The Wimbledon Synagogue
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The Wimbledon Synagogue, formally the Wimbledon and District Synagogue, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1 Queensmere Road, Wimbledon Park, in the Borough of Wandsworth, London, England, in the United Kingdom.
The Wimbledon Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Rabbi Adrian Schell |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 1 Queensmere Road, Wimbledon Park, Borough of Wandsworth, London, England SW19 5QD |
Country | United Kingdom |
Location of the synagogue in the London Borough of Wandsworth | |
Geographic coordinates | 51°26′21″N 0°13′25″W |
Architecture | |
Type | University college (1953) |
Date established | 1949 (as a congregation) |
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The congregation was established in 1949 and was based at Worple Road, Wimbledon from 1952 to 1997.[2] In 1997 it moved to its present premises, adapting a 1953 university college building which previously belonged to Southlands College,[3] now part of the University of Roehampton. The building also houses a nursery school, a branch of Keren's Nursery.[4] The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism and is led by rabbi Adrian Schell.[1] In 2017, the congregation was described in The Jewish Chronicle as particularly welcoming.[5]