Accessibility, Entrances & Getting to GStJ

Building Entrances & Accessibility

Glebe-St. James features a number of entrances:
  • Front Tower Entrance (Rainbow Steps): This is the main entrance (and the entrance primarily used for concerts), at the corner of 1st Street and Lyon.  
  • First Avenue Ramp (Accessible) Entrance: The ramp brings visitors to a small vestibule that enters into the sanctuary. When the sanctuary is in use, the accessible door is unlocked. At other times, visitors using the ramp are asked to contact the Church Administrator to have it unlocked.   
  • Lyon Street "Red Doors": This entrance is shared with the Glebe Montessori School. Note that this Lyon Street door is also the fastest way to the Church Office!  
  • Parking Lot Entrance: The small parking lot at the back of the church leads to a red door at the back of the building. This entrance takes you to the music office and the back of the Sanctuary.
Front Tower Entrance
Parking Lot Entrance
Lyon Street "Red Doors" - Glebe Montessori Entrance

Accessibility with Glebe-St. James

There are five levels in Glebe-St. James: the 650 Lyon St. Entrance, the Sanctuary and offices upstairs, and the Glebe Montessori School with 2 levels downstairs. 


As a welcoming and affirming congregation, we are committed to improving accessibility at Glebe-St. James. Plans are in the works for full access between each of the 5 levels of the building. Currently,  it is possible to move from the Sanctuary to Fraser Hall by using either a small wheelchair lift or walking up 4 steps. There is a universal washroom close to Fraser Hall.


Getting to Glebe-St. James

Parking: Bike & Car
The Church is located at 650 Lyon Street S., Ottawa, ON. 

Bicycle Racks are available by the Lyon Street Red doors. 

Street parking is available on the streets surrounding the church for up to 2 hour periods. There is a small amount of off-street parking available in the back parking lot off of 1st Street. 

To arrive by car from west on Queensway, exit at BRONSON; turn right (south), turn left at Powell and right at Lyon and proceed to 650 Lyon Street South. 

From east on Queensway, exit at METCALFE/CATHERINE and proceed to Bank St; turn left and proceed to First Ave, turn right and proceed to Lyon (the church is on the corner). 
Bus Routes:
#56 Monday to Friday but sadly, not on Sunday; stop is adjacent to the Church.
#6 or #7 get off at Bank and Glebe Ave. and walk a block west to Lyon.
#10 get off at Bronson & Carling and walk a 2 blocks east on Glebe Ave. to Lyon.

Use OC Transpo's site to plan your trip!
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