Directory of Faiths in Westminster
Contents
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Introduction by Cllr Carolyn Keen
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How to use this directory
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Acknowledgements
3
Faith Organisation Entries by Religion
Baha’i
4
Buddhism
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Christianity
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Hinduism
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Interfaith Organisations
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Islam
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Jainism
34
Judaism
36
Sikhism
40
Zoroastrianism
42
Index of venues/organisations
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Index of venues/organisations by ward
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Introduction
The City of Westminster has a thriving collection of faith
communities and is recognised as one of the most ethnically and
religiously diverse boroughs in the Country. A significant number of
our places of worship are not only used by local residents but are
visited by thousands of people from across the world
every year.
Never before has the need for interfaith co-operation and dialogue
been greater. The Westminster Faith Exchange (our local interfaith
body), under the guidance of its recently formed Executive
Committee, is developing an annual programme of activities that
aim to encourage greater interfaith dialogue, understanding, and
co-operation in the City.
I hope that Westminster’s faith communities, residents and visitors
will find this updated directory a useful source of information and
use it to help them in their knowledge and understanding of this
City’s faiths.
Councillor Carolyn Keen
Chairman
Westminster Faith Exchange
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Please note that in some cases where a religion (e.g. Sikhism;
Zoroastrianism) has no place of worship or centre in
Westminster, the details of the nearest place of worship
elsewhere in London are included.
All of the faith organisations with an entry in the Directory are
listed alphabetically by name in the Index. There is also a second
index, which provides a listing of entries by ward.
We hope you will make use of the listing by ward index in
order to identify the other places of worship/faith based
organisations near you so that you can make local
connections with all the diverse faith groups in your area.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the faith organisations in Westminster
for their help in providing the information included in this
directory.
Disclaimer
Note that the Directory cannot claim to be fully comprehensive
in terms of its coverage of faith organisations in Westminster
and it is possible that some organisations have been missed. We
would hope to include any missed organisations when the
directory is next updated.
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Baha’i Faith
in Westminster
Baha’i
Organisation of Directory & How to use it
The Directory is divided into 10 chapters, one for each of the
nine religions represented in Westminster and one for interfaith
entries. The chapters are organised alphabetically based on the
name of each religion (i.e. Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian etc.). Each
chapter is introduced by a statement of belief of the particular
religion. The faith organisations are then listed in alphabetical
order by name within each chapter. With respect to the
Christian section, where the information has been provided, the
Christian denomination is shown under the name of each listed
organisation.
The Baha’i Faith has three
underlying principles, that there is
one God, that this God has been the
inspiration for all the major religions
that have appeared in history, and
that mankind is one family.
This God has been known by many
names in history, including Jehovah,
Allah, Brahma, etc. Baha’is believe
there is one reality behind these
names and that Moses, Krishna,
Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus and
Muhammad were all inspired by this
one God. Baha’u’llah, the founding
prophet of the Baha’i Faith, is
recognised by the Baha’is as God’s
prophet for this day.
The idea of unity of humankind is
also fundamental to Baha’i belief.
However, the diversity of humanity
in terms of race, ethnicity and
religious belief is also something to
be appreciated, just as the diversity
of colour, fragrance and variety of
flowers in a garden add to the
beauty of that garden.
Baha’is believe in the independent
investigation of truth, the equality
of men and women, that science and
religion should “go hand in hand”
and the need for an international
legislature to govern world affairs.
Praying daily and reflecting on the
scriptures are important to Baha’i
spiritual life, as is service to others.
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The Buddha’s teaching distinguishes
itself by its reasoned view of reality.
Mental process is discrete from
materiality but intensely bound up
with it as a prime conditioning
factor.
All that we are
Is the result of what we have
thought;
We are founded on our past
thoughts,
We are made of those thoughts.
Our thoughts are the matrix
From which we spring.
(Dhammapada 1)
Buddhism
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Buddhism
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i
(Westminster Baha’i Community)
27 Rutland Gate
SW7 1PD
Contact The Secretary
Tel
020 7584 2566
Fax
020 7584 9402
Website www.bahai.org.uk
Services Devotional meetings and
discussion evenings for Enquirers take
place on a regular basis. A Tranquility
Zone (meditative readings from sacred
writings with music) is held regularly at
Maria Assumpta Centre in 23 Kingston
Square, W8. Regular Children’s classes are
also held.
Baha’is run a World Citizenship
programme for schools.
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Baha’i
The quality of originating thoughts
determine the quality of their
mental and bodily resultants
(kharma). Life is a series of fleeting
processes, insubstantial and
unsatisfactory in themselves. When
confusion is dismissed the processes
of life are seen clearly (nirvana).
This position is reached by
recognising and then penetrating
Four Noble Truths: the recognition
of unsatisfactoriness of mental and
material states, and how they arise
from affinity and attraction to past
states; and penetration of how one
can unwind the process within
oneself, and the Eightfold Path
practised for this purpose.
Buddhism
International Buddhist Progress Society
(UK) (IBPS, UK)
London Fo Guang Temple,
84 Margaret Street
W1W 8TD
Contact Chuen Yann
Tel
020 7636 8394
Fax
020 7580 6220
Email [email protected]
Website www.ibps.org.uk
Services Sunday Service 10:30 -12:30,
temple open Monday - Thursday 9:00 17:00. Offer courses in yoga, Meditation,
children courses and many others. Also
provide counselling
London Fo Guang Shan- Temple
84 Margaret Street
W1W 8TD
Tel
020 7636 8394
Fax
020 7580 6220
Email [email protected]
Website www.ibps.org.uk
Services Opening hours from 9:00 till
17:00 except Fridays, every Sunday there
is a chanting session from 10:30 - 12:30
Buddhist Society (The )
58 Eccleston Square
SW1V 1PH
Contact Louise Marchant
Tel
020 7834 5858
Fax
020 7976 5238
Email [email protected]
Website www.thebuddhistsociety.org
Services Religious education, awareness
raising, correspondence courses on
Buddhism, residential summer school,
interfaith activities, Buddhist Library and
Buddhist Classes and courses
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West London Buddhist Centre
94 Westbourne Park Villas
London W2 3EB
Contact inananda – Chairman
Tel
020 7727 9382
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.westlondonbuddhistcentre.com
Services Meditation courses, Buddhism
classes, Saturday Morning Drop in Class,
Yoga classes, retreats and special events.
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Christianity
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Christianity
British Buddhist Association (The)
11 Biddulph Road
W9 1JA
Contact A Haviland-Nye, Director
Initial contact
Please telephone for an
appointment.
Tel
020 7286 5575
Fax
020 7289 5545
Services Educational and religious
meditation, teachings of Buddha, retreats
both in London and outside, discussion
forums
The British Buddhist Association promotes
Educational, religious and meditation
aspects of the Buddha’s teaching at
evening and weekend sessions both in
London and at country retreats, to
augment private study and practice. The
BBA is non-sectarian and seeks to express
religious devotion and discipline in ways
suitable to Western practitioners.
Although there are many different
denominations within Christianity
they all share the same main beliefs.
They believe in and worship the one
God who they can come to know in
three ways (the Trinity):
• the Father, who is beyond all
things, created all things and
constantly guides and sustains all
his creation;
• the Son, Jesus Christ, God who
became human, whose teaching
and life we follow and by whose
death and resurrection we are
freed from sin and given eternal
life;
• the Spirit, the enabler, the
presence of God within us and the
world, God’s inspiration, power
and strength.
The holy book for Christians is the
Bible, made up of a selection of the
Hebrew scriptures (the Old
Testament), of Gospels telling of the
life and teaching of Jesus and of
letters from early Christian leaders
containing teaching about Christian
life and faith.
Christianity is expressed through
worship and mission, private prayer,
and service to others and lives led
to the glory of God. These
expressions have many different
forms and styles.
