146 Queen Victoria St (Scientology HQ): Registered place of worship?

Dear Mr Thackeray

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Dear Mr Thackeray

Following your request for information of 25 January 2010, and our
acknowledgement of 26 January, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows.

No. 146 Queen Victoria Street, EC4 is not a registered place of
religious worship under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.

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