Saint Mark's is a church in the heart of Town Centre Wimbledon. It is a modern building which inspires a modern outlook. The site at the end of Saint Mark's place has been the location of an Anglican Church for well over One Hundred and Thirty years.

The original saint Mark's burned down in the mid 1960's, it was a Victorian building built with money from the Parish Church up the hill, to 'tend to the ever growing population of Wimbledon town as a result of the development of the South Western Railway line'.

The current building was opened for Public worship in 1970 and has remained an important spiritual home for thousands of people ever since.

The church hall

The church hall is available to hire for private functions, or for regular meetings. For more information, please send an email to hall_hire@stmarkswimbledon.org.uk

Architecture

St Mark’s Church was constructed in 1968-9 to an unusual but original design by Humphrys and Hurst. The plan is pentagonal, with the altar in front of the east wall, with low ceiled aisles along the other four sides and coloured clerestory glazing above.

Indirect day lighting is provided to the east wall and to the centre of the nave via a roof top lantern. The effect is spacious and pleasing, helped by the tent like framed structure of the nave.

This is of reinforced concrete clad at low level with yellow stock brickwork. The aisles are flat roofed and finished with asphalt, while that of the nave is pitched and slated.

Flat roof extensions have been added to the north-west and southwest elevations, providing useful ancillary spaces without detracting from the architectural design.