All Saints Church
7 Margaret Street
W1W 8JG
Contact Dennis David
Tel
020 7636 1788
Fax
020 7436 4470
Email [email protected]
Website
www.allsaintsmargretstreet.org.uk
Services Various services and prayer
sessions on week days, nights and
weekends, Also on Greater religious
weekdays. Please refer to the website for
times for Prayers sessions, High & Low
Mass sermons
All Souls (C of E) Church
2 All Souls Place
W1B 3DA
Tel
020 7580 3522
Fax
020 7436 3019
Email [email protected]
Services Sunday Morning services 09:30
&11:30 and 18:30 evening service only
Sunday services emphasise bible
preaching and orchestral music;
congregations have a strong International
flavour
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Christianity
Assemblies of God Church
Denomination Pentecostal
141 Harrow Road
W2 1JP
Tel
020 8992 5627
Email [email protected]
Services Church services on Sundays
from 11am, also Sunday school. Also
provide monthly youth meetings
Association for the propagation of the
Faith (APF)
Denomination Catholic
23 Eccleston Square
SW1V 1NU
Tel
020 7821 9755
Fax
020 7630 8466
Email [email protected]
Website www.missio.org.uk
Services The principle mission support
organisation of the Catholic Church; it
supports all of the 1069 mission dioceses
in the world
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
Denomination Baptist
235 Shaftsbury Avenue
WC2H 8EP
Tel
020 7240 0544
Email [email protected]
Website www.bloomsbury.org.uk
Services Personal prayer place, worship
and English and Japanese, religious
education, family/marriage counselling,
awareness raising, food for the poor,
lunch, bus tickets and vouchers for the
destitute, luncheon club for senior
citizen, topical discussions, concerts of
classical music
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Chrisitianity
Cardinal Hume Centre
3-7 Arneway Street
SW1P 2PG
Contact Gareth Farmer
Tel
020 7222 1602
Fax
020 7233 2513
Email
[email protected]
Website www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk
Services ESOL, job seekers/careers advice,
health advice, mother and toddler group,
clothes for the poor, food for the poor,
crèche, advice and support and
accommodation for homeless young
people and people with substance misuse
problems, family day centre, full GP
practice, counselling for homeless
Our services are provided regardless of
religion or nationality. We are regarded as
linked to, but independent from the
Catholic Church.
Churches Together in Westminster
68A Ebury Street
SW1W 9QD
Contact Janet Whiting - Chair
Tel
020 7580 2791
Fax
020 7734 7449
Website www.churches-together-inwestminster.org.uk
Churches together in Westminster is an
ecumenical Christian council which seeks
to promote growing understanding and
unity among members and their
congregations and to encourage greater
awareness of the wider ecumenical
movement. We seek to encourage
member congregations to engage in
effective, ecumenical, witness and service
in their local communities. These are
activities, which embrace issues of
national and international concern.
Church of Our Lady, the Assumption
and St Gregory
Denomination Catholic
24 Golden Square
W1F 9JR
Contact Father Patrick Davies, Parish
Priest
Tel
020 7437 1525
Fax
020 7025 1598
Email [email protected]
Services Mass, confessions, prayer
groups, religious education, awareness
raising of faith, church services
Central London Seventh Day Adventist
Church
37 Brendon Street,
W1H 5JE
Contact David Riley
Tel
020 7724 2987
Email
[email protected]
Website www.centrallondonchurch.org
Service For any information please look
at the website
Christ Church Mayfair
Down Street
W1J 7AW
Contact Camilla Woolatt
Tel
020 7629 5885
Email [email protected]
Services 18:30 Sundays, Parent & Toddler
group on Thursday at 10:00 -11:30 (Little
Lambs)
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Christianity
American Church (The)
Denomination Interdenominational
79A Tottenham Court Road
W1T 4TD
Contact Miranda McDonald
Tel
020 7580 2791
Email
[email protected]
Services Church services at 11:00 and
soup kitchens on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays from 10:0012:00
Christianity
Corpus Christi Church
Denomination Catholic
1/5 Maiden Lane
WC2E 7NB
Contact Father Christopher Vipers
Tel
020 7836 4700
Email [email protected]
Services Masses: Weekdays 13:05,
Saturdays 18:00 and Sunday
Crown Court Church of Scotland
Denomination Presbyterian
Russell Street
WC2B 5EZ
Tel
020 7836 5643
Email [email protected]
Website www.crowncourtchurch.org.uk
Services Sundays 11:15am, 6:30pm and
Thursdays 1:10pm
City Gate Church
7 Greens Court, Soho
W1F 0HQ
Denomination Evangelical
Contact Pastor Matt Frost
Tel
020 7287 9304
Email [email protected]
Website www.citygatechurch.net
Services ESOL classes, awareness raising,
food for the poor, and crèche, Silver
service training classes, interfaith
activities
Eleventh Church of Christ, Scientist
1 Nutford Place
W1H 5YZ
Tel
020 7723 4572
Fax
020 7563 8319
Email [email protected]
Website www.eccslon.org.uk
Services Public reading room, Sunday
school, testimonies, healing, hymns
reading, religious education, spiritual
support, awareness raising, prison-jail
programme, crèche, public lectures on
Christian science and healing
Text
Maintain Reading Room at 80
Baker St, London, and W1. Open
weekdays 10:30 to 17:30 and Sunday
14:00-16:00. Members of the public
welcome.
Commonwealth Church
13-14 North Audley Street
W1K 6DP
Tel
020 7409 0251
Fax
020 7409 0261
Email
[email protected]
Website www.commonwealthchurch.com
Services Sunday Service at 10:30, Prayer
session on Tuesdays at 19:30 and please
visit the website for upcoming events
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Emmanuel Evangelical Church
9-23 Marsham Street
SW1P 3DW
Contact Rev Wee-Hian Chva, Senior
Pastor
Tel
020 7799 2828
Fax
020 7233 1276
Email [email protected]
Website www.emmanuelchurch.org.uk
Services International service, Cantonese
service, Children & youth church, crèche
and Community clubs for Parents &
Children
Greater World Association Trust (The)
3-5 Conway Street
W1T 6BJ
Tel
020 7436 7555
Fax
020 7580 3485
Email [email protected]
Website www.greaterworld.com or
www.greaterworldshop.net
Services Provide spiritual Healing for all
Faiths & Religions, Usually by
appointment on Wednesday’s but public
are welcome. Self awareness classes, for
other information please visit the website
Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus
9 St George’s Drive
SW1V 4DJ
Contact Sister Veronica Catania
Tel
020 7834 4020
Fax
020 7976 6862
Email [email protected]
Services personal prayer facilities and
guesthouse
Greek Cathedral (The )
Moscow Road, London
W2 4LQ
Tel
020 7229 7260
Website www.stsofia.org.uk
French Protestant Church
8A Soho Square
W1D 3QD
Tel
020 7437 5311
Email [email protected]
Services Church services, religious
education
Grosvenors Chapel
24 South Audley Street
W1K 2PA
Contact Father Simon Hobbs
Tel
020 7499 1684
Fax
020 7499 1684
Email [email protected]
Website www.grosvenorchapel.org.uk
Services Sunday Eucharist service at
11: 00 & Said Mass on Thursdays at 8:00.
