Who We Are

St Mary le Strand is a Church of England Church in the centre of the Strand, one of London's principal and most ancient thoroughfares. Its elegant proportions testify to the skill of the architect, James Gibbs, and the Church's near-perfect design confronts all who have eyes to see with the perfection of beauty which is God himself.

Our mission is to serve all who work and live in the vicinity of the Strand. The local community is one of the most varied in central London. Near neighbours include the BBC World Service, Somerset House and the Courtauld Institute, King's College London, the London School of Economics, Australia House and India House. Our Church school, St Clement Danes, has children from many backgrounds and there are at least twenty mother tongues represented within the school. The Church is a point of connection between these varied and culturally diverse institutions. In our witness to the love of God we look to Christ as the one who prayed that all who follow him might be one. This vision gives substance to our desire to be an agent of God's unifying love.

St Mary le Strand is in the heart of historic London. Our present parish incorporates the former parish of nearby St Clement Danes Church. This former parish church was destroyed by bombing in 1941 and was magnificently restored in the 1950s to become the central Church of the Royal Air Force.

The parish boundary extends from Temple Bar, across the Royal Courts of Justice to the South side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, across Kingsway to Drury Lane and round Aldwych to just east of Waterloo Bridge, from where it runs eastwards along the River Thames. A small detached part of the parish covers the area between the Savoy and Adelphi hotels.

Contacts

Rector                        Position Vacant

Churchwardens

Mrs Margery Roberts         01727 856626  

Mr Peter Maplestone         020 7538 5758     

Vergers

Mrs Chris Gullette                     

Michael Tiley