St Mary's Church, Southampton

Name: St Mary's Church
Address: St Mary St, Southampton, SO14 1AQ, United Kingdom

#28 among attractions in Southampton

Church, Top attraction, Gothic Revival architecture

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St. Mary's Church, Southampton is a Church of England parish church, and the largest church in the port city of Southampton on the south coast of England. It is the mother church of this city with its forerunners spanning back to the first Saxon settlements of the 7th century, including a major collegiate church of the European Middle Ages dedicated to the same patron saint. Its name has been used nearby for major street names and in St Mary's Stadium, the city's largest sports stadium. Parts of the church date to the 1880s. ()

Completed: 1884 (140 years ago)Architectural style: English gothicSpire height: 200 ftCoordinates: 50°54'10"N, 1°23'43"W

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St Mary StSouthampton Itchen (Bargate)Southampton SO14 1AQ United Kingdom

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St Mary's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Westquay, Ocean Village, The Marlands, St Mary's Stadium.

0.5 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Westquay, Southampton
14 min walk • Westquay is a shopping centre in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has an area of 95,600 m² of retail and leisure space and contains around 130 shops, including major retailers such as, John Lewis and Partners, Marks and Spencer, Zara, Schuh, Waterstone's, Hollister Co. Apple, and others.
0.6 miSE
Sailing, Marina, Park
Ocean Village, Southampton
15 min walk • Ocean Village is a mixed-use marina, residential, business and leisure development on the mouth of the River Itchen in Southampton, on the south coast of England.
0.5 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Marlands, Southampton
14 min walk • The Marlands Shopping Centre was opened on 5 September 1991. At the time, the Marlands Shopping Mall was the largest shopping centre in Southampton and the first significant shopping centre in the city, however it is now dwarfed by Westquay, which opened in 2000.
~1490 ftNE
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
8 min walk • St Mary's Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Southampton, England, has been the home stadium of Premier League club Southampton F.C. since 2001.
0.5 miSW
Nightlife
Red Lion Inn, Southampton
12 min walk • The Red Lion Inn is a Grade II* listed pub, built in the late 15th/early 16th century, at 55 High Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 2NS. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
0.5 miSW
Museum, Reportedly haunted, History museum
Tudor House and Garden, Southampton
14 min walk • Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England.
~680 ftNW
Music venue
The Joiners, Southampton
4 min walk • The Joiners is a small music venue in a former pub on St Mary Street, St Mary's, Southampton, England. It has played host to many up-and-coming bands. The pub started having live acts in the back room in 1968. The maximum capacity is 200 people.
0.5 miSE
Bridge
Itchen Bridge, Southampton
14 min walk • The Itchen Bridge is a bridge over the River Itchen in Southampton, Hampshire. It is a high-level hollow box girder bridge. It is located about a mile from the river mouth. The bridge spans 870 yards, is 92 feet at its highest point and weighs 62,000 tons. The bridge connects the A3025 Portsmouth Road to Southampton.
0.4 miW
Church
Above Bar Church, Southampton
12 min walk • Above Bar Church is an evangelical church in Southampton, affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building is on the corner of Above Bar Street and Ogle Road in Southampton City Centre, with shops on the ground level and the auditorium and other rooms above them.
0.5 miW
City wall
Old Walls, Southampton
12 min walk • Southampton's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town in southern England. Although earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlements around Southampton had been fortified with walls or ditches, the later walls originate with the move of the town to the current site in the 10th century.
~1850 ftS
Museum, Specialty museum, Military museum
Solent Sky, Southampton
9 min walk • Solent Sky is an aviation museum in Southampton, Hampshire, previously known as Southampton Hall of Aviation. It depicts the history of aviation in Southampton, the Solent area and Hampshire.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to St Mary's Church?

Nearby attractions include The Joiners, Southampton (4 min walk), St Mary's Stadium, Southampton (8 min walk), Solent Sky, Southampton (9 min walk), Franciscan Friary, Southampton (10 min walk).

How to get to St Mary's Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to St Mary's Church:

Bus

Pound Tree Road • Lines: 1 (9 min walk)
Holyrood Church • Lines: Qc (11 min walk)

Ferry

Red Jet (19 min walk)

Train

Woolston (22 min walk)
Southampton Central (23 min walk)