Also please look at the website for
information on other events
German Christ Church
78 Station Road, London
SW7 1HL
Contact Rev Wolfgang Kruse
Tel
020 8876 6366
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.ev-kirche-london-west.org.uk
Services Sunday Services with Sunday
school. Also please visit the website for a
list of upcoming events
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Great
Britain
5 Craven Hill, London
W2 3EN
Tel
020 7723 4787
Email [email protected]
Website www.thyatira.org.uk
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Christianity
Church of Our Lady, Lisson Grove
Denomination Catholic
54 Lodge Road
NW8 8LA
Contact Rev Allen Norris
Tel
020 7286 3214
Fax
020 7266 5859
Email [email protected]
Services Daily mass, baptism, Sunday
mass, weddings, funerals, religious
education, marriage/family counselling,
mother and toddlers group
Christianity
Holy Trinity Church
Denomination Anglican
Prince Consort Road
SW7 2QU
Contact Tim Roe
Tel
020 7584 9253
Website www.htsk.co.uk
Services Sunday services at 11AM,
crèche, and space hire for rehearsals and
concert
Japanese Christian Fellowship
33 Creswick Road
W3 9HG
Contact Susumu Morinaga
Tel
020 8752 0115
Fax
020 8752 0121
Email [email protected]
Services Religious education, family
/marriage counselling, church services
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart
Denomination Catholic
25 St Edmunds Terrace
NW8 7PY
Tel
020 7722 2756
Fax
020 7586 4961
Email [email protected]
Website www.saintchristinas.org.uk
Services Mass during week and on
Sundays
Living Waters Discipleship and Healing
Trust
PO Box 1530
SW1W OWF
Tel
020 7630 1044
Fax
020 7630 1044
Email [email protected]
Website www.living-waters-uk.com
Services Courses and conferences on
gender issues and relationship problems
for Christians
Holy Apostles Church
Denomination Catholic
47 Cumberland Street Pimlico
SW1V 4LY
Contact Canon Pat Brown
Tel
020 7834 6965
Fax
020 7821 8609
Email [email protected]
Website www.holyapostlespimlico.org.uk
Services Religious education, family
/marriage counselling, mother and
toddler group, awareness raising,
prison/jail and ex-offenders programmes,
clothes and food for the poor
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London Diocesan Board for Schools
London Diocesan House
SW1P 4AU
Contact Elizabeth Wolverson
Tel
020 7932 1154
Fax
020 7932 1111
Email
[email protected]
Website
www.london.anglican.org/schools
Services Religious education, stay in
school support, interfaith activities
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London Institute for Contemporary
Christianity
St Peter's Church, Vere Street
W1G 0DQ
Tel
020 7399 9555
Email [email protected]
Website www.licc.org.uk
Orange Street Congregational Church
Denomination Protestant
Orange Street
WC2H 7HR
Contact Roger Edmonds, Secretary
Tel
020 7321 0373
Fax
020 7321 0373
Email [email protected]
Services Sunday’s service at 11:00 and on
every 3rd Sunday there is an additional
service at 15:00
Methodist Central Hall Westminster
Central Hall, Storey's Gate
SW1H 9NH
Contact Rev Martin Turner
Tel
020 7222 8010
Fax
020 7222 3392
Email [email protected]
Services Normal Office services, also
rooms to hire
Mission Together (Holy Childhood)
Denomination Catholic
23 Eccleston Square
SW1V 1NU
Contact Monika Chnelova - National Coordinator
Tel
020 7821 9755
Fax
020 7630 8466
Email [email protected]
Website www.missiontogether.org.uk
Services The Catholic Church's official
charity for children's missions overseas.
Its unique motto is ‘children helping
children'
Mount St Jesuit Centre
114 Mount Street
W1K 3AH
Tel
020 7495 1673
Contact Tony Horan
Email [email protected]
Website www.mountstreet.info
Service Providing opportunities in
central London for adult Christian
formation through prayer, worship,
theological education and social justice
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Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Vincent
De Paul
Denomination Catholic
337 Harrow Road
W9 3RB
Tel
020 7286 2170
Fax
020 7266 3506
Email [email protected]
Our Lady of Rosary
Denomination Catholic
211 Old Marylebone Road
NW1 5QT
Tel
020 7258 0307
Fax
020 7258 0307
Email [email protected]
Services Saturday Mass: 18:00, Sunday
Mass: 08:30; 10:00, 11:30 and 19:00. Also
Holy days of obligation: 08:00, 12:30 &
18:00. For other Mass times please refer
to Parish newsletter
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Guards Chapel
Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk
SW1E 6HQ
Denomination Anglican
Tel
020 7414 3229
Fax
020 7414 3414
Email [email protected]
Services Anglican Services on Sunday at
11:00
Central Church of the Household Division
(Guards Regiments) used as a parish
church – but many civil services,
including memorial services.
Christianity
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Westminster
Ambdrosden Avenue, London
SW1P 1QJ
Tel
020 7798 9033
Fax
020 7798 9077
Email [email protected]
Website www.rcdow.org.uk
Services Please refer to the website for
upcoming events
Salvation Army (The)
97 Rochester Row
SW1P 1LJ
Contact Chaplain Major David Hubble
Tel
020 7233 9862
Fax
020 7630 7859
Email
[email protected]
Website www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/
www_uki.nsf
Services Chaplains devotional prayer
service 16:00 - 17:00, Fridays snack &
chat bible study 14:30 15:30
Queen's Chapel of the Savoy (The)
Denomination Anglican
Savoy Hill, Strand
WC2R 0DA
Tel
020 7836 7221
Email [email protected]
Services 1st and 3rd Sunday of every
month and Wednesday holy communion.
2nd and 4th Sundays Lantern Mass
Queen’s Park United Reform Church
Harrow Road
Corner Third Avenue
W10 4RX
Tel
020 8964 8235
Salvation Army Church - Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
W1C 2DJ
Contact Major John Read
Tel
020 7629 5424
Fax
020 7629 4917
Email [email protected]
Website www.regenthall.co.uk
Services Sunday services at 11:00 &
15:00, Centre open to the public with a
Coffee and Bookshop open 6 days a
week. Tuesday’s Woman group meeting
from 14:00 & Thursdays a Cameo club for
mature adults from 14:00
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
8 Hop Gardens, St Martin's Lane
WC2N 4EH
Contact Graham Thomas
Tel
020 7286 0887 /020 7286 7204
Email [email protected]
Services Regular worship meetings on
Sunday's 11:00, Tuesday 13:00 and
Wednesday 18:15
Quaker worship is based on silent waiting
on God. Spoken ministry may come out
of the silence when a friend feels
compelled by the Holy Spirit to speak.
There are no paid ministers
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Also linked to The Soho Parish and The
House of St Barnabus
“Centrepoint” Safe Stop short stay hostel
for homeless shares building. Linked with:
Soho Society, Soho Community Centre
Trust and The Roman Catholic Caucus of
Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement (020
8986 0870) Let rooms for the community
Society of St John the Evangelist
Denomination Anglican
22 Great College Street
SW1P 3QA
Contact Fr Peter Huckle
Tel
020 7222 9234
Fax
020 7799 2641
Email [email protected]
Website www.ssje.org.uk
Services An Anglican Monastery, please
contact us for details
The Oldest Anglican Monastic orders for
men, we offer quiet days, retreats,
spiritual counselling etc.
St Christina's
Denomination Catholic
25 St Edmund's Terrace
NW8 7PY
Contact Nathalie Clyme-Wilson
Tel
020 7722 8784
Fax
020 7586 4961
Email [email protected]
Website www.stchristinas.org.uk
Services Offering good Catholic
education for boy’s 3-7 years old and
girls 3-11 years old
Society of St Peter the Apostle (SPA)
Denomination Catholic
23 Eccleston Square
SW1V 1NU
Contact Suzy Herron
Tel
020 7821 9755
Fax
020 7630 8466
Email [email protected]
Website www.missio.org.uk
Services The Catholic Church’s official
fundraising body for the training of
clergy and religious sisters in mission
St Clement Danes, Central Church of
the Royal Air Force
Denomination Anglican
Central Church of the Royal Force, Strand
WC2R 1DH
Contact Rev Richard Lee
Tel
020 7242 8282
Email [email protected]
Website
www.raf.mod.uk/chaplains/clement.html
Services religious education, Bible Study,
music, prayer, meditation, and bell
ringing, Free Open public Access,
Exhibition Memorabilia, Occasional Free
concerts
St Anne with St Thomas and St Peter
(Soho)
55 Dean Street
W1D 6AF
Contact Rev Clare Herbert
Tel
020 7437 5006
Fax
020 7437 8039
Email [email protected]
Website www.stannes-soho.org.uk
Services Church services on Sundays at
11:00 and the 3rd Sunday is Family
Communion focused on Children,
Tuesdays 13:00, Wednesday 20:00 and
Thursdays evening prayer at 17:30. Lunch
club for over 50 at 12:30. Rainbow Space
meetings for Gay & lesbian Christians.
