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JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND CONGREGATIONS IN ENGLAND

Listed by county and local authority

(The counties listed are the present administrative counties, or in the case of
unitary authorities, the ceremonial counties or metropolitan counties in which they are included.)
 

BEDFORDSHIRE
       Bedford (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Bedford's first Jewish congregations
              Bedford United Hebrew Congregation
       Central Bedfordshire (unitary authority) - Jewish Community
              Dunstable Synagogue
              Dunstable United Synagogue Membership Group
       Luton (unitary borough) - Jewish Community
              Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue
              Luton Hebrew Congregation
 

BERKSHIRE
       Reading (unitary district) - Jewish Community⁽³⁾
                Reading Hebrew Congregation
                Reading Liberal Jewish Community
                Tilehurst United Synagogue Membership Group
         Slough (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
                Slough & Windsor Affiliated Synagogue
                Slough United Synagogue Membership Group⁽⁵⁾
         West Berkshire (unitary district)
                Newbury and District Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
         Windsor & Maidenhead (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
                 Maidenhead Hebrew Congregation
              Maidenhead Synagogue
              Windsor United Synagogue Membership Group
              Windsor & Slough United Synagogue Membership Group
 

              Bristol, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
                     Bristol & West Progressive Jewish Congregation
                     Bristol Hebrew Congregation^(1,2,4,5,6)
 

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
       Chiltern (district) - Jewish Community
                Amersham United Synagogue Membership Group
              Amersham, Chesham & District Hebrew Congregation
              Chesham Hebrew Congregation
              South Bucks Jewish Community (Liberal)
       Milton Keynes (unitary borough) - Jewish Community
              Bletchley Hebrew Congregation
              Haversham Jewish Community & Synagogue
              Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue
       South Bucks (district) - Jewish Community
              Beaconsfield United Synagogue Membership Group
              Gerrards Cross United Synagogue Membership Group
       Wycombe (district)
                High Wycombe Affiliated Synagogue
              High Wycombe United Synagogue Membership Group
 

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
       Cambridge, City of (borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue
              Cambridge Synagogue
                 Cambridge & Suffolk Jewish Community
       Peterborough, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community
              Peterborough Hebrew Congregation
              Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community
              Peterborough United Synagogue Membership Group
 

CHESHIRE
       Cheshire East (unitary borough) - Macclesfield Jewish Community
              Macclesfield Hebrew Congregation
              Macclesfield United Synagogue Membership Group
              Wilmslow and District Jewish Community
       Cheshire West and Chester (unitary borough)
                Chester Hebrew Congregation^(1,3)
       Halton (unitary borough)
                Widnes Synagogue⁽³⁾
 

CORNWALL (unitary authority)
                Falmouth Jewish Congregation^(1,5)
             Kehillat Kernow (Cornwall Community), Truro⁽¹⁾
             Penzance Jewish Congregation^(1,5)
 

CUMBRIA
       Barrow-in-Furness (borough) - Jewish Community^(3,6)
             Barrow-in-Furness Synagogue^(3,6)
       Copeland (district)
               Whitehaven Jewish Community⁽³⁾
       Eden (district)
               Penrith Hebrew Congregation
 

DERBYSHIRE
       Derby, City of (unitary borough)
               Derby Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
       High Peak (borough)
               Buxton Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
 

DEVON
       Exeter, City of (city & district)
               Exeter Hebrew Congregation^(1,4,5,6)
       North Devon (district)
               Ilfracombe Hebrew Congregation
       Plymouth, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
               Devonport Synagogue
             Plymouth Hebrew Congregation
       South Hams (district)
               Totnes Jewish Community
      Torbay (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
            Paignton Hebrew Congregation
            Torquay United Hebrew Congregation
 

DORSET
       Bournemouth (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
            Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation^(1,4)
            Bournemouth Reform Synagogue
            Lubavitch Centre

            Wessex Liberal Jewish Community
      Poole (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
               Bournemouth Sephardi Association
 

DURHAM
       County Durham (unitary authority)
              Bishop Auckland Synagogue^(3,5)
              Durham Synagogue^(1,3,4,5)
       Darlington (unitary borough)
              Darlington Hebrew Congregation^(1,3)
       Hartlepool (unitary borough)
              West Hartlepool Hebrew Congregation^(1,2)
       Stockton-on-Tees (unitary borough)
              Stockton-on-Tees Synagogue^(1,6)
 

