"Before the Fire of London in 1666 there were ninety-seven parish churches within the walls of the City of London. Fifty-one were rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren and new ones were built in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today a mere thirty-eight survive and each one is worth a visit".

Sir John Betjeman

"Many seek to escape the hustle and bustle of City Life to the peace and tranquillity of a church for a period of reflection and prayer".

Lord Kingsdown

St Vedast, Foster Lane - contains a courtyard with a relief by Epstein

St Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct

"For my own part I view the work of Sir Christopher Wren as a beacon which never fails to inspire. And there is no finer monument of his genius than the character he gave to London".

Sir Edwin Lutyens

"St Paul's Cathedral bereft of its surrounding steeples is as a parent bereft of her children".

Sir Colin Amery

"It would be a sinful piece of barbarism to do other than preserve the churches as precious heirlooms. Many of them are specimens of noble architecture, the like of which we have no prospect of ever being able to produce again".

William Morris and Sir George Gilbert Scott

St Stephen Walbrook, with an altar by Henry Moore