St Clement Danes

Local nameSt Clement Danes
LocationLondon, UK

St Clement Danes is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London. It is situated outside the 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 was completed in 1682 by Sir Christopher Wren. Wren's building was gutted 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 is sometimes claimed to be the one featured in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" and the bells do indeed play that tune. However, St Clement's Eastcheap, in the City of London, also claims to be the church from the rhyme. St Clement Danes is known as one of the two 'Island Churches', the other being St Mary-le-Strand.

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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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