ESSEX
       Basildon (district)
              Basildon Hebrew Congregation
       Castle Point (borough)
              Canvey Island Hebrew Congregation
       Chelmsford (borough)
              Chelmsford Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
            Chelmsford Reform Synagogue Group
       Colchester (borough)
              Colchester and District Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
       Epping Forest (district) - Jewish Community
              Chigwell & Hainault Synagogue
              Loughton Synagogue
       Harlow (district)
              Harlow Jewish Community
       Southend-on-Sea (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Southend and District Reform Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾
       Tendring (district)
              Walton-on-the-Naze Hebrew Congregation
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE
       Cheltenham (borough)
              Cheltenham Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
       Gloucester, City of (city & district)
              Gloucester Old Synagogue^(1,5)
       Stroud (district)
              Stroud Jewish Congregation^(1,3,5)
 

GREATER LONDON
       For all London Boroughs, see Greater London^(1,3,4,5,6) section
 

GREATER MANCHESTER
       For all its Metropolitan Boroughs, see Greater Manchester ^(1,3,4,5) section
 

HAMPSHIRE
       Rushmoor (borough)
              Aldershot Synagogue⁽¹⁾
              Aldershot Military Synagogue
       Basingstoke and Deane (borough)
              Basingstoke Hebrew Congregation
       Portsmouth, City of (unitary authority)
              Portsmouth and Southsea Hebrew Congregation^(1,4,5)
       Southampton, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community ^(1,5)
            Southampton Hebrew Congregation
              South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community
       Winchester (city & district)
              Winchester Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
 

HEREFORDSHIRE (unitary authority)
              Herefordshire Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
 

HERTFORDSHIRE
       Dacorum (borough) - Jewish Community
              Berkhamsted United Synagogue Membership Group
              Hemel Hempstead Hebrew Congregation
              Hemel Hempstead United Synagogue Membership Group
       Hertsmere (borough) - Jewish Community
              Borehamwood & Elstree Synagogue
            Bushey & District Synagogue^(1,3)
            Liberal Synagogue Elstree
            Ohr Yisrael Synagogue, Borehamwood
            Potters Bar and Brookmans Park District Affiliated Synagogue
            Radlett Synagogue
            Radlett & Bushey Reform Synagogue
            Shenley United Jewish Community
       North Hertfordshire (district) - Jewish Community
            Hitchin Hebrew Congregation
            Hall Mead Synagogue, Letchworth
            Letchworth Hebrew Congregation
            Letchworth Talmud Torah
            Scouts Hill Synagogue, Letchworth
            Simmons' Hall Synagogue, Letchworth
            Synagogue at Girls' School, Letchworth
              Yeshivas Toras Chessed, Great Offley
       St Albans (city & district) - Jewish Community
            St Albans Masorti Synagogue
            St Albans (United) Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
       Three Rivers (district)
              Rickmansworth & Croxley Green Utd. Synagogue Membership Group
       Watford (borough)
              Watford & District Synagogue^(1,3)
       Welwyn Hatfield (district)
              Welwyn Garden City Synagogue
              Welwyn Garden City United Synagogue Membership Group
 

KENT
       Canterbury, City of (city & district)
              Canterbury and District Jewish Community^(1,5)
       Dover (district)
              Dover Synagogue^(1,3,5)
       Maidstone (borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Kent Liberal Jewish Community
       Medway (unitary borough)
              Chatham Memorial Synagogue^(1,4,5)
       Swale (borough)
              Sheerness Synagogue^(1,5)
       Thanet (district) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Lubavitch Foundation, Ramsgate
              Margate Hebrew Congregation^(3,5)
              Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Ramsgate
              Thanet & District Reform Synagogue
 

LANCASHIRE
       Blackburn with Darwen (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Blackburn Hebrew Congregation
              Freckleton Street Hebrew Congregation
              New Hebrew Congregation
       Blackpool (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽³⁾
              Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation
              Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
       Burnley (borough)
              Burnley Synagogue⁽³⁾
       Fylde (borough) - Jewish Community
              St. Anne's Hebrew Congregation
       Preston (city & district)
              Preston Synagogue^(1,5)
       Wyre (borough)
              Thornton-Cleveleys Synagogue
 

