Country England Phone +44 1483 723879 Architect Robert Potter | Denomination Church of England Diocese Diocese of Guildford | |
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Address Goldsworth Park Centre,, Denton Way, Woking GU21 3LG, United Kingdom Similar All Souls' Church - Sutton Gr, St Peter's Church - Old Woking, St Dunstan's Church, Church of St Mary the Virgin - Ho, Brookwood Hospital Profiles | ||
St. Andrew's Church is the parish church of Goldsworth Park, a district of Woking, Surrey, 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.
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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".
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. The church's internet presence operates as a wider community website which has pages for its coffee shop, sponsored centre and initiatives.
Parish
Goldsworth Park is a parish of the Church of England created to serve the Goldsworth Park Estate: diverse housing, parks, gardens and roads laid out on a sparsely populated greenfield area. This area is bounded by St John's, Woking to the south and Knaphill and Horsell in northerly directions. In terms of population it equates to the area of Goldworth West, a ward that qualifies for two councillors plus a part of Goldsworth 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[d] 10,000 acres [40 square kilometres (15 sq mi)] 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.