Quakers In London

Quakers in London 

Quakers are a faith group working for equality and peace. There are about 1,500 Quakers who meet across London, in local communities for worship, fellowship, witness and learning.

Attending a Quaker meeting 

All are welcome at our Quaker meetings, often followed by a chat over tea and coffee where you can ask questions and get to know us better. There is no creed or set beliefs, just come along and experience the unique power of silent worship and a friendly welcoming community for all.

You can find out more about what to expect at a Quaker meeting here.

Locate your local meeting on the map above and find the meeting details, including timing and accessibility here. 

No matter your age, everyone has a place in our Quaker community! Learn more about how we welcome families and young people here. 

Who are Quakers? 

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is a radical faith group with its roots in Christianity.

We are committed to peace, equality, simplicity and integrity. and are known for work for social change, including on the abolition of the slave trade, the relief of suffering in wartime, improving living conditions for factory workers and the introduction of same-sex marriage. You can read more about our history at www.quaker.org.uk/faith/our-history.

Today, Quakers practise our “faith in action” standing in solidarity with marginalised communities and working to build a more just and peaceful world. Find out more about Quaker witness at: www.quaker.org.uk/action. 

Learn more about the Joint London Area Meeting - a project to simplify Quaker governance in London and create a shared spiritual home for London Friends. 

What is Quakers in London? 

Quakers in London is the name that the Quaker community in London has discerned for the charitable body which will exist alongside our London Area Meeting. Quakers in London will be formed by merging the 7 Area Meetings, and "London Quakers," into the existing structure for London Quakers Property Trust (LQPT). This single charity will be re-named "Quakers in London," and become our Area Meeting.

London Quakers Property Trust (previously Six Weeks Meeting (SWM)) was established by George Fox in the seventeenth century, as the means by which Quakers in London jointly hold and manage their meeting houses on a basis of mutual help and responsibility through a system of pooled funds and assets. Six Weeks Meeting became London Quakers Property Trust in 2013 and is a registered charity (no. 1141797) and a company (no. 6942084), both registered in England and Wales. LQPT continues to hold the responsibility to maintain, repair, preserve and ensure the places of worship and their contents within its area, while also providing funding for improving, extending, and building new Meeting Houses.

Current LQPT trustees are appointed by the seven Area Meetings covering the London area: London West, North West London, North London, North East Thames, South East London, and Kingston & Wandsworth. These trustees are individually and collectively responsible under charity law for the proper management of the Trust and the safeguarding of its assets. The trustees of LQPT hold all their meetings in the manner of Friends and follow guidance for the holding of business meetings as set out in Quaker Faith and Practice (fifth edition). 

More than Governance 

The creation of a london-wide are a meeting is not only a project to simplify Quaker Governance in London, it is also a project to merge seven separate worshipping communities into a single spiritual home for 1500 Quakers in London.  The new Area meeting's role is “to develop and maintain a community of Friends, a family of local meetings who gather for worship and spiritual enrichment" (Quaker Faith and Practice 4.02).