Stoke Newington Quaker Meeting

Our Meeting

We are a small Meeting, with between 6 and 12 worshippers at Meeting for Worship.

We worship together in a large community hall, which is used by a variety of local groups during the week, including, in winter, a good once-weekly homeless shelter run by the local Anglicans, which a number of us have supported.

The hall has had a recent facelift. The ceiling has some magnificent cast iron girders. And on suitable days the sunlight coming through the skylights can be quite lovely.

Some History

Stoke Newington Quaker meeting started in its present form in June 2000.

A century ago Stoke Newington was the largest Quaker Meeting in London. Its decline and our rise have matched the fortunes of Stoke Newington, the area. Many of the interesting features of the area reflect its Quaker past.

Transport Tips

Railway Stoke Newington (National Railway) 1/4 mile (‘One’ Railway – from Liverpool Street, Cheshunt, Enfield Town and Hertford East).

Buses 
Nos. 73 and 476 along Stoke Newington Church Street, from Islington or Tottenham. 
No. 106 along Manor Road, from Finsbury Park, Hackney, Bethnal Green. 
Nos. 67, 76, 149, 243 along Stoke Newington High Street (northbound from Dalston, Shoreditch) or to Stoke Newington Station (southbound from Tottenham, Wood Green). 
No. 349 to Stoke Newington Station (southbound from Tottenham – terminates at Stoke Newington). 
No. 276, along Stoke Newington High Street, from Newham, Stratford, Hackney. 
No. 393 along Stoke Newington Church Street, from Holloway, Highbury Corner, Clapton.

Parking No restrictions on Sundays. 
Not so good on other days.

Bicycles There are good bicycle parking facilities on Church Street. A limited number may be parked in the Hall.

Regular Events

Every fourth Sunday of the month we have Breakfast Meeting starting at 9 o’clock, where we eat and discuss an interesting aspect of Quakerism. We are currently looking at the core Quaker text ‘Advices and Queries’.

Correspondence Address

Jonathan Whitson,
Co-clerk to the Meeting,
11 Avenell Rd, 
London N5 1DP

Co-Clerks: Arthur Charlton & Jonathan Whitson [07776 136 412]