Tower repairs

Work has started on a £347,000 project which will see the stonework of St James's tower repaired, the clock repaired and redeocarated, and the dragon weathervane, repaired and regilded.

The work will take 20 weeks complete.


The massive job of scaffolding the tower and the portico began today.

We are delighted to have secured funding of £237k from HLF together with a contribution of £57,000 from St James PCC.

During the course of the works there will be two open days for the public to find out about the works, an opportunity to climb to the very top of the tower, and a chance to meet the famous Bermondsey dragon close up (when it comes back down to the ground before going off for repair).

Watch this space