LEICESTERSHIRE
       Hinckley and Bosworth (borough)
              Hinckley Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
       Leicester, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Leicester Beit Hamedrash
              Leicester Hebrew Congregation
              Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Leicester Reform Group
 

LINCOLNSHIRE
       Boston (borough)
              Boston Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
       Lincoln (city) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Lincoln Orthodox Jewish Congregation
              Lincoln Jewish Community (Progressive)
       North East Lincolnshire (unitary borough) - Grimsby Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Grimsby Hebrew Congregation^(4,5,6)
              Grimsby Beth Hamedrash
 

MERSEYSIDE
       Knowsley (metropolitan borough)
              Huyton-cum-Roby Hebrew Congregation
       Liverpool, City of (metropolitan borough)
              For all Liverpool congregations, see separate Liverpool^(1,3,5) section
       Sefton (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
               Bootle Synagogue
               Crosby and Waterloo Synagogue
               Southport Hebrew Congregation
               Southport New Synagogue
       Wirral (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
               Birkenhead Synagogue
               Hoylake Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
               Seacombe Synagogue
               Wallasey Hebrew Congregation
 

NORFOLK
       Great Yarmouth (borough)
              Great Yarmouth Jewish Congregation^(1,3,4,5)
       King's Lynn and West Norfolk (district) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              High Street Synagogue
              Tower Street Synagogue
              King's Lynn Hebrew Congregation
       Norwich, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Norwich Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
              Progressive Jewish Community of East Anglia
 

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
       Kettering (borough)
               Kettering United Synagogue Membership Group
       Northampton (borough)
              Northampton Hebrew Congregation
 

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
       Bassetlaw (district)
              Worksop Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,5)
       Nottingham, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Nottingham Hebrew Congregation
              Nottingham Progressive Jewish Congregation
 

OXFORDSHIRE
       Oxford (city & district) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Oxford Jewish Congregation⁽⁵⁾
              Oxford Jewish Congregation - Masorti Group
              Oxford Jewish Congregation - Progressive Jewish Group
 

SOMERSET
       Bath and North East Somerset (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Bath Hebrew Congregation
              Bath Old Synagogue
       North Somerset (unitary district)
              Weston-super-Mare Hebrew Congregation
       West Somerset (district)
              Minehead Jewish Community
 

STAFFORDSHIRE
       East Staffordshire (borough)
              Burton-upon-Trent Jewish Community⁽⁵⁾
       Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
              Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffordshire Hebrew Congregation^(1,2,3,5,6)
       Stoke-on-Trent, City of (unitary authority)
              Stoke-on-Trent Hebrew Congregation^(1,2,3,5,6)
 

SUFFOLK
       Ipswich (borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Ipswich Liberal Jewish Group
              Ipswich Old Jewish Congregation
 

SURREY
       Elmbridge (borough)
              Kingston Liberal Synagogue, Long Ditto, Thames Ditton
              North West Surrey Synagogue, Weybridge
       Epsom and Ewell (borough)
              Epsom Synagogue⁽³⁾
       Guildford (borough) - Jewish Community⁽⁵⁾
              Guildford United Synagogue Membership Group
              Guildford Synagogue
       Mole Valley (district)
              Dorking Jewish Community Centre
       Runnymede (borough)
              Addlestone & District Jewish Congregation^(3,5)
       Spelthorne (borough)
              Staines, Egham and District United Synagogue Membership Group
              Staines and District Affiliated Synagogue
       Woking (borough)
              Woking United Synagogue Membership Group
 

SUSSEX, EAST
       Brighton and Hove (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,4,5)
              Brighton's first Jewish congregations
              Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation
              Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue
              Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue
              Hove Hebrew Congregation
       Eastbourne (borough) - Jewish Community
              Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation
              Eastbourne Progressive Jewish Community
       Hastings (borough)
              Hastings and St. Leonards Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾
              Hastings and District Jewish Society
 

SUSSEX, WEST
       Arun (district) - Jewish Community
              Bognor Regis Hebrew Congregation
              Felpham & Middleton Hebrew Congregation
       Crawley (borough)
              Crawley Progressive Jewish Community
       Mid Sussex (district)
              East Grinstead & District Jewish Community

