St Bartholomew the Great

St Bartholomew the Great is London’s oldest parish church, with a beautiful liturgy,  a professional choir, and a vibrant congregation drawn from across London.
At the heart of the Smithfield area, with its Hospital, pubs, restaurants, and market, St Bartholomew the Great is a church built when Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, was King of England. It survived the Great Fire of 1666 and the bombs dropped in Zeppelin raids in World War I and during the Blitz in World War II.

We worship the Living God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are a part of the Church of England. Today the Church has a reputation not only for wonderful Romanesque architecture, but also for traditional formal worship, marvellous music and intelligent preaching.