Cafés & Tea · Our pick in London
Café in the Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Under the church on Trafalgar Square
About Café in the Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Beneath the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, on the corner of Trafalgar Square, the Café in the Crypt serves breakfasts, hot lunches, cakes and tea under brick vaults and among old gravestones set into the floor. The church also hosts concerts, some by candlelight, and the café has regular jazz evenings. Profits support the church’s work. Charing Cross station is next door.
Why it's on our list
- Vaulted crypt
- On Trafalgar Square
- Jazz evenings
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Café in the Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields before you go.
What’s nearby
Distances from Café in the Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest stations
- Charing CrossBakerlooNorthernNational Rail0.1 mi1 min walk
- Leicester SquarePiccadillyNorthern0.2 mi4 min walk
- EmbankmentDistrictBakerlooNorthernCircle0.2 mi4 min walk
Nearest taxi ranks
- Taxi rank, Hungerford Lane0.1 mi1 min walk
- Taxi rank, Whitcomb Street0.2 mi4 min walk
Black cabs can also be hailed in the street: a lit yellow TAXI sign means the cab is available.
Key sights
- Trafalgar Square0.1 miWalk 2 minCycle 1 minCar or taxi 4 min
- Leicester Square0.2 miWalk 4 minCycle 1 minCar or taxi 4 min
- Covent Garden0.3 miWalk 5 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 5 min
- London Eye0.5 miWalk 10 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 7 min
- Westminster Abbey0.7 miWalk 13 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 8 min
- The British Museum0.7 miWalk 15 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Buckingham Palace0.9 miWalk 18 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Harrods1.7 miWalk 34 minCycle 11 minCar or taxi 16 min
- The Shard1.8 miWalk 35 minCycle 11 minCar or taxi 16 min
- Tower of London2.2 miWalk 44 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 19 min
Main rail terminals
- Charing Cross0.1 miWalk 1 minCycle 1 minCar or taxi 3 min
- Waterloo0.7 miWalk 14 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Victoria1.1 miWalk 23 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Euston1.4 miWalk 28 minCycle 9 minCar or taxi 13 min
- King’s Cross St Pancras1.5 miWalk 30 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 14 min
- St Pancras International (Eurostar)1.6 miWalk 32 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 15 min
- London Bridge1.8 miWalk 36 minCycle 12 minCar or taxi 16 min
- Liverpool Street2.0 miWalk 40 minCycle 13 minCar or taxi 18 min
- Paddington2.1 miWalk 43 minCycle 14 minCar or taxi 19 min