At the invitation of the English Sangha Trust, a charitable organisation founded in 1956 for the purpose of supporting a Buddhist monastic order in Britain, Luang Por Chah came to Britain in 1977.

He brought with him his senior Western disciple, Ajahn Sumedho, a bhikkhu who had trained under his guidance for over ten years.

Having seen that there was much interest in Dhamma in the West, he allowed Ajahn Sumedho and three other bhikkhus to take up residence at the English Sangha Trust's house in Hampstead, London, and make the teaching available for those who were interested.