Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick
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Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick (ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਮੈਦਿਕ) is a
Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
'' gurdwara'' in
Smethwick Smethwick () is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire. In 2019, the ward of Smethwick had an estimated population of 15,246, while the wider bu ...
, in
Sandwell Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. According to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, t ...
, near Birmingham in the
West Midlands West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
of England. It was established in October 1958 in a former church building which had been bought earlier in the year at a cost of £11,600.


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*Webster, Len. ''The Turban-Wallah: a tale of Little India''. Oxford: OUP, 1984. *"People to People Week - the Sikhs," ''Warley News'', 11 November 1965 {{coord, 52.4958, -1.9714, display=title Gurdwaras in England Religious buildings and structures in the West Midlands (county) Smethwick