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Pontifical Mission Societies
Denomination Catholic
23 Eccleston Square
SW1V 1NU
Contact Peter Honiball
Tel
020 7821 9755
Fax
020 7630 8466
Email [email protected]
Website www.missio.org.uk
Services Form the official organisation in
the Catholic Church providing spiritual
and financial support for missions
overseas
Christianity
St James’ Church
Denomination Anglican
Sussex Gardens
W2 3UD
Tel
020 7262 9976
Email
[email protected]
Website www.stjamespaddington.org
St James’s Church
197 Piccadilly
W1J 9LL
Tel
020 7734 4511
Fax
020 7734 7449
Website www.st-james-piccadilly.org
St. Gabriel's, Pimlico
30 Warwick Square
SW1V 2AD
Tel
020 7834 7520
Fax
020 7834 7520
Website www.st-gabriels.com
Services Sunday Eucharist services 08:15
& 10:30
St James the Less Church
Denomination Anglican
Thorndike Street, off Morton Street
SW1V 2PT
Contact Hanna Jones
Tel
020 7630 6282
Email [email protected]
Website www.sjtl.org
Services Church services, prayer
meetings, children's church, men and
women's meetings, religious education,
mother and toddler group, awareness
raising, food for the poor, weekend kids
clubs, craft café
St George Hanover Square
Denomination Anglican
2A Mill Street
W1S 1FX
Contact Roderick Leese
Tel
020 7629 0874
Fax
020 7629 0874
Email
[email protected]
Website www.stgeorgeshanoversquare.org
Services Weddings, funerals, memorials,
holy Eucharist and interfaith activities
St George administers the Hyde Park
Place estate Charity dedicated to relief of
poverty, helping the sick, the elderly and
children
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St James’s Roman Catholic Church
Spanish Place, 22 George Street
W1U 3QY
Contact Revd Terrence Phipps
Tel
020 7935 0943
Email [email protected]
Website www.spanishplace.hemscott.net
Services Religious education,
family/marriage counselling, clothes for
the poor, food for the poor, literary,
interfaith activities
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St John’s Hyde Park
Denomination Anglican
Hyde Park Crescent
W2 2QD
Contact Revd Deinol Heywood
Fax
020 7706 4475
Tel
020 7262 7132
Email [email protected]
Website www.stjohns-hydepark.com
Services Sunday's at 10:00, Mother &
Toddlers play group, Thursday’s 10:00, For
other upcoming events please visit the
website
Nursery School – Mon –Fri 9:00 –16:00;
Contact Janet Walters- 020 7402 2529 or
020 7262 1732
St Martin-in-the-fields Church
Denomination Anglican
Trafalgar Square
WC2N 4JJ
Tel
020 7766 1100
Fax
020 7839 6308
Email [email protected]
Website www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church
Moorhouse Road
W2 5DJ
Contact Fr Alan Robinson
Tel
020 7229 0487
Fax
020 7229 3223
Email [email protected]
Website www.humilitas.org
St John's Wood Church
Lord's Roundabout
NW8 7NE
Contact Christine Barnwell
Tel
020 7586 3864
Fax
020 7586 3864
Email
[email protected]
Services Sunday services: 8:00, 9:30 &
11:00 also an Even song at 18:30, Film
club, Junior Church. Please call the
church for more details
Home to the Crypt Youth Club (joint
venture with Westminster Youth Service)
Wide Range of study opportunities and
church events throughout the year.
St Mary’s Church
30 Bourne Street
SW1W 8JJ
Tel
020 7730 6607
Fax
020 7730 7455
Website www.stmarythevirgin.org.uk
St Mary-on-Paddington Green Church
Denomination Anglican
St Mary’s Square, Paddington Green
W2
Contact Revd Gary Bradley
Tel
020 7723 1968
Email [email protected]
Website www.parishoflittlevenice.com
St Luke's Church Centre
Fernhead Road
W9 3EH
Contact Alastair Thom
Tel
020 8960 4195
Email [email protected]
Website www.stlukeskilburn.co.uk
Services Sunday Services: 10:30 &18:00
also please visit the website for updates
on weekly events
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St Marylebone Parish Church
Denomination Anglican
Marylebone Road
NW1 5LT
Tel
020 7935 7315
Fax
020 7486 5493
Email [email protected]
Website www.stmarylebone.org
Services General church services, healing
and counselling, interfaith activities
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St Cyprian’s Church
Denomination Anglican
Glenworth Street,
NW1 6AX
Contact Fr David Cherry
Tel
020 7258 0724
Email [email protected]
Website www.stcyprians.org.uk
Services Mass, Worship for Korean
church, religious education, clothes for
the poor, spiritual guidance, space for
concerts, rehearsals
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St Michael’s Church
Chester Square
SW1W 9HH
Contact Rev Charles Marnham
Tel
020 7730 8889
Fax
020 7730 0043
Email [email protected]
Website www.stmichaelschurch.org.uk
Services Mother and toddlers group,
crèche, food for the poor, Pregnancy
Crisis meetings, meetings for those with
sexual issues, marriage courses, and
toddler group
St. Patrick's Church
Denomination Catholic
21A Soho Square
W1D 4NR
Contact Fr Alexander Sherbrooke
Tel
020 7437 2010
Fax
020 7287 9844
Email [email protected]
Website www.stpatricksoho.org
Services Mass times: Weekdays 12:45
(English), Saturdays: 16:00 (Portuguese),
18:00 (English), Sundays: 11:00 (English),
14:25 (Cantonese), 17:00 (English), 18:00
(Spanish). Also Confessions on Thursday's
12:15 - 12:45 & Saturdays 17:30 - 18:00
St Matthew’s Westminster
Denomination Anglican
St Matthew House, 20 Great Peter Street
SW1P 2BU
Contact Revd Phillip Chester
Tel
020 7222 3704
Email [email protected]
Website www.stmw.org
Services Café services, Bible study,
Sunday evening spiritual explanations
St Matthew’s Westminster is a church in
the Catholic tradition of the Church of
England where everyone is welcome
whatever their background.
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St Paul's Church Centre
5 Rossmore Road
NW1 6NJ
Contact Marilyne Demcil
Tel
020 7724 8517
Fax
020 7724 8517 (Telefax)
Email
[email protected]
Website www.stpaulschurchcentre.org.uk
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St Paul’s Church Covent Garden
Denomination Anglican
Bedford Street
WC2E 9ED
Contact Simon Grigg
Tel
020 7836 5221
Email [email protected]
Website www.actorschurch.org
Services religious education,
family/marriage counselling, cash
assistance to the destitute,
supplementary school. Concerts
St Paul’s is also affectionately known as
the “Actors Church” because of our long
association with the theatre community.
We welcome people of faith, all who seek
faith and friendship and all who doubt.
St Peter’s Eaton Square
119 Eaton Square
SW1W 9AL
Tel
020 7235 4242
Email [email protected]
Website www.stpetereatonsquare.co.uk
St Saviour's Church
Denomination Anglican
St George's Square
SW1V 3QW
Contact Father Matthew Woodward
Tel
020 7834 9520
Email
[email protected]
Services Sunday Services: Low Mass at
8:00, Parish mass at 10:00, Saturday
Prayer 10:00; Thursday 8:00 Mass; Prayer
weekdays 9:00 except Mondays, Evening
Prayer at 17:30
The Church is a beautiful 20th Century
building in the heart of Maida Vale. It has
a large lively congregation welcoming
Christians of all denominations and all
who doubt
St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
Denomination Anglican
32a Wilton Place
SW1X 8SH
Tel
020 7201 9999
Fax
020 7201 9997
Email [email protected]
Website www.stpaulsknightsbridge.org
Services Weekday Low Mass: 18:00,
Saturdays 12:00 and Sundays 9:00, 1st
Sunday of every month is Family Mass.
Also Solemn Eucharist at 11:00 every
Sunday
Concerts throughout the year, venue for
concerts and recording. Church hall for
functions and Meetings. For further
details please call the Parish
St Stephen with St John
Denomination Anglican
Rochester Row
SW1 1LE
Tel
020 7834 0950
Fax
020 7834 4510
Website www.sswsj.org
St Stephen’s Church
Westbourne Park Road
W2 5QT
Tel
020 7221 9329
Email
[email protected]
Services religious education, mother and
toddlers group, anti-drug initiatives,
homework clubs
St Peter’s Church
59 Elgin Avenue
W9 2DB
Tel
020 7289 2011
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St. Matthew's Parish Church
Denomination Anglican
29 St. Petersburg Place
W2 4LA
Contact Gareth Evans
Tel
020 7229 2192
Fax
020 7727 0330
Email
[email protected]
Services Sunday Services: 08:15, 11:00 &
12:15. Other service as publicised. Please
contact Vicar for Baptisms, Weddings and
Funerals. Also for information on School
and social activities
An active parish church with meeting
facilities, Church room, vestry etc.
