Discover the famous church of Bow Bells

Are you a Cockney born within the sound of these bells?
See the majestic architecture of Sir Christopher Wren ...
Enjoy coffee and cakes, breakfast and lunch in the Café Below ...
Morning & Evening Prayer offered daily... An oasis of peace in the midst of the City

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Wednesday 19

8.15am Morning Prayer
Crypt Chapel

1.05pm Eucharist

5.45pm Evening Prayer

Thursday 20

8.15am Morning Prayer
Crypt Chapel

1.05pm Concert
Miho Hakamata (violin)

5.45pm Evening Prayer

6.05pm Eucharist

Forthcoming Programme

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

20th June
1.05pm Concert Miho Hakamata (violin)

24th June
12.00 noon Opening of the City of London Festival (ringing)

6.00pm COLF Concert: Clare Hammond (piano)

27th June
1.05pm Concert
Mike Copperwhite (flute)
David Harvey (guitar)

2nd July
6.15pm ELection Service:
The Grocers’ Company

5th July
5.30pm Annual Service of Rededication
The Firefighters’ Company

8th July
6.00pm COLF Concert Louis Schwizgebel (piano) tickets £10

9th July
11.45am Annual Service
The Arbitrators’ Company

25th July
1.05pm Concert
Anna Tam (cello)

6th August
1.05pm Eucharist with organ music
on the feast of the Transfiguration

4th September
6.00pm Harvest Festival
The International Bankers’ Company

11th September
6.30pm Van Mildert Lecture

18th September
6.00pm at St James’s Piccadilly
JustShare Debate on Co-Operatives,
refreshments afterwards

21st & 22nd September
Open House London
with guided tours of church and crypt

26th September
1.05pm Concert
Margaret Morrell (soprano) & Gillian Spragg (piano)

29th September
3.00pm Harvest Festival
The Costermongers
all welcome

3rd October
1.05pm Concert
Catherine Leonard (piano)

9th October
6.05pm City Talk with Michaela Alfrd-Kamara: 'Slavery still on London's doorstep: What can the City do?'

10th October
1.05pm Concert
Chris Christodoulou (bouzouki)

17th October
1.05pm Organ Recital

24th October
1.05pm Organ Recital
Catherine Ennis

31st October
1.05pm Organ Recital
Alan Wilson

7th November
1.05pm Organ Recital
Susan Heath-Downey

14th November
1.05pm Organ Recital
Richard Moore

14th November
7.00pm Concert
Ad Libitum chamber choir
director: Julian Collings

21st November
1.05pm Concert
Jelena Makarova (piano)

6th December evening
Concert
Reinis Zarins (piano)

Lunch with the Archbishop (at the Café Below)

During May, Lucy Kellaway had lunch in the

Café Below with the
Most Revd Justin Welby.

Read her interview for the Financial Times here.

24th June at 12.00 noon

Opening of the City of London Festival

As usual, the opening of the Festival is marked by bell ringing. Why not have an al fresco lunch at Café Below in the Churchyard?

2nd July at 6.15pm

Election Service

The Grocers' Company

Preacher: Jonathan Ruffer

Recently at St Mary-le-Bow

In June, Professor Ben Quash gave a lecture here about shared spaces and social value.
Read about it here

The latest JustShare Lecture addressed professional philanthropy with Will Crouch.
Watch a video of the event and Q&A.

The Rector attended the Rectors' & Deans' Conference during May, this year in New York City. View pictures here

Lunch with the Archbishop (in the Café Below) - read the Financial Times interview here

JustShare Debate: 'African Tigers: Prospects for growth amongst the Bottom Billion' read more here

'Can technology save the planet?' read what happened in our April debate here

'Do businesses care about health?' read a report here about our debate in April

Next concert

20th June at 1.05pm

Miho Hakamata (violin)

Opening times:

Monday to Wednesday: 7.30am-6.00pm;
Thursday: 7.30am-6.30pm;
Friday: 7.30am-4.00pm;
Usually closed on weekends (please enquire) and bank holidays. Guided tours are sometimes available by arrangement - enquire. Assisted access to the church is now available at the west porch from the Churchyard.