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St Augustine, Forty Lane, Wembley Park

February 28, 2018 13:44 / Leave a comment

A small church well north of Wembley town centre. It dates from 1953 and is by W. Wylton Todd and Guy Biscoe, replacing a structurally compromised church of 1926. The tower was added in 1979. The stained glass is from 1954 by Hardman

St Joseph, High Road, Wembley (Roman Catholic)

February 28, 2018 13:36 / Leave a comment

A large church at one end of the main street, it dates from 1957 and is by Reynolds and Scott.

  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

St Michael Tokyngton, St Michael’s Avenue, Wembley

February 28, 2018 13:14 / Leave a comment

A 1932 basilica by Cyril Farey serving a large area of 1930s suburbia north of the Harrow Road. The Tokyngton name derives from a medieval chapel that was in the area until the 1700s.

                          
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
 

English Martyrs, Chalkhill Road, Wembley (Roman Catholic)

February 28, 2018 12:44 / Leave a comment

Serving the Chalkhill Estate, but not far from the two Anglican churches at Kingsbury. This is a church of 1971 by B.D. Kaye of Sterrett and Kaye, with the glass and sculptures by Carmel Cauchi.

     
   
   
   
   
   
 

St John, High Road, Wembley

February 10, 2018 18:20 / 3 Comments on St John, High Road, Wembley

Set in a large churchyard a little way west of the town centre. The church was designed by Scott and Moffatt and built in 1844, a north aisle was added in 1859 and a south aisle by H.R. Brakspear in 1900.