Used by a variety of Christian traditions
Orthodox, Ancient Oriental, Pentecostal
etc. - and by diverse groups. Has resident
drama school
Christianity
Tyburn Convent
8 Hyde Park Place
W2 2LJ
Tel
020 7723 7262
Email [email protected]
Website www.tyburnconvent.org.uk
Services Daily Mass 07:30. From July the
Shrine of the English Martyrs will open
with Guided tours at 10:30, 15:30 &17:30
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
22 Binney Street
W1K 5BQ
Contact Mons Benjamin
Tel
020 7629 1534
Fax
020 7990 9559
Email [email protected]
Services Mass - Monday - Saturday
07:15 & 18:15, Sundays 10:00 & 12:00
with refreshments afterwards. Parish
Office hours are 10-12 then 14:00-16:00
except Saturdays.
Thames North Synod United Reformed
Church
Denomination United Reform
32-34 Great Peter Street
SW1P 2DB
Contact Geoffrey Duncan
Tel
020 7799 5000
Fax
020 7799 5555
Email [email protected]
Services Refugees, Asylum seekers.
Homelessness, poverty, Ecumenical
activities, work with all faith
communities, fair-trade, globalization,
partnership with church of South India,
Evangelical church of Czech Brethren,
youth work, multiculturalism and other
areas of social responsibilities
Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
1-6 Essex Street
WC2R 3HY
Tel
020 7240 2384
Fax
020 7240 3089
Email [email protected]
Website www.unitarian.org.uk
Services religious education, awareness
raising, prison, jail or ex-offenders
programme, support for other Unitarian
congregations
Trinity Methodist Church
Fernhead Road
W9 3EA
Contact: Martin Tullett
Tel
020 8969 4004
Email [email protected]
Services Religious education, basic skills,
fitness and sport, awareness raising, cash
assistance to the destitute, club for those
of learning disabilities
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West London Mission
19 Thayer Street
W1U 2QJ
Contact Revd Geoff Cornell
Tel
020 7935 6179
Fax
020 7487 3965
Email [email protected]
Website www.wlm.org.uk
Services Sunday worship, religious
education, anti-drug initiatives, prison,
jail and ex-offenders programme, crèche,
services for homeless, those in
rehabilitation for drug and alcohol
misuse and criminal justice system,
interfaith.
Westminster Cathedral
Denomination Catholic
42 Francis Street
SW1P 1QW
Contact Monsignor Mark Langham
Tel
020 7798 9055
Fax
020 7798 9090
Email [email protected]
Website
www.westminstercatherdral.org.uk
Services Mass: Sun 8:00, 9:00, 10:30,
12:00, 17:30, 19:00
Mon – Fri 7:00, 8:00, 10:30, 12:30, 13:05,
17:30
Sat 8:00, 9:00, 10:30, 12:30, 18:00
Westminster Abbey
Denomination Anglican
Parliament Square
SW1
Contact The Chapter Office, The Minor
Canons
Tel
020 7654 4779
Fax
020 7233 2072
Email [email protected]
Website www.westminster-abbey.org
Various activities take place on a regular
basis, e.g. Scripture Studies, Prayer
Groups, Music Recitals.
Westbourne Park Baptist Church
Porchester Road/Westbourne Park Villas
Paddington W2
Contact Rev Dr Steve Latham
Tel
020 7221 8264
Email stevesuelatham@btinternet
Website
www.westbourneparkchurch.org.uk
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Swedish Church
6 Harcourt Street
W1H 4AG
Tel
020 7723 5681
Fax
020 7724 2178
Email [email protected]
Website www.swedish-church.org.uk
Services Religious education, mother
tongue classes, job-seeker/career advice,
family/marriage counselling, fitness
support, mother and toddler group, au
pair advice, elderly club, interfaith
activities. All Church services are held in
Swedish
Christianity
Hinduism
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Hinduism
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Hinduism is perhaps the oldest of all
religions and yet endures today as a
healthy, colourful and exuberant
tradition. It has intimate links with
India, but its influence now extends
across the globe. It is particularly
conspicuous through its art, food, dress,
culture and philosophy.
Under the umbrella term of Hinduism
exist extremely diverse traditions,
differing philosophies and a wide
variety of religious practises. Yet the
coherent links between all these are
visible too. These links indicate the
common belief that the real self (atma)
is distinct from the temporary body
made of matter (prakriti). The eternal
soul identifies with matter and is
entrapped by maya (illusion). Impelled
by lust, greed, anger, etc. it accepts the
cycle of repeated birth and death
(samsara). Each soul creates its unique
destiny according to the universal law
of action and reaction (karma). Hindus
are required to honour all life thus a
practitioner is required to adhere to a
vegetarian diet.
The goal of Hindus is moksa - liberation
from this perpetual cycle through reidentification with the Supreme.
Hinduism accepts different paths
towards the common goal of union with
God. Nonetheless, it demands respect
for the authority of the holy books (the
Vedas such as Bhagavad Gita and
Srimad Bhagavatam) and stresses the
importance of and commitment to one’s
ordained duties (Dharma) as revealed by
these holy texts and received through
the spiritual mentor (Guru).
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Radha Krishna Temple (ISKCON)
9-10 Soho Street
W1D 3DL
Tel
020 7440 5222
Fax
020 7439 1127
Email [email protected]
Website www.iskcon-london.org
Services Arati, Puja, meditation groups,
classes on Vedic philosophy, religious
education, women's support, awareness
raising, food for life programme,
meditation classes, seminars, school visits
to the temple and to schools are
welcomed by appointment,
The Radha Krishna Temple is part of
Iskon (International Society of Krishna
Consciousness).
The Society teaches people how to find
eternal happiness by learning how to
love god, Krishna. Everyone is welcome,
from any religion, race or creed.
This section includes organisations
that are engaged in promoting
understanding between different
religions/faith groups.
Marylebone Bangladesh Society
19 Samford Street
NW8 8ER
Tel
020 7724 7427
Fax
020 7616 9740
Email [email protected]
Website www.mbs-uk.org
Services Mother tongue classes, basic
skills, general welfare advice, youth club,
interfaith and awareness raising,
supplementary school, pensioners advice,
Healthy living project
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Mosaic Community Trust
61 Warwick Avenue
W9 2PR
Tel
020 7289 1170
Email [email protected]
Website
www.mosaiccommunitytrust.org.uk
Services Interfaith women’s group,
Community based woman support
structures, mentoring services for
mothers to engage in there children’s
school lives, interfaith Theatre project
for young people, for all other planned
activities please visit the website
Three Faiths Forum
104 Grafton Road
NW5 4BA
Tel
020 7485 2538
Fax
020 7485 4512
Email [email protected]
Website www.threefaithsforum.org.uk
Service Local groups, lawyers groups,
Medical groups and discussions groups
for Islam, Judaism and Christianity,
Affiliated to the International Forum
Council for Christians & Jews Abrahamic
Forum, A National organisation with
International linkage
Aim is to encourage friendship, goodwill,
understanding, between Muslims,
Christians, and Jews.
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Westminster Faith Exchange
C/o Westminster City Council
64 Victoria Street
SW1E 6QP
Contact Nazia Mirza
Tel
020 7641 3047
Fax
020 7641 2872
Email [email protected]
Website
www.westminster.gov.uk/communityandli
ving/faithsbeliefsandreligions
The Faith Exchange is Westminster’s local
interfaith body. It is a City Council
initiative to encourage dialogue between
the Council and faith organisations, and
between the different faith communities
in Westminster. The Faith Exchange
meets quarterly and is chaired by a local
councillor. For more information visit the
website.
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Westminster Interfaith
Maria Assumpta Centre
23 Kensington Square
W8 5HN
Tel
020 7361 4740
Fax
020 7361 4741
Email [email protected]
Westminster Interfaith is an agency of
the Roman Catholic under the patronage
of Cardinal Murphy O'Connor. Each year,
Westminster Interfaith aims to assist in,
or put on, some events which are
opportunities for people of faith to
listen to and learn with one another.
Such events may be local, as in visits to
places of worship, or more general. On
the first Saturday of June, the annual
multi-faith Pilgrimage takes place
somewhere in the London area. This
brings together people of peace, those
of faith or no faith, for a day of visits,
prayer, walking and conversation in
friendship.
