London Welsh Centre
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This article is about the London Welsh Centre (Y Ganolfan) at Gray's Inn Road. For the rugby club based in Richmond, see London Welsh RFC.
The London Welsh Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Cymry Llundain) (founded as the Young Wales Association in 1920) is a community and arts centre on Gray's Inn Road, in the London Borough of Camden. The centre is owned and run by the London Welsh Trust.
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Founded | 1920 |
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Founder | Margaret Lloyd George |
Focus | The arts, Welsh culture and community |
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Coordinates | 51.525093°N 0.117111°W / 51.525093; -0.117111 |
Owner | London Welsh Trust |
Website | londonwelsh |
Formerly called | Young Wales Association |
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The centre is a base for three choirs: the London Welsh Chorale, the Gwalia Male Voice Choir, and the London Welsh Male Voice Choir. The centre also hosts Welsh language classes, concerts, drama productions, the Young Welsh Singer of the Year Competition, the London Welsh School's Eisteddfod y Plant, literary events, discussion programmes, and a variety of other events.