I just found my church listed on Yelp so I'm going to review it!…read more Bethel is a Bible-based independent Baptist church on Wimbledon Broadway right next to Wimbledon Theatre. Reflecting London itself, we have an international and cosmopolitan congregation. Pastor Jack Moorman and his wife Dot are from the USA orginally but they have been planting churches around the globe for several decades. Pastor Moorman is a gifted expositor of the Bible and has a through-the-Bible style of preaching in the Sunday services at 11am and 6pm. The Sunday school runs during the morning service and there is a midweek Bible study and prayer meeting on Thursday evenings at 7.45pm. We sing hymns rather than choruses but are definitely not high church! For a small church, there is an active music ministry and new singers are always welcome for the church choir, who perform throughout the year. Pastor Moorman has an active tract distribution ministry on the streets of London and is aided by members of the church as they are able to help. We had a blessed time handing out tracts around the Houses of Parliament on Good Friday recently. If you're looking for a solid church with a friendly welcome, a personal touch and great Bible teaching, you'll be most welcome to join us at Bethel.

I intended to attend church here but did not get the opportunity to. My cousin attends the church…read moreand was married in the church by the pastors of the church. That experience alone revealed much about the church community. They all came together to help setup, take care of the festivities, and really labored to make sure that all the guests were taken care of and appreciated. They seem to be a very welcoming church and the members seem to be happy and genuinely care for each other and care to leave a positive legacy. I would certainly attend this church if I have another opportunity.

From the owner: God loves London. A lot. So do the people of Everyday Church…read more Young or old, Christian or not too sure, new to town or London born & bred - there's a place for you in the adventure which is Everyday Church. Everyday Church is 1 Church with 4 services across 3 London boroughs, namely Wimbledon, Southfields and Kingston.

Situated on the edge of the village at the top of the hill, St Mary's is Wimbledon's original…read moreparish church and has a history dating back to Domesday. History Mentioned in the Domesday book, the original (and probably wooden) church was rebuilt in the 13th century. An 18th century print shows it as a pleasingly rustic building, with a wooden bell turret and spire, probably only 44ft long and 36ft wide. Although Wimbledon was just a small village, in the 16th century it became the home of Sir William Cecil, later Lord Burghley, advisor to Elizabeth I. His son Thomas built a manor house adjacent, and in 1626-36 Sir Edward Cecil built the Cecil Chapel as a mortuary chapel. The church was enlarged in 1786, effectively being rebuilt west of the chancel arch, in a plain but handsome Georgian style. The 19th Century saw the arrival of the railway, and Wimbledon began to expand rapidly as a suburb. Further enlargement was required, and in 1843 Sir George Gilbert Scott was commissioned to undertake the work. He extended the nave, erected a tower and spire, inserted new galleries and completed a new roof, all in the neo-Gothic style. He also encased the earlier Georgian brickwork in knapped flint with stone dressings. The Church The exterior is dominated by the west tower, with its tall spire. Surrounded by trees, the picturesque setting evokes the country rather than the city. Inside, the aisled nave of 5 bays leads to a two bay chancel. Now whitewashed throughout, it is hard to distinguish the various stages of the building: the oldest part is the south and east wall of the chancel, which dates from the 15th century; the Cecil Chapel survives intact beyond the Warrior Chapel, built in 1920 as a memorial to those who died in the First World War. Most of the fittings date from the 19th and 20th centuries, but the Cecil Chapel has an intact 15th century stained glass window depicting St George. A number of memorials are of interest, one of which survives from 1537; another commemorates Sir Richard Wynn MP (d. 1649), treasurer to Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. A modern brass in the chancel commemorates Sir William Wilberforce, the slave trade abolitionist. More interesting memorials crowd the surrounding graveyard. The church has a busy parish life, with children's and youth groups and services every day except Monday and Saturday.

St Mark's is a friendly Anglican church, just a stone's throw from Wimbledon railway and…read moreunderground station. The church has just celebrated the 50th anniversary of its (re)building. The building itself is of modern design, built in 1968-9 to designs by Humphrys & Hurst in association with David Nye, to replace a late Victorian church which had burned down. Very unusually for a church, it is pentagonal in layout, with five large concrete arches meeting at a central point to give a spacious tent-like interior, incorporating a roof-top lantern. The walls are pierced by rectangular windows filled with vibrantly coloured modern glass, which are meant to depict the creation (look carefully and you can see fish, whales and planets). Although very much of its time, it works well as a worship space: worship is effectively in the round, with a large sanctuary (and a long altar rail) surrounded by pews on three sides. The church also has a small chapel, and plenty of rooms for meetings, as well as a church hall (available for hire) and an attractive lawned area at the rear. Weekly worship is on Sundays at 08:00 and 10:00, and Wednesdays at 13:00. Services are in a modern, liberal Catholic tradition (but no incense), and attracts a friendly congregation with lots of young families. There is a crèche, and various groups for children on Sundays during the service.

St John's lies between Wimbledon and Raynes Park, just below the Ridgeway, and is a good example of…read morea late Victorian neo-Gothic church. The church was built to service the growing commuter population brought to Wimbledon by the London and South-Western Railway. A plot of land was bought in 1867, but a lack of funds meant that the first building was a temporary prefabricated 'iron church'. Made of corrugated iron, it came, according to the church's website, complete with altar and font, illuminated texts all over the windows and two seraphs to each entrance. The present church was begun in 1873 to designs by Thomas Jackson (1835-1924) and consecrated in 1875. Jackson delivered a classic red-brick neo-Gothic church, with a nave, chancel and a large north aisle. From the outside, it is not especially noteworthy, save for the large east window and an impressive north porch, which has Decorated Gothic detailing. The interior space is dominated by the tall single arcade between the nave and north aisle, but the main interest is provided by the fittings and furnishings: there is some lovely stained glass, including a window from the William Morris factory (the figure of Martha is by Edward Burne-Jones, that of Christ by Henry Dearle); a delicate chancel screen; and a reredos in the Lady Chapel (north aisle) by Martin Travers. The organ, installed in 1904 by Hill, Morgan and Beard, is a particularly fine example. The church is the centre of a busy parish life and is a very popular venue for music, thanks to an excellent acoustic.