About Quakers

What is Quaker worship? 

Quakers are a free-thinking faith organisation. We are people of differing spiritual beliefs, lifestyles and social backgrounds, and we welcome everyone. We have no ‘creed’ or dogma. Instead, we encourage people to believe only what they have experienced for themselves.​

More than what we believe, we are brought together by what we do. 

"I like to come to Meeting because I can look forward to an hour of quiet contemplation with others in a group. During this time, I can relax myself and pray and meditate, especially if I haven’t managed to do much of that in the past week. I feel better for it afterwards." 

Quaker curious?

If you're curious about Quakers, we'd love to meet you. 

We meet every Sunday at 10:30-11:30am and absolutely everyone is welcome.

You can read about what to expect here, or just come along on Sunday.

Children are always welcome, and there is a separate Meeting for children with planned activities on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month.

Quakers as an organisation

Britain Yearly Meeting (our national organisation) website: quaker.org.uk

Walthamstow Quaker Meeting is part of North East Thames Area Quaker Meeting.

Quaker Meetings in London are in the process of transitioning to one Joint London Area Meeting. For more information see the London Quakers website.  

Discovering Quakers has articles, videos, podcasts and online sessions for anyone who is curious about Quakers.

What to expect

Children's Meeting

History of Quakers in Walthamstow

"We have a lovely, light, airy meeting room, surprisingly peaceful on Sunday mornings, despite being so near the main street. I feel at home here, and hope that we offer a space where others can experience tranquillity, friendliness and spiritual enrichment. Everyone is welcome to join us, occasionally or more often, as they wish."

More about Quakers

Our Faith

Quaker Journeys

Our Values

A Brief History of Quakerism

Order a free information pack

Quaker Faith and Practice fifth edition (free online)

Search for Quaker meetings across the UK

"I moved to Walthamstow meeting from a larger one. I like both types of Quaker meeting. There is more ‘going on’ in a big meeting, but a smaller one, like Walthamstow, is good for really getting to know other people. We don’t crowd each other, we have our own space. We don’t always know the spiritual journey others are on, but we are able to enrich each others’ lives with our different experiences.


All that we do is underpinned with love."

To hear from some Quakers about what the Meeting is like for them and what happens, you can also go to the Discovering Quakers website. 

Quakerism has no creed or rules. Our book Quaker Faith and Practice contains extracts of Quakers' personal experiences. You can read Quaker Faith and Practice online for free. 

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