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St Thomas's Church, Oakwood is located in Greater London
St Thomas's Church, Oakwood
St Thomas's Church, Oakwood
Location in Greater London
51°38′44″N 0°07′36″W / 51.64556°N 0.12675°W / 51.64556; -0.12675
Location Prince George Avenue, Oakwood, London, N14 4SN
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Conservative Evangelical
History
Status Active
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Administration
Parish St. Thomas, Oakwood
Deanery Enfield
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Hampstead
Episcopal area Area Bishopric of Edmonton
Diocese Diocese of London

St Thomas's Church, Oakwood is an Anglican church in the Enfield Deanery of the Diocese of London. It is located in Prince George Avenue in the Oakwood area of the London Borough of Enfield, England.

History

St Thomas's is a modern Anglican church established in the 1930s as the suburb of Oakwood grew with the extension of the Piccadilly underground line to Cockfosters. Building stopped with the outbreak of the Second World War, and the church was not finished until the 1950s. The architect was Romilly Craze. Later a parish hall was added, and a distinctive tall green spire. There is a guide hut on the grounds across the car park from the main building.

Late in 2010 the spire was found to be unsafe and removed, however this was replaced at the beginning of 2012.

Present day

The church holds weekly services on Sundays.

St Thomas's is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England. As a parish that supports complementary gender roles, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Maidstone (currently Rod Thomas).

From May 2017 to 2018, St. Thomas' Oakwood was in interregnum; this followed the move of the previous vicar, Christopher Hobbs (1997-2017), to St Andrew's Church, Cheadle Hulme. On 16 April 2018, the next vicar, Rich Alldritt, was inducted at the church. The current musical director is David Reavley.

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