Find a church

St Nectan's church is an exceptional, delightful medieval country church in a wonderfully scenic location.

St Laurence church is a 13th century historical village church set in a deep valley close to the Wishing Well fountain spring.

Set in the heart of Rye, surrounded by narrow streets lined with picturesque houses, St Mary's is a natural magnet for visitors to the ancient Cinque port.

John Betjeman described this church as 'tumbledown' in the 1960s, but he also made it clear that he really liked it as it still retains its charm and history.

In 739AD Aethelheard, king of the West Saxons, granted land for a monastery. In the early 900’s a cathedral was built, almost certainly of wood.

Open daily, offering an atmosphere of quiet reflection to all visitors, St Mary's is an ancient place of worship dating back to at least 1190.

The church stands on open lawns in the centre of the village facing the famous Castle.

Originally part of a much larger building, which was destroyed by fire (probably in the time of Cromwell), the tiny church of The Good Shepherd was rebuilt from the original chancel.

Wilmington is a Downland village of Saxon origin, the present church was first built around 1200 as a chapel to the adjacent Priory and a feature of the churchyard is the ancient Yew tree, estimated to be 1600 years old, the trunk having a girth of 23ft.

Long, low and with a battlemented and buttressed tower, St George's is built on a grand scale, and was perhaps always larger than its rural agricultural population ever actually needed.