List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom


This is a list of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom, including synagogues, yeshivot and Hebrew schools. For a list of buildings which were previously used as synagogues see List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom.

England

now number around 270,000, with over 260,000 of these in England, which contains the second largest Jewish population in Europe and the fifth largest Jewish community worldwide. The majority of the Jews in England live in and around London, with almost 160,000 Jews in London itself and a further 20,800 in nearby Hertfordshire, primarily in Bushey, Borehamwood, and Radlett. The next most significant population is in Greater Manchester with a community of slightly more than 25,000, primarily in the boroughs of Bury, Salford, Manchester itself and Trafford. There are also significant communities in Leeds, Gateshead, Brighton and Hove, Liverpool, Birmingham and Southend.

East of England

Cambridge and East Anglia

Cambridgeshire
Norfolk
Suffolk

East Midlands

Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire

Essex

Hertfordshire

Greater London

Central London

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
City of Westminster

City of London and the East End

City of London
London Borough of Tower Hamlets

East and North East London

London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Waltham Forest

North and North West London

South and South East London

London Borough of Bromley
London Borough of Croydon
London Borough of Lambeth
London Borough of Lewisham
London Borough of Sutton

West and South West London

London Borough of Ealing
London Borough of Kingston
London Borough of Merton
London Borough of Richmond
London Borough of Wandsworth

South East England

Kent

Surrey

Sussex

South West England

West Midlands

Yorkshire

Leeds">History of the Jews in Leeds">Leeds

North West England

Blackpool and Lytham St Annes

Liverpool

Greater Manchester

NameAffiliation/ritualLocationWebRefImages
Bowdon Shul Ashkenazi OrthodoxBowdon
Bury Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxBuryImage:Beismedrashbury.jpg|thumb|right|alt=The new Beis Hamedrash|Beis Hamedrash at Bury Hebrew Congregation|120px
Chabad Lubavitch South ManchesterChabadBowdon
Chabad of CheadleChabadCheadle
Cheetham Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxSalford
Damesek Eliezer Synagogue Ashkenazi OrthodoxPrestwich
Hale Shule Ashkenazi OrthodoxHale Barns, Altrincham
Heaton Park Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxHigher Crumpsall
Higher Prestwich Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxPrestwich
Hillock Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxWhitefield
Holy Law Hebrew South Broughton CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxPrestwich
Kehilas Kol YaakovFederation of SynagoguesPrestwich
King David High School, ManchesterManchester
L'chaim Chabad-LubavitchChabadSalford
Machzikei Hadass SynagogueAshkenazi OrthodoxHigher Broughton, Salford-
Manchester Liberal Jewish CommunityProgressive JudaismManchester
Manchester Reform SynagogueProgressive JudaismManchester
Meade Hill Shul United SynagoguePrestwich
Menorah Synagogue: Cheshire Reform CongregationProgressive JudaismSharston, Wythenshawe, Manchester
Ohr YerushalayimFederation of SynagoguesSalford
Sedgley Park Synagogue Ashkenazi OrthodoxPrestwich
Sha'arei ShalomProgressive JudaismWhitefield
Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim SynagogueUnion of Orthodox Hebrew CongregationsSalford
Whitefield Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxWhitefield
Yeshurun Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxGatley

Southport

North East England

Scotland

There have been Jews in Scotland since the 17th century, if not earlier. Most Scottish Jews today are of Ashkenazi background who mainly settled in Edinburgh, then in Glasgow in the mid-19th century. According to the 2011 census, 5,887 Jews lived in Scotland; a decline of 8.7% from the 2001 census. The total population of Scotland at the time was 5,313,600, making Scottish Jews 0.1% of the population.
NameAffiliation/ritualLocationWebRefImages
Jewish Council of ScotlandN/A

Edinburgh

Greater Glasgow

Elsewhere

Wales

There are records of Jews in Abergavenny, Caerleon and Chepstow in the 13th century, all of them in the Marcher Lordships of South Wales. However, after the English conquest of Wales, Edward I issued the 1290 Edict of Expulsion expelling the Jews from England. It is likely that most, if not all, Jews left Wales after this edict.
A Jewish community was recorded in Swansea in around 1730. Further Jewish communities were formed in the 19th century in Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypridd and Tredegar."
Jewish communities in Wales were augmented by refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe in the late 1930s.
The modern community in South Wales is centred on the Cardiff Reform Synagogue and the Cardiff United Synagogue. There is also a synagogue in Swansea. The synagogue of Merthyr Tydfil, the major one north of Cardiff, ceased to hold regular services in the 1970s and the building was later sold.
NameAffiliation/ritualLocationWebRefImages
Cardiff Reform SynagogueProgressive JudaismCardiff
Cardiff United SynagogueAshkenazi OrthodoxCardiff
Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Hebrew CongregationAshkenazi OrthodoxLlandudno
Welshpool Jewish GroupProgressive JudaismWelshpool

Northern Ireland

The Jews of Northern Ireland have lived primarily in Belfast, where the Belfast Hebrew Congregation, an Ashkenazi Orthodox community, was established in 1870. Services had previously been held at a private home in Holywood, County Down. Former communities were located in Derry and Lurgan. The first reference to Jews in Belfast dates from 1652, and a "Jew butcher" was mentioned in 1771, suggesting some semblance of a Jewish community at that time.
NameAffiliation/ritualLocationWebRefImages
Belfast Jewish CommunityAshkenazi OrthodoxBelfast