Places of Worship
The "twin spires" at the centre of Streatham, visible from the top of Streatham Common are:
- St Leonard's Church (Church of England) - the historic parish church
- English Martyrs' Church (Roman Catholic)
Other places of worship include:
- Christ Church, Streatham Hill (Church of England)
- Holy Redeemer Church, Streatham Vale (Church of England)
- St Margaret the Queen, Cricklade Avenue, Streatham Hill (Church of England)
- St Peter's Church, Streatham (Church of England)
- St Simon and St Jude, Hillside Road, Streatham Hill (Roman Catholic)
- Streatham Baptist Church, Lewin Road
- Hambro Road Baptist Church
- Streatham Methodist Church, Riggindale Road
- New Covenant Church, Pendennis Road
- Islamic Centre, Estreham Road (Shi’a)
- Streatham Friends Meeting House, Roupell Park Estate (Religious Society of Friends (Quakers))
- Streatham Mosque, Mitcham Lane (Deobandi Sunni)
- South London Synagogue, Leigham Court Road (United Synagogue)
- South London Liberal Synagogue, Prentis Road (Liberal Judaism)
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