       Worthing (borough)
              Worthing & District Hebrew Congregation
 

TYNE AND WEAR
       Gateshead (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽³⁾
              Gateshead Hebrew Congregation
              Kolel Synagogue
              Redheugh Bridge Road Synagogue
       Newcastle upon Tyne, City of (metropolitan county) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Charlotte Square Synagogue
              Corporation Street Synagogue
              Corporation Street Synagogue
              Gosforth & Kenton Hebrew Congregation
              Jesmond Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Newcastle Beth Hamedrash
              Newcastle Old Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Newcastle Reform Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation
              Ravensworth Terrace Synagogue
              Temple Street Synagogue
       North Tyneside (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              North Shields Synagogue⁽³⁾
              Whitley Bay Hebrew Congregation
       South Tyneside (metropolitan borough)
              South Shields Hebrew Congregation^(1,3)
       Sunderland, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Polish Synagogue
              Sunderland Beth Hamedrash
              Sunderland Hebrew Congregation
              Sunderland Yeshiva Synagogue
 

WARWICKSHIRE
       Warwick (district)
              Leamington & District Progressive Jewish Group⁽¹⁾
 

WEST MIDLANDS
       Birmingham, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Birmingham Hebrew Congregation
              Birmingham Central Synagogue
              Birmingham Lubavitch Centre
              Birmingham Home for Aged Jews Synagogue
              Birmingham New Synagogue
              Birmingham Progressive Synagogue
              Birmingham's first Jewish congregations
              Midland Reform Synagogue Movement
       Coventry, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Coventry Hebrew Congregation
              Coventry Reform Jewish Community
       Dudley (metropolitan borough)
              Dudley Jewish Community^(1,3)
       Solihull (metropolitan borough)
              Solihull & District Hebrew Congregation
       Walsall (metropolitan borough)
              Walsall Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,5)
       Wolverhampton, City of (metropolitan borough)
              Wolverhampton Synagogue^(1,3,4,5)
 

WILTSHIRE
       Swindon (unitary borough) - Jewish Community
              Swindon Hebrew Congregation
              Swindon Reform Jewish Community
 

WORCESTERSHIRE
       Worcester (city & district)
              Worcester United Synagogue Membership Group
              Worcester Hebrew Congregation
 

YORKSHIRE, EAST RIDING OF
       Hull, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,4,5)
              Adelaide Street Synagogue
              Dagger Lane Synagogue
              Great Passage Street Synagogue
              Great Thornton Street Synagogue
              Hull Central Synagogue
              Hull Hebrew Congregation
              Hull Old Hebrew Congregation⁽⁵⁾
              Hull Reform Synagogue
              Hull Western Synagogue⁽⁵⁾
              New Hebrew Congregation⁽⁵⁾
              Nile Street Synagogue
              Parade Row Synagogue
              Posterngate Synagogue
              Prince Street Synagogue
 

YORKSHIRE, NORTH
       Harrogate (district)
              Harrogate Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
       Middlesbrough (unitary borough)
              Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation^(1,2,5)
       York, City of (unitary authority)
              York Hebrew Congregation^(1,3)
 

YORKSHIRE, SOUTH
       Barnsley (metropolitan borough)
              Barnsley Synagogue⁽³⁾
       Doncaster (metropolitan borough)
              Doncaster Synagogue^(1,3)
       Sheffield, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Figtree Lane Synagogue

              Holly Street Synagogue
              New Church Street Synagogue⁽¹⁾
              Sheffield & District Reform Jewish Congregation
              Sheffield Central Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾

              Sheffield Jewish Congregation and Centre⁽¹⁾

              Sheffield New Hebrew Congregation

              Yanashker Synagogue          
 

YORKSHIRE, WEST
       Bradford, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,2,4,5)
              Bradford Hebrew Congregation
              Bradford New Hebrew Orthodox Congregation
              Bradford Synagogue for British and Foreign Jews
              Ilkley Hebrew Congregation
       Calderdale (metropolitan borough)
              Halifax Community
       Kirklees (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community
              Dewsbury Synagogue⁽³⁾
              Huddersfield Synagogue^(1,3)
       Leeds, City of (metropolitan borough)
              For all Leeds congregations, see separate Leeds^(1,2,5) section
 

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