Claim: 500 churches in London have closed.
Fact-check: Don't trust claims about the change in the number of churches and mosques in London - Full Fact
Verdict: this comes from an estimate for the number of churches converted into homes between 2001 and 2006. estimates indicate there was probably a net increase of around 800 church congregations between 2005 and 2015 in london.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2019-10-03T00:00:00