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A lovely church on the edge of Ashdown Forest in the centre of the village.

St Mary's is one of the Church of England's most historic parishes, today we're a church of different people, a community of all ages, living out our calling.

Nothing prepares you, as you climb the 13 steps up to St Stephen for the majestic space within, the dome is Wren's finest and based on his original design for St Paul's.

A temple to Apollo where George Bernard Shaw played the organ.

Externally this church looks almost like a barn but once inside you will find a complete late Georgian interior, made even more so by our recent reintroduction of new timber windows.

Southwark Cathedral, once a priory church, is (as in monastic days) a centre for a pattern of daily worship within the English cathedral music tradition: a centre of teaching, of worship, prayer and pilgrimage, open and inclusive to all.

Our history is inexorably entwined with some of the most radical and progressive developments of the modern age, and yet the core principles at the centre of our congregation remain as true today as they were when the church began.

When Wren rebuilt this 12th century church in 1681-86, he employed some of the greatest craftsmen of his age.

First mentioned in 1185 and rebuilt in 1441, the current church by Wren was completed in 1692; the tower by Robert Hooke was finished in 1700.