Golders Green Hippodrome | |
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Alternative names | Hillsong Church North London |
General information | |
Type | Megachurch |
Location | Golders Green |
Address | North End Rd NW11 7RP |
Town or city | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Year(s) built | 1913 |
Client | Hillsong Church |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Bertie Crewe |
The Golders Green Hippodrome was built in 1913 by Bertie Crewe as a 3,000-seat music hall, to serve North London and the new London Underground Northern line expansion into Golders Green in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England.
Taken over by the BBC in the 1960s as a television studio, it has been put to more recent use as a radio studio and multi-purpose concert venue. In 2007, it became an evangelical church building. In 2017 it was acquired by Markaz El Tathgheef El Eslami (Centre for Islamic Enlightening). It was to be converted into an Islamic centre, but residents objected, and Barnet council deferred a decision.[1]
In October 2021 Hillsong Church bought the Hippodrome, with the intention of holding Sunday services there.[1]