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Henna Asian Women's Group
Abbey Community Centre,
222 c Belsize Road
NW6 4DJ
Tel
020 7372 9860
Fax
020 7372 9860
Email [email protected]
Website www.hennaorg.co.uk
Services Working with Asian women of
all faith groups. Providing support,
mental health, counselling, young
women’s forum; group discussions,
outings, 2 annual coach trips, General
advice & advocacy, Quarterly calendar &
news events, support group for older
women, 1 Mela, 2 Annual Religious
functions
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Islam is a monotheistic religion. The
faithful Muslim believes in One God
to the exclusion of any other deity.
The arabic word for God is Allah. The
word Islam means, among other
things, peace and submission. The
word Muslim literally means “one
who submits to God!
The faithful Muslim believes in One
God, in all the prophets and
messengers sent by Him (starting
from Adam, Noah, to Abraham,
Moses, Jesus and Muhammad - being
the last or “Seal of the prophets”);
in the books (scriptures sent to
God’s messenger); in the angels, in
the Day of Judgement, and in the
absolute knowledge and wisdom of
God.
In Islam, the ‘spiritual’ and the
‘physical’ are part of an integral and
whole way of life. The practise of
the five pillars, on which Islam is
built, ensures that this integrated
ideal is realised. These pillars are:
the declaration of faith (shahadah);
performing prayer (salah); the
wealth tax/poor-dues (zakah);
fasting (sawm) and the pilgrimage
to Makkah (Hajj).
These basic duties serve up the
moral character of both the
individual and the community.
Muslims derive their laws from their
holy book, the Quran, and the
Sunnah. The Sunnah is the practical
example of the prophet Muhammed.
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City Circle (The)
PO Box 29890, London
SW19 8FX
Contact Yayha Birt, Director
Email [email protected]
Website www.thecitycircle.com
Services The City Circle promotes the
development of a distinct British Muslim
identity. It seeks to assist the process of
community cohesion and integration by
building bilateral strategic alliances
between Muslim and non-Muslim
communities and harness and channel
the skills and resources of Muslim
professionals into practical projects
thereby facilitating and empowering
young Muslim women and men to ‘put
back in’ to the wider British community.
The City Circle hosts weekly events in
Westminster (usually on Crawford Street).
For more information see the wesbite.
British Arab Resource Centre
Office 6
Beethoven Centre
W10 4UA
Contact Assya Alhaj Yousef
Tel
020 8962 9432
Fax
020 8960 7518
Email [email protected]
Services Advice and support on housing,
benefit, refer or sign post immigration,
Provide Saturday supplementary Saturday
Arabic classes
British Education Support Trust (BEST)
23 Crawford Street
W1H 1BY
Tel
020 7486 5555
Fax
020 7486 1007
Email [email protected]
Website www.bestrust.org.uk
Services The British Education and
Support Trust established in 1992 and
registered with charity commission in UK.
It aims to improve the condition of the
Muslim community in UK and develop
awareness and understanding of Islam
amongst non-muslims, by concentrating
on the youth and education.
Edhi International Foundation
316 Edgware Road
W2 1DY
Tel
020 7723 2050
Fax
020 7224 9774
Email [email protected]
Website www.edhi.org
Services Women's support group, clothes
for the poor, collection of money for
those in need.
Islamic Society for the Promotion of
Religious Tolerance
121 Harley Street, London
W1G 6AX
Tel
020 7935 3330
Fax
020 7486 4319
Email [email protected]
Services Information & Advice on
relevant matters
Iraqi Community Association
Pallingswick House, 241 Kings Street
W6 9LP
Tel
020 8741 5491
Fax
020 8748 9010
Email [email protected]
Website www.iraqicommunity.org
Services Advice and support on housing,
benefits, immigration, health, children's
support, home visiting, cultural and social
events outreach
Islamic Centre of England
140 Maida Vale, W9 1QB
Tel
020 7604 5500
Fax
020 7604 4898
Website www.ic-el.org
Services Five daily prayers, religious
education, family/marriage counselling,
marriage registry centre, awareness
raising, crèche, interfaith activities
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London Central Mosque & Islamic
Cultural Centre
146 Park Road
NW8 7RG
Tel
020 7724 3363
Fax
020 7724 0493
Email [email protected]
Website www.iccuk.org
Services Marriage/divorce services,
bookshop, sponsorship, annual
educational competition, public
restaurant, meetings and social circles,
interfaith activities.
Mayfair Islamic Centre
19 Hertford Street
W1J 7RU
Tel
020 7495 8283
Fax
020 7493 1421
Email [email protected]
Services Religious education,
family/marriage counselling, awareness
raising, supplementary school, and
Islamic library
Gretra Mosque
Gretra Hall, Vincent Street
SW1P 4HB
Tel
020 7828 4531
Contact Syed Abdus Sabur, Administrator
Email [email protected]
Services Jumma Prayers every Friday
Doors Open: 12:30
Eid Prayer every year – two Jammats.
Calamus Foundation (The)
18J Eaton Square
SW1W 9DD
Tel
020 7235 0302
Fax
020 7245 6821
Contact M Risaluddin, Chairman
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Dialogue
45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP
Tel
020 7724 6260
Email [email protected]
Website www.islam21.net
Services Community empowerment
network, basic skills, providing training
for the youth, interfaith activities,
platforms to bring up dialogue
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Islam
Amal Trust, The (Light of Youth)
15H Bourne House
W2 4UA
Tel
020 7727 5882
Fax
020 7727 5859
Email [email protected]
Website www.amaltrust.org
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Salahuddin Islamic Trust
1 Norfolk Place
W2
Tel
020 7402 6874
Fax
020 7402 6340
Email [email protected]
Wesbite www.salahuddintrust.co.uk
Services Prayers, Arabic/Quran Classes,
Advice & Counselling
Union of Muslim Families
46 Goodge Street
W1 4LU
Tel
020 7226 0934
Fax
020 7226 0934
Email [email protected]
Service family support, hospital and
home visiting, advice on housing,
employment, domestic violence, marriage
counselling, Bengali & Arabic classes
Muslim World League
46 Goodge Street
W1T 4LU
Tel
020 7636 7568
Fax
020 7637 5034
Email [email protected]
Services 5 times daily prayers, Eid and
Taraweeh prayers, Friday prayers
Utrujj Foundation
2nd and 3rd floor, 48 Goodge Street
W1T 4LX
Tel
020 7255 2227
Email [email protected]
Website www.utrujj.org
Services Organise lectures, seminars and
workshops on different topics in Islam,
day or two day seminars
North Westminster Cultural Centre
(Church Street Mosque)
12 Lancefield Street
W10 4NZ
Contact Shamsu Miah
Tel
020 8968 8187
Queens Park Bangladesh Association
Office 2, Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue
W10 4JL
Tel
020 8968 1177
Fax
020 8964 0816
Email [email protected]
Website www.qpba.org
Services Advice on benefits, housing,
youth projects, lunch club for elderly,
health awareness sessions, supplementary
school, mother tongue classes, cultural
and summer outings
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World Assembly of Muslim Youth
36 Goodge Street
W1T 4LU
Tel
020 7636 7010
Email [email protected]
Website www.wamy.co.uk
Services Religious education,
family/marriage counselling, women's
support group, awareness raising,
supplementary school, cash assistance to
the destitute, seminars, lectures and talks
on topical issues, youth training
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Jainism
in Westminster
Jainism
Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
244 Acklam Road
W10 5YG
Tel
020 8964 1496
Fax
020 8968 2928
Services Saturday School for children
which includes: National Curriculum &
Islamic studies, Sunday school includes
Arabic, Koran & Islamic studies. Also cater
for over 55 ladies in fitness and sowing
classes. Classes available to children and
young girls. Also Lectures and 5 prayers a
day. Please call reception for more details
The name Jainism comes from the term
Jaina which means the devotee of Jinas
(Spiritual Victors). Jinas are so called
because they are believed to have won
victory over passions of attachment,
aversion, etc. that defile the soul. They
are enlightened human teachers and are
also called Tirthankaras.
Mahavira, whose name means “the most
courageous one” is believed by Jains to
be the latest of these Tirthankaras and
to have been born into a Kshatriya
(noble) family in 599 B.C. in that part
of India now known as Bihar. Mahavir
lived and taught for 72 years.
The code of conduct of Jains is based
on five vows: Ahimsa (non-violence),
Satya (devotion to truth), Asteya (nonstealing), Aparigraha (nonpossessiveness) and Brahmacharya
(chastity). Ahimsa (non-violence) is the
anchor of Jainism and is one of the
basic virtues.
