Rector:
Revd Lance Sharpe (email: priest.westwycombe@gmail.com)
The Rectory, Church Lane, West Wycombe, HP14 3AH
Church Wardens:
Rosy Oliphant and Jennifer Stringer
Admin:
Rayne Hillcoat-Williams (email: admin@westwycombebenefice.org.uk Mobile: 07598 738037)
Starting in May, there will be two services each Sunday around the benefice. Until we get into the ‘right’ rhythm, please check Contact, Facebook or here to find out where and when. We will be trying to have both a Eucharist service and a Family service each Sunday.
Services around the benefice for May
| 4 May – Easter 3 |
9.30am Eucharist | St Paul’s, Bledlow Ridge | |
| 4 May | 11.00pm Family service | St Mary’s, Radnage | |
| 11 May – Easter 4 |
9.30am Morning Prayer | St Botolph’s, Bradenham | |
| 11 May |
11.00pm Eucharist | St Paul’s, West Wycombe | |
| 18 May – Easter 5 |
9.30am Eucharist | St Mary’s, Radnage | |
| 25 May – Easter 6 |
11.00am Eucharist | St Botolph’s, Bradenham | |
| 25 May |
4.009m Family Service | St Paul’s, West Wycombe |
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St Mary’s is open for private prayer – please read more below…
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Radnage, is open for private prayer daily during daylight hours.
Each Sunday there will be a service in one of the churches in the benefice. Please read Contact or visit www.achurchnearyou.com to see where the services are being held.
If you have a wedding or baptism planned our clergy will contact you.
St Mary’s church is a living building. Built by the Knights Templar in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, it has been prayed in for over a thousand years and has an atmosphere that reflects this. It is decorated with wall paintings which span six centuries, some of which were only rediscovered in the 1960s. They provide spiritual inspiration and comfort for worshippers and visitors. 20 years ago, a kitchen, vestry and toilet were added, helping to make the church more welcoming and usable for community activities. The church is open during daylight hours.
The building consist of a nave, central tower and chancel, all arranged in a East – West line. There is a small porch in the southern corner and a vestry in the north, all standing in a small churchyard.
The church tower is original and about 10 feet square and of a style which has elements of the late Norman and early English periods.
The nave is entered from the fifteenth century porch and probably dates from the thirteenth century and is thus probably a later addition to the original building. It is decorated with wall paintings which span six centuries, some of which were only rediscovered in the 1960s.
The church became a regular filming location for the BBC’s Crandford series and has also been a location for other major films.
There is a wonderful film made of St Mary’s by a local resident, Luke Phillips. You can see it on Youtube or by clicking here.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin and the Parish of Radnage are part of the West Wycombe Benefice that includes the church of St Botolph, in the Parish of Bradenham, the church of St Paul, in the Parish of Bledlow Ridge, and the two churches of St Lawrence and St Paul in West Wycombe. The benefice is in the Deanery of High Wycombe and is part of the Oxford Diocese.
Service times are published in Contact, the parish magazine, and on A Church Near You website – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/227/ .
For information about our services, please read Contact or visit www.achurchnearyou.com
SAFEGUARDING
Promoting a Safer Church
For more information about Safeguarding, please see this page.
Parish Safeguarding Officer: Caroline Strange. Contact: 07916 168847
For those interested in the work of the church the minutes of the PCC meetings are displayed inside the church porch.
St Mary’s has a Facebook page!
Check it out by searching St Mary’s Church Radnage or @stmaryschurchradnage
All the latest information about what’s happening at our church.