Editing Golders Green (section)

== Places of worship ==
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=== Churches ===
[[File:St Albans, Golders Green-2.jpg|thumb|Golders Green Parish Church (Church of England)]]
[[File:Golders Green Synagogoue 2016.jpg|thumb|Golders Green Synagogue]]

The [[Church of England parish church|Anglican parish church]] of [[St. Alban]] the Martyr in North End Road was designed by [[Sir Giles Gilbert Scott]], and in 1933 replaced the original eponymous church, on the site, which is now the [[parish hall]]. The latter was built in 1910 and made a [[parish church]] in 1922.<ref>[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=14888&inst_id=118&nv1=browse&nv2=corp AIM25] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020431/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=14888&inst_id=118&nv1=browse&nv2=corp |date=3 December 2013 }} Retrieved 29 November 2013</ref>

[[St Edward the Confessor Church, Golders Green|St Edward the Confessor]], a [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|Roman Catholic church]], was built in 1915 and consecrated in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcdow.org.uk/goldersgreen/parishinfo/default.asp|title=Roman Catholic Church of St Edward the Confessor|work=rcdow.org.uk}}</ref> A [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] [[monastery]] was established in [[Bridge Lane]] in 1908<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carmelite.org.uk/Golders%20Green.html|title=Golders Green, London – Carmelite Nuns|work=carmelite.org.uk}}</ref> and sold in 2007.<ref>Kevin Bradford [http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/4762020.Developers_do_not_rule_out_demolishing_Carmelite_monastery/][[Real estate development|Property developers]]<span> do not rule out demolishing Carmelite monastery, in Golders Green, after winning a High Court ruling against Barnet Council</span> 26 November 2009 [http://www.times-series.co.uk/ ''Hendon & Finchley Times''] Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref>

There is a [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|Greek Orthodox]] cathedral on Golders Green Road,<ref>[http://www.archangel.me.uk/ The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Cross & St. Michael] Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref> and a [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox]] church,<ref>[http://www.ggyg.org.uk/ St. Mary & Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church Golders Green, U.K.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313210449/http://www.ggyg.org.uk/ |date=13 March 2012 }} Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref> both having been [[Anglican churches]] for most of the 20th century. The Greek Orthodox church was built in 1914.

The Golders Green [[General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches|Unitarian Church]], built in 1925 on Hoop Lane, is [[listed building|Grade II listed]]; [[Historic England]] singles out for mention a "notable temera mural by [[Ivon Hitchens]]", among other works. The congregation seceded from [[Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel]] ([[Hampstead]]) in 1903 but took a generation to build its own place of worship.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=UNITARIAN CHAPEL, Barnet |num=1390934 |access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> St Ninian's Presbyterian Church on Helenslea Avenue was built in 1911 by [[T. P. Figgis]], noted for designing stations on the Northern line. The congregation merged with Golders Green Methodist Church (now Trinity Church, Hodford Road) in 1979. The building found new life as a Hindu temple, but was decommissioned in 2013.<ref>[http://www.swaminarayangadi.com/london/ Shree Swaminarayan Temple London] Retrieved 29 November 2013</ref>

=== Synagogues ===
There are several [[synagogue]]s in the area. The first, [[Golders Green United Synagogue (Dunstan Road)]], started in 1915 and its current building in Dunstan Road opened in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldersgreenshul.org.uk/|title=Golders Green Synagogue}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helen-fry.com/anglo-jewish-history/golders-green-synagogue-the-first-100-years/|title=Golders Green Synagogue: The First 100 Years|work=Helen Fry}}</ref> The Golders Green Beth Hamedrash opened in Golders Green in 1934, moving to the Riding in 1956. The Sassover Beis Hamedrash Helenslea Avenue moved to Golders Green from the [[East End]] in 1939 as well as the Beis Yissochor Dov (Hager's) currently in Highfield Avenue and the Hendon Adass on Brent Street.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}

The  [[Beth Shmuel Synagogue]] in 1942 in Oakfields Road and relocated at 169–171 Golders Green Road in 1945<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26890|title=Hendon: Judaism|work=british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> and is one of the most prominent synagogues in North West London, with Grand Rabbi Elchonon Halpern its longest serving Rabbi for 72 years up until his passing in 2015. In about 1960 the [[Sephardi Jews|Eastern Jewish Community]] established the [[Ohel David Eastern Synagogue]] at the Lincoln Institute, the former site of the Golders Green Beth Hamedrash.<ref>[http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-uk/London/golders_ohel_seph/index.htm Jewish Communities & Records] 14 December 2011 Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref> The [[Machzike Hadath]] Synagogue moved to Golders Green in the 1970s, opening its present building in 1983.<ref>[http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/London/EE_machzike/Index.htm Jewish Communities & Records] 12 December 2011 Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref>

=== Other religious buildings ===
The former [[Golders Green Hippodrome]] theatre became an [[El Shaddai International Christian Centre]] in 2007 and then an Islamic centre in 2017, and now is a [[Hillsong Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/21/church-buys-golders-green-hippodrome-after-mosque-plan-blocked|title = Megachurch buys Golders Green Hippodrome after mosque plan blocked|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 21 October 2021}}</ref>