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Internal View of Holy Trinity Church, Knaphill c. 1919
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Holy Trinity - Church of England Trinity Road, Knaphill, Woking, GU21 2SX
Tel: 01483 473489
Services: Sundays 09:30 am & 11:15 am (1st Sunday each month 09:30 Service Only)
Email: holy-trinity@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.knaphillchurch.co.uk -
Knaphill Methodist Church The Broadway, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2QG
Tel: 01483 475858
Contact: Rev Nick Oborski
Services: Sunday 10:00 am
Email: nick.oborski@methodist.org.uk
Website: www.knaphill-methodist-church.com -
Knaphill Baptist Church High Street, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2NB
Tel: 01483 476230
Services: Sundays 11:00 am & 6:30 pm
Email: Knaphill@KnaphillBaptistChurch.org.uk
Website: www.knaphillbaptistchurch.org.uk -
Providence Baptist Church Robin Hood Road, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2LU
Tel: 01483 489790
Services: Sundays 11:00 am & 6:00 pm -
Bridge Builder Evangelical Church The Vyne, Redding Way, Knaphill, Woking GU21 2DN
Tel: 01483 727045
Contact: Llewelyn & Debbie Dalton
Services: Sundays 6:00 pm -
St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Church 95 Victoria Road, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2AA
Tel: 01483 472404
Services: Saturdays at 06:15 pm & Sundays 9:30 & 11:30 am
Email: sthugh.secretary@ntlworld.com
Website: www.sthughoflincoln.org - Brookwood Community Church For further information: PO Box 785, Woking, Surrey GU21 4WA
Tel: 01483 757576
Email: info@bcc-info.org.uk
Website: www.brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk
Buddhism in Knaphill
Pic: Mal Foster
The former Brookwood Hospital chapel in Brushfield Way, Knaphill is now converted into a temple to serve as a place of Buddhist learning and meditation for people in the UK and Europe. It is one of 16 Thai Buddhist temples in the UK that serve a population of more than 30,000 Thai people and thousands of British residents interested in Buddhism and meditation. The gallery has rooms and an elevated view of the interior.
The group now residing at the refurbished chapel is the Dhammakaya International Society of the United Kingdom (DISUK). This peaceful Buddhist movement preaches the teachings of Buddha and practises and teaches the art of meditation.
Much of the original Anglican building and structure has been preserved including stone arches, pillars and beamed roof arches. The organisation now holds activities on festival days including chanting and teaching, almsgiving and the offering of sustenance and robes to monks. The monks, who are highly visible in their saffron robes, eventually hope to live at the centre. The chapel has been in disuse for a number of years and has been the target of vandals. Now that the refurbishment is complete, the old chapel has now once again become part of the community.
"The temple offers meditation, teaching and activities for the Thai community and other groups of people in the UK and Europe.
