazi bombing. However, St Clement's Eastcheap, in the City of London, is also possibly the church from the rhyme.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Clement_Danes

Official Website http://www.raf.mod.uk/stclementdanes/

Phone +44 20 7242 8282

Coordinates 51°30'47.19" N -0°6'49.961" E

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