Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden

A garden set back from the hustle and bustle surrounding St Paul’s, benches are set around two beautifully planted flower beds.

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Nearest tube: St Paul's (Exit 2 for Newgate Street)

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History

Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden is on the site of the Franciscan Church of Greyfriars that was established in 1225. Numerous well-known people, including four queens, were buried in the old church, which was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. A new church, designed by Wren, was completed in 1704.

In 1940 incendiary bombs destroyed the body of the Wren church, and only the west tower now stands. In 1989 a rose garden was established that reflects the floor plan of the original church with box-edged beds representing the original position of the pews with wooden towers representing the stone columns of the former church.