A Free Church chapel was opened there in 1904 and the following year the first pastor, Frederick Tizzard, was appointed.
In 1916 it was one of only five such Free Churches in the country and in 1920 changed its named to The Free Church Cherryhinton Road. By 1922, when it was clear that the Free Church movement had only a limited future, its members voted to join the Congregationalists. A new chapel building was started in 1926 and completed in 1928 at a cost of £6,000. The architect was Norman Myers of Spalding anf Myers; it was built during the General Strike and there were fears of sabotage, but Mr Thurley, the foreman for the builders Kerridges, watched over the building and there was no trouble.
In 1965 the church became an official part of the Congregationalist Church but by 1987 was a United Reformed Church.
In 2015 the buildings were bought by the Greek Orthodox church and it is now the church of St Athanasios. One of the buildings is used for a Saturday school which is attended by over 100 children
the cache can be done as a cache and dash but be aware of the parking restrictions at certain times of the day
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