The congregation was established in 1981 as the Epping Forest & District Reform Synagogue. In , the congregation changed its name to the Buckhurst Hill Reform Synagogue; with a further name change to Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue in 1996. Located in Bedford House,
Buckhurst Hill,
Essex from 1981 to 1995, the congregation acquired its current location in 1995 and subsequently renovated and restored the building as a synagogue. The site occupied by the synagogue is in the restored
chapel of
Wanstead Hospital, and previously the Merchant Seamen's Orphan's Asylum. == See also ==