The address is: St Anne's Church, Three Colt Street, London E14 7HP The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Westferry.

With the redevelopment of the East London Docklands in the late 20th century, over 100,000 people work in the Canary Wharf area, and a large part of this centre of business and finance lies within the parish of St Anne's Church.

As a result, St Anne's began to run lunchtime meetings in pubs and wine bars to reach out to those working in the Wharf.

This effort developed with the support of St Helen's Bishopsgate, but further growth was hampered for lack of a permanent venue on the site, which has high property values.

The idea to build a floating church was realised with the formation of the St Peter's Canary Wharf Trust and the purchase of a Dutch freight barge in 2003.

The barge was refitted in the Netherlands and brought across the North Sea under its own power in the summer of that year – a journey which was chronicled in a BBC documentary shown in the autumn.

A permanent full-time Church of England minister was appointed by the Trust in July 2004 and licensed by the area bishop to head the clergy.

In September 2004 St Peter's launched a new Sunday evening congregation with its own programme of meetings and groups to serve the many thousands who now live in the area.