The Bombed-out Church

The Bombed-out Church was a former Anglican parish church in Liverpool, England. Locals most often refer to it as "St Luke's Church". At the top of Bold Street, it is located at the intersection of Berry Street and Leece Street. Father and son John Foster, Sr., and John Foster, Jr., who served as consecutive surveyors for Liverpool's municipal corporation, designed the church between 1811 and 1832. It was meant to serve as a parish church, a concert hall, and a place for the Corporation to hold ceremonial worship.

The church's moniker comes from the fact that it has been a roofless shell ever since it was severely damaged by bombs during the Liverpool Blitz in 1941. It now serves as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the conflict and has been rented out as a space for events and exhibitions. The church is recognized as a Grade II* listed building on England's National Heritage List, together with the surrounding walls, gates, and railings.

Urban Strawberry Lunch oversaw St Luke's routine upkeep from 2007 to 2014 and planned events and exhibitions inside the church's grounds. They also planned cinema screenings and numerous dance, poetry, and theatre performances.

Ambrose Reynolds, the previous artistic director of Urban Strawberry Lunch, teamed together with other community members in 2014 to start the organization Bombed Out Church, which was called the building's neighborhood nickname. Since then, they have carried on the work began by USL, keeping the church a center of creativity for the neighborhood.

Location: Leece St, Liverpool L1 2TR, England