St. Andrew's Church is the parish church of

Goldsworth Park Goldsworth Park is a large housing estate to the north-west of Woking in Surrey, England. It was named after the nearby Goldsworth area which was a large 'tithing' of Woking Parish. The tithing included most of the north west of Woking, such as ...

, a district of

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, England. The church paid for and sponsors the secular local youth and community centre for Goldsworth Park, the A2 Youth and Community Centre or simply, the A2 Centre.

Building, clergy and style of worship

Part of the Diocese of Guildford, the first vicar was appointed in 1981, and the church met in local schools before moving into the church centre, designed by Robert Potter, in 1988. The building is part of Goldsworth Park Centre, adjacent to its shops and health centre. The church describes itself as "a community-focused evangelical church, with a modern building". The church's internet presence operates as a wider community website which has pages for its coffee shop, sponsored centre and initiatives.

Linked amenities

A2 Youth & Community Centre

The church sponsored and opened this building adjacent to the church in 2008, providing youth facilities and venues for local community and social events.

Parish

Goldsworth Park is a parish of the Church of England created to serve the Goldsworth Park estate which has diverse housing, parks, gardens and roads laid out on a sparsely populated greenfield area
The parish page on the church's web site
states that Goldsworth Park was designed as a “garden estate”. The parish is bounded by St John's and Woking to the south, and by Knaphill and Horsell to the west and north-east.

Parish history

From the Domesday Book of 1086 (and possibly earlier) until 1884, Goldsworth Park was part of the parish of Woking, which in 1848 "comprise 10,000 acres [] by computation". St John the Baptist Church, 'Goldsworth' built of stone in 13th-century style, was designed by George Gilbert Scott in 1842 (later knighted), and enlarged in 1879 and 1883, and in the year after what was considered St John's, Goldsworth gained the status of a parish. In the 20th century the area around that church became widely known as St Johns and the large north-western portion of its area which broke off in 1988 to be the parish of the new church took up a variant of the old name of the district, chosen by the area's developers.Map
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References

External links

Church main web site

A2 Centre

Resources site

Mission Far & Near site
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