The Anonymous Widower

A Shy Church In Deptford

On my travels to see the site of the Deptford Church Street Work Site for the Thames Tideway Tunnel, I found a church hidden behind trees and high walls on the north or river side of the Greenwich Rail Line. Ypu can see it on this map.

Deptford Church Street

The church is at the top of the picture. Small it isn’t!

I did get a some pictures, but there seemed to be no obvious entrance.

I thought for a time, that it might be something like a monastery or convent, especially, as there was a Catholic School nearby.

But the church is Anglican and is St. Paul Deptford, of which Wikipedia says this.

St Paul’s, Deptford, is one of London’s finest Baroque parish churches, cited as “one of the most moving C18 churches in London” in the Buildings of England series.

So why is it so hidden away?

May 13, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | World | Church, Deptford