St Dominic’s Priory

Fatastic church well worth a visit

I discovered this fine example of late-​Victorian architecture a few years ago, when a student took me there, and was awed by its beauty. As it was already dark, I hadn’t yet had the opportunity to admire the splendid stained glass windows. The photos I found on the site are ok but they don’t actually do justice to the colours, nor to the general effect of the interior as you come in from either of the entrances. The church stands at the corner between Southampton Road and Malden Road, an otherwise featurless part of Kentish Town, but has the advantage of being a short walk to more scenic Belsize Park, and is served by two popular bus lines, Nos. 24 and 46, which stop right opposite the building.