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Lubavitch House London (English: Chabad Lubavitch UK) serves as the Chabad center in England. The building also serves as a shul for the community in the city, mikvah, and offices for Chabad activities in the area. The building is located in the Stamford Hill neighborhood in London. It was established by Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov, Rabbi Nachman Sudak and Rabbi Shraga Faivish Vogel. Rabbi Nachman Sudak served as director of Lubavitch House, and Rabbi Vogel as director of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad London, the organization overseeing all shlichus and institutions in England.

The building that serves the Chabad community in London was established after many years without a central location for the communal life of Chabad chassidim in the city. Until 5719, Rabbi Bentzion Shemtov would rent a small building in the Stamford Hill neighborhood in London. Over the years, as Chabad activities in England increased, a need arose to purchase a new building for the community that would include offices, a mikvah, a shul, and a cheder al taharas hakodesh.