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Sandys Row Synagogue

The oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in London still in use, inside a Huguenot chapel of 1766.

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Built as a French Protestant chapel and taken in 1867 by a congregation of Dutch Jewish immigrants who had been meeting in a room nearby since 1854. They moved the entrance to the other end so that the congregation would face east, which is why the door is on Sandys Row and the building appears to face the wrong way. It is the last of the dozens of small East End synagogues still holding regular services, and its cellars sheltered the street during the Blitz.

Where
4a Sandys Row, E1 7HW
Nearest station
London Liverpool Street · 3 min walk

Open for services, and for tours the synagogue arranges and lists on its own site.

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