Hermon Hill · Wanstead E11

A building with a second act

Wanstead Methodist Church stopped holding Sunday services a few years back. The building never went quiet, though. Across its several spaces, it's now home to The Wanstead Curtain theatre, plus room for classes, clubs and workshops. Come and see what all the noise is about.

Enquire about hiring → Call David · 07458 002275

📍 Hermon Hill, Wanstead, London E11 2AR

🏛 Administered by the Forest Methodist Circuit

What's already pinned up

The building keeps good company

Its resident act is The Wanstead Curtain, Wanstead Fringe's theatre and cinema project, built inside the old nave. Alongside it, the building's other spaces are made for the kind of groups below. There's room on the board for you too.

Resident company

The Wanstead Curtain

Our best-known regular. Wanstead Fringe transformed the main hall into a proper stage for plays, screenings and Wanstead Kinema nights.

Weekdays work well

Rehearsals & classes

Dance schools, choirs, bands and fitness classes. An open floor and decent acoustics suit anything that needs room to move.

Regular slots

Clubs & committees

Societies, support groups and local committees can book a standing weekly or monthly slot around the building's other bookings.

Daytime or evening

Workshops & courses

First-aid training, art classes, community workshops. Bring your agenda, we'll bring the chairs and tables.

New

Your event here

Got something else in mind? If it's good for the Wanstead community, we want to hear about it.

Ring David! Get in touch ↓

The spaces

Not just one hall

There's more than one room under this roof. The main hall carries the bones of the old church nave: high ceilings, an open floor, and a stage end that's already rigged for performance thanks to its theatre conversion. Beyond it, the building holds further rooms of different sizes, plus a kitchen, so you can book the whole premises for something big, or just the right-sized room for something small.

Exact layouts, capacities and rates for each space are available on request. Every hire starts as a conversation, not a price list. Tell us what you're planning and we'll tell you what fits.

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The main hall. The largest space, with a stage end and basic theatre rig, home to The Wanstead Curtain.
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Additional rooms. Smaller spaces of varying sizes for meetings, rehearsals or quieter groups.
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Kitchen & servery, for catering alongside whichever room you book.
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5 minutes' walk from Snaresbrook Central line station
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Tell us what you need and we'll match you to the right space, or the whole building

Our story

From congregation
to community hub

Wanstead Methodist Church closed its doors as a worshipping congregation a few years ago. The building is now looked after by the Forest Methodist Circuit, which cares for ten Methodist churches across Waltham Forest, Wanstead and Loughton.

Rather than let the building sit empty, the Circuit hires it out. It's part of a wider belief that opening up church premises helps build stronger, more connected neighbourhoods. We'd love your group to be part of what happens here next.

Methodist churches cared for by the Forest Circuit, across Waltham Forest, Wanstead & Loughton

E11

Right on Hermon Hill, in the heart of Wanstead, easy to find, easy to book

Let's get you booked in

Ready when you are

David Bishop

Operations, Forest Circuit

operations@forestcircuit.org.uk ☎ +44 7458 002275

Wanstead Methodist Church
Hermon Hill, Wanstead
London E11 2AR

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