I first tried this synagogue a long time ago - a very long time ago. 2014 I think, potentially. Not long after it first appeared on the scene anyway. Arrived nice and early, parked up, walked down the road towards the gate and just as we have the gate in our line of sight a scaffolding truck pulls up, a worker unlocks the gate and the truck drives in, and they start unloading a load of scaffolding which was already partly over the front entrance. Damn and blast. After that, I historically had such shitty luck in this city that I never actually tried it again the handful of times I braved going back there.

This time though I was determined to make it happen, and at long last found myself in a UK exploring classic. It's actually holding up pretty well, it's relatively clean and unspoiled in there still, it definitely helped that a couple of years ago a lot of the rubbish and debris was cleared out, and that weird time when there was someone living on site as 'security' charging people money to go inside for photos. As of now it seems to face an uncertain future, it's apparently up for sale again although there aren't any sale or development opportunity boards to be seen.

It was built in 1937 to serve the sizeable Jewish community that had established itself there, and remained open serving them until the gradually reducing size of the local Jewish population forced it to close in 2008. After closure it was listed at Grade II* to ensure it survived any development, and has been described as the most important example of 20th Century synagogue architecture in England and the finest surviving synagogue from the inter-war period.

As someone who loves the inter-war period of architecture, it's a truly stunning building outside and inside too - sadly I forgot to take an external photo, as the way in was pretty bait!

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Thanks for looking

Wow, this is awesome! The locations that take years to get in always seem to be the coolest, and this is no exception.

super sweet!

Well shot mate. There's some really attractive architecture here.

The acoustics there have got to be amazing. I'm imagining a band playing there, and how that would sound. This is a cery interesting location. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool set.

Impressive!

The acoustics there have got to be amazing. I'm imagining a band playing there, and how that would sound. This is a cery interesting location. Thanks for sharing.