Vegetarianism is a way of life for a Jain.
Jiva Daya - the practice of
vegetarianism is seen as an instrument
for the practice of non-violence and
peaceful co-existence. Jainism teaches
that life is sacred and that all possible
kindness should be shown towards all
the living things. Jainism is the faith of
some 5 million or more people around
the world. In the UK there are many
Jain ‘Sanghs’, collectively numbering
almost 30,000. The first Jain temple in
Europe was unveiled in Leicester in
August 1985. The Jain community in
London is known as Bhakti Mandal.
Jainsim
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Jain Alliance
C/o Globe E A
23 Springfield Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 1QF
Website www.jainalliance.co.uk
Judaism is a faith that goes back
four thousand years to Abraham, the
first monotheist. His story is related
in the Torah, the sacred text of
Judaism, which is written by hand
in the scrolls that can be seen in
any synagogue. The rabbis said that
the world is based on three things,
on Torah, on worship and on deeds
of loving kindness. The declaration
of faith in Judaism can be found in
the SHEMA: “Hear O Israel, the
Eternal One is our God, the Eternal
God is One”. Jews traditonally say
this twice a day, thereby making a
connection with God and with other
Jews all over the world.
Jews live their lives according to
mitzvot (commandments) given in
the Torah. These include ritual and
ethical commandments. For example
Jews are commanded to eat kosher
food but also to love their
neighbours and care for the poor
and the needy. A synagogue
functions as a house of prayer, a
house of study, and a house of
assembly. Graven images, including
human images, are prohibited in the
Synagogue. Instead the focus is on
the ARK and the NER TAMID
(everlasting light) which hangs
above it, a reminder of the
everlasting light in the temple
which was a symbol of God’s
presence.
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New London Synagogue
33 Abbey Road
NW8 0AT
Tel
020 7328 1026
Fax
020 7372 3142
Contact The Administrator
Email [email protected]
Website www.newlondon.org.uk
Services Friday Service at 18:30,
Saturdays 09:15 and Sunday school 09:45
(head teacher Susannah Alexandra)
New West End Synagogue
St Petersburgh Place
W2 4LB
Tel
020 7229 2631
Fax
020 7229 2355
Contact The Administrator
Email [email protected]
Website www.newwestend.org.uk
Services Religious education, awareness
raising
Central Synagogue
36 Hallam Street
W1W 6NW
Tel
020 7580 1355
Fax
020 7636 3831
Contact Craig Levinson, Administrator
Email
[email protected]
Website www.brijnet.org/centralsyn/
Services Marriage/family-counselling
clothes for the poor, food for the poor,
cash assistance to the destitute
St John’s Wood Synagogue
37/41 Grove End Road
NW8 9NG
Tel
020 7286 3838
Fax
020 7266 2123
Email [email protected]
Website www.shulinthewood.com
Services Religious services
Liberal Jewish Synagogue
28 St John's Wood Road
NW8 7HA
Tel
020 7286 5181
Fax
020 7266 3591
Email [email protected]
Website www.ljs.org
Services Friday Service at 18:45, Saturday
Service 11:00. Also provide a religious
school and Nursery. We also provide
Adult Education on Tuesday evenings
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Board of Deputies of British Jews (The)
6 Bloomsbury Square
WC1A 2LP
Tel
020 7543 5400
Email [email protected]
Board of Deputies charitable foundation
is the elected representative body of the
British Jewish community. It conveys the
views of the community to Govt. and
other public bodies on a political and
legislative matter, which affect British
Jewry and provides information about
the Jewish community and Israel to the
non-Jewish world. It ensures that the
Jews enjoy the full rights of the British
Citizens.
West Central Synagogue
21 Maple Street
W1T 4BE
Tel
020 7636 7627
Fax
020 7631 9838
Email [email protected]
Website www.wcls.org.uk
Services Adult education, Sabbath
services, religious education,
family/marriage counselling, awareness
raising, and cash assistance to the
destitute, social events, interfaith
activities
West London Synagogue of British
Jews
33 Seymour Place
W1H 5AU
Tel
020 7723 4404
Fax
020 7224 8258
Contact Alan Shapiro
Email [email protected]
Website www.wls.org.uk
Services Weekday evening prayers,
Saturday morning prayers, holiday
prayers, religious education, women's
support group, awareness raising,
supplementary school, crèche, life cycle
events & Nursery
Westminster Synagogue
Kent House, Rutland Gardens
SW7 1BX
Tel
020 7584 3953
Fax
020 7581 8012
Email
[email protected]
Website www.westminstersynagogue.org
Services Sabbath festival services,
educational meetings, religious
education, family/marriage counselling,
mother and toddlers group, awareness
raising, crèche,
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Sikhism
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The essence of the Sikh Faith is
the worship and praise of One
God. Sikhism preaches a message
of devotion and remembrance of
God at all times, truthful living,
hard work and sharing with
society and denounces
superstitions and blind rituals.
Guru Nanak, the first Sikh spiritual
teacher, started to preach the
message of equality of all men and
women just over 500 years ago.
Sikhism is open to all through the
teachings of its 10 Gurus
enshrined in the Sikh Holy
Scripture, the Sri Guru Granth
Sahib. Today there are over 20
million Sikhs worldwide the 6th
largest world religion. Sikhs first
came to Britain in the 19th
century and the first Sikh
Gurdwara (place of worship) was
established in 1908. Today there
are about 600,000 Sikhs in the UK
many of them wear the distinctive
Sikh turban. Sikhs pray daily for
the well being of all humanity.
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We welcome visits by various schools and
universities and other interfaith groups.
Sikh Spirit
12 Sussex Place
W2 2TP
Tel
0705 064 8307
Fax
020 7723 9775
Email [email protected]
Website www.sikhspirit.com
Services Run a newsletter and website
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Zoroastrianism
Central London Gudwara (The)
62 Queensdale Road
W11 4SG
Tel
020 7603 2789
Fax
020 7631 3724
Website www.centralgurdwara.org.uk
Services Marriages, religious classes, daily
prayers, youth programme, Sunday
Punjabi school, Music classes, and hall
bookings.
Zoroastrians form a long-established
community in the UK. The first
Zoroastrian is known to have visited
the UK in 1723. One of the earliest
ethnic associations to be established
in the UK of South Asian origin is the
Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe
Incorporated, established on 22nd
September 1861 at 24 Devonshire
Terrace, London, W2 about 5 mins
walk from Paddington Station. The
UK’s first three non-white MPs were
all Zoroastrians with Dadabhai
Naoroji, elected to represent Finsbury
Central in 1892, being the first.
Prophet Zarathushtra, founder of
Zoroastrianism, known as Zoroaster by
the ancient Greeks, lived in the area
now known as Eastern Iran, Tajikstan
and Afghanistan around 1500BC.
Zarathushtra’s message the Gathas are
poetic hymns, composed orally in
Avestan the sister language of
Sanskrit (from the Hindu Rig Vedas).
Zoroastrians worship the one Creator
Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, the
Creator of truth, wisdom, light and all
things good and not responsible for
evil! The purpose of creation in
Zoroastrianism is to defeat evil.
Zoroastrians in their scriptures,
Avesta, are constantly urged to
perform good thoughts, good words
and good deeds as the only way of
defeating evil.
Zoroastrians worship in Fire Temples.
A consecrated fire burns continually
inside them. The oldest Zoroastrian
consecrated fire in Iran is over 2500
years old, while in India the oldest
fire has been burning for over 1000
years, consecrated by the first
Zoroastrian religious refugees to
flee Iran.
