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St Paul's Churchyard,
London, EC4M 8BX

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Photo: St Giles Cripplegate

St Giles Cripplegate

Fore Street

Cripplegate

London

EC2Y 8DA


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T: 020 7638 1997

E: admin@stgilescripplegate.com

W: www.stgilescripplegate.com/


Visitor Information

11am-4pm Mon-Fri

Sunday Services:
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Sung Eucharist (children are always welcome, toys available under the tower)
11.30am Family Service (First Sunday of month)
4.00pm Evensong with Hymns

Morning Prayer:
8.30am Mon-Thur, St Giles

It is said that there has been a church on this spot for a thousand years. Nothing is known about the early Saxon church, which was probably a little chantry or chapel made of wattle and daub. In 1090 a Norman church stood on this site, built by Alfune who afterwards assisted Rahere in building the neighbouring church of St Bartholomew the Great. Sometime during the Middle Ages, the Church was dedicated to St Giles, the patron saint of beggars and cripples.

St Giles runs The Moorgate Talks every Wednesday at 1.10pm in the basement restaurant of The Cuban, CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y 9SS. See map.