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An evangelical style Victorian church at the heart of inner city Portsmouth.

A vibrant church in the heart of Southsea

There was probably a church on this hilltop overlooking the River Exe in late Saxon times, but the first stone church was erected shortly after the Norman Conquest and consecrated in 1073.

Elmstead is little more than a group of farms clustered round their church on the North Downs.

For centuries this building, the Cathedral of the Sea, has watched, listened and helped the people of Portsmouth navigate the passage of time. It has witnessed war and peace, famous marriages, been bombed and rebuilt and remains a building of greatness and simple enduring beauty.