Zoroastrianism
American Church (The)
9
All Saints Church
9
All Souls (C of E) Church
9
Amal Trust, The (Light of Youth)
Assemblies of God Church
Association for the propagation
of the Faith (APF)
Board of Deputies of British Jews (The)
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
British Arab Resource Centre
British Buddhist Association
British Education & Support Trust
Buddhist Society (The)
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Zoroastrianism
31
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9
37
9
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
Great Britain
12
Gretra Mosque
31
Grovenors Chapel
12
Guards Chapel
13
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart
13
Henna Asian Women's Group
27
Holy Apostles Church
13
Holy Trinity Church
13
31
International Buddhist Progress Society
7
International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
32
Iraqi Community Association
32
Islamic Centre of England
32
Islamic Society for the Promotion of
Religious Tolerance
32
Jain Alliance
35
Japanese Christian Fellowship
13
31
7
Calamus Foundation (The)
31
Cardinal Hume Centre
10
Central London Gudwara (The)
41
7
Central London Seventh Day Adventist
Church
10
Liberal Jewish Synagogue
37
Central Synagogue
37
Christ Church Mayfair
10
Living Waters Discipleship and
Healing Trust
13
Churches Together in Westminster
10
London Central Mosque & Islamic
Cultural Centre
32
Church of Our Lady, the Assumption and
St Gregory
10
London Diocesan Board for Schools
13
Church of Our Lady, Lisson Grove
11
City Circle (The)
31
City Gate Church
11
Commonwealth Church
11
Corpus Christi Church
11
Crown Court Church of Scotland
11
Edhi International Foundation
31
Eleventh Church of Christ, Scientist
11
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
12
Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus
12
French Protestant Church
12
German Christ Church
12
Greater World Association Trust (The)
12
Greek Cathedral (The)
12
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London Fo Guang Shan- Temple
7
London Institute for Contemporary
Christianity
14
Mayfair Islamic Centre
32
Marylebone Bangladeshi Society
27
Methodist Central Hall Westminster
14
Mission Together (Holy Childhood)
14
Mosaic Community Trust
27
Mount St Jesuit Centre
14
Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
33
Muslim World League
33
New London Synagogue
37
New West End Synagogue
37
North Westminster Cultural Centre
(Mosque)
33
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Zoroastrian Trust Fund of Europe
Zoroastrian Centre
440 Alexandra Avenue
Harrow
HA2 9TL
Tel
020 8866 0765
Fax
020 8866 4572
Email [email protected]
Website www.ztfe.com
Contact Malcolm Deboo, Interfaith and
Information Officer
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St Marylebone Parish Church
18
Abbey Road
Knightsbridge and Belgravia
Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Vincent De Paul 14
St Matthew’s Parish Church
19
New London Synagogue
37
Calamus Foundation (The)
31
Our Lady of Rosary
14
St Matthew’s Westminster
19
St John’s Wood Synagogue
37
Churches Together in Westminster
10
Pontifical Mission Societies
15
St Michael’s Church
19
Bayswater
German Christ Church
12
13
Queen's Chapel of the Savoy (The)
15
St Patrick's Church
19
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church
18
Holy Trinity Church
Queens Park Bangladesh Association
33
St Paul's Church Centre
19
St Stephen’s Church
20
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i
7
5
St Mary’s Church
18
Queen’s Park United Reform Church
15
St Paul’s Church Covent Garden
20
West London Buddhist Centre
Radha Krishna Temple (ISKCON)
25
St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
20
Bryanston & Dorset Square
St Michael’s Church
19
St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge
20
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
15
St Peter’s Church
20
British Education & Support Trust
31
Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster
15
St Peter’s Eaton Square
20
Central London Seventh Day
Adventist Church
St Peter’s Eaton Square
20
10
Westminster Synagogue
38
City Circle (The)
31
Lancaster Gate
Eleventh Church of Christ, Scientist
11
Amal Trust, The (Light of Youth)
31
International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
32
Greek Cathedral (The)
12
Our Lady of Rosary
14
17
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of
Great Britain
12
19
New West End Synagogue
37
Swedish Church
21
St Mathew’s Parish Church
19
West London Synagogue of British Jews
38
Little Venice
Salahuddin Islamic Trust
33
St Saviour's Church
20
Salvation Army (The)
15
St Stephen with St John
20
Salvation Army Church - Regent Hall
15
St Stephen’s Church
20
Sikh Spirit
41
Swedish Church
Society of St John the Evangelist
16
Society of St Peter the Apostle (SPA)
16
Thames North Synod United
Reformed Church
21
St Cyprian’s Church
Three Faiths Forum
27
St Paul’s Church Centre
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i
5
21
Trinity Methodist Church
21
St Anne with St Thomas and
St Peter (Soho)
16
Tyburn Convent
21
St Christina’s
16
Union of Muslim Families
33
St Clement Danes, Central Church of the
Royal Air Force
16
St Cyprian’s Church
17
St Gabriel’s, Pimlico
17
St George Hanover Square
17
St James’ Church, Sussex Gardens
17
St James’s Church, Piccadilly
17
St James the Less Church
17
St James’s Roman Catholic Church
17
St John’s Hyde Park
18
St John’s Wood Church
18
St John’s Wood Synagogue
37
St Luke's Church Centre
18
St Martin-in-the-fields Church
18
St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church
18
St Mary’s Church
St Mary-on-Paddington Green Church
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21
Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
21
Utrujj Foundation
33
West Central Synagogue
38
West London Buddhist Centre
7
West London Mission
22
West London Synagogue of British Jews
38
Westbourne Park Baptist Church
21
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Faith Exchange
Westminster Interfaith
22
22
28
28
Westminster Synagogue
38
World Assembly of Muslim Youth
33
Church Street
Mosaic Community Trust
27
Edhi International Foundation
31
Salahuddin Islamic Trust (The)
33
Marylebone Bangladeshi Society
27
St Mary-on-Paddington Green Church
18
Westbourne Baptist Church
21
Edgware Road
Assemblies of God Church
9
Harrow Road
St Luke’s Church Centre
18
St Peter’s Church (Elgin Ave)
20
Trinity Methodist Church
21
Hyde Park
Maida Vale
British Buddhist Association
Marylebone High Street
7
Central Synagogue
37
Islamic Society for the Promotion
of Religious Tolerance
32
St Marylebone Parish Church
18
Sikh Spirit
41
St James’s Roman Catholic Church
17
St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens
18
West London Mission
22
St John’s Hyde Park
18
West Central Synagogue
38
Tyburn Convent
21
Queens Park
British Arab Resource Centre
31
North Westminster Cultural Association
33
18
Queens Park Bangladeshi Association
33
18
Queen’s Park United Reform Church
15
Zoroastrian Trust Fund of Europe
45
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Regents Park
Warwick
Church of Our Lady, Lisson Grove
11
Association for the Propagation of Faith
9
Handmaids of the Sacred Heart
13
Buddhist Society (The)
7
Liberal Jewish Synagogue
37
Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus
12
London Central Mosque & Islamic Cultural
Centre
32
Holy Apostles Church
13
Mission Together (Holy Childhood)
14
St Christina’s
16
Pontifical Mission Societies
15
St John’s Wood Church
18
Society of St Peter the Apostle (SPA)
16
St Gabriel’s, Pimlico
17
St James Park
Cardinal Hume Centre
10
West End
Corpus Christi Church
11
All Saints Church
9
Crown Court Church of Scotland
11
All Souls Church
9
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
12
Christ Church Mayfair
10
Guards Chapel
13
10
11
Methodist Central Hall Westminster
14
Church of Our Lady, the Assumption
and St Gregory
Orange Street Congregational Church
14
City Gate Church
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
15
Commonwealth Church
11
Society of St John the Evangelist
16
French Protestant Church
12
St Clement Danes
16
Grovenors Chapel
12
St James (Piccadilly)
17
International Buddhist Progress Society
7
St Martin-in-the-fields Church
18
London Fo Guang Shan Temple
7
St Matthew’s Westminster
19
St Paul’s Church Covent Garden
20
London Institute for Contemporary
Christianity
Thames North Synod United
Reformed Church
Mayfair Islamic Centre
32
21
Mount St Jesuit Centre
14
Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
21
Queens Chapel of the Savoy (The)
15
Westminster Abbey
22
Radha Krishna Temple (ISKCON)
25
Westminster Faith Exchange
28
Salvation Army Church - Regent Hall
15
Tachbrook
St James the Less Church
St Saviour’s Church
17
20
Vincent Square
Gretra Mosque
31
London Diocesan Board of Schools
13
Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster
15
Salvation Army (The)
15
Westminster Cathedral
22
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St Anne with St Thomas and
St Peter (Soho)
16
St George Hanover Square
17
St. Patrick’s Church
19
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
21
Westbourne
Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Vincent
De Paul
47
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Westminster Faith Exchange
C/o Policy & Performance
Westminster City Council
18th Floor, City Hall, 64 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6QP
Tel
020 7641 3047
Fax
020 7641 2872
Email
[email protected]
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