Wychwood Benefice

Welcome to our Benefice! We are a group of four churches, serving the villages and hamlets of the Wychwood Benefice in the West Oxfordshire Cotswolds. 

The Wychwood Benefice includes the following churches: St Mary the Virgin Shipton under Wychwood, St Nicholas Idbury, St John the Baptist Fifield and St Simon & St Jude Milton under Wychwood.

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United Benefice Holy Communion in Shipton

Monthly. Every Second Sunday at for 1 hour
Shipton-under-Wychwood St Mary
Church Street Shipton-under-Wychwood Chipping Norton, OX7 6BP, United Kingdom

Monthly United Benefice Holy Communion service with Choir in St Mary the Virgin Shipton under Wychwood

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Events during The Great Big Green Week 7-14 June 2025

for 1 hour
Milton-under-Wychwood SS Simon and Jude
Church Road Milton-under-Wychwood Chipping Norton, OX7 6LJ, United Kingdom

Benefice Events on Sunday 8 June
As part of this year’s Great Big Green Week, the Benefice are holding 2 events on Sunday 8 June.
Learn about Eco Church and how we could become more environmentally aware. The Diocese is hoping that 10% of its churches will achieve the silver award by the end of next year. Anne Carter is coming to speak to us about how she helped St Giles, Standlake to become one of the first to achieve this at the 8th June Benefice Communion Service in Shipton at 11am.

At 4pm Families are invited to explore the story of creation at Milton Church. This will begin with the creation story told through Godly Play which invites people to wonder and then respond through craft and informal conversation over tea and cake. This is very informal and suitable for all ages.

Midweek Holy Communion in Milton

Every Wednesday at for 1 hour
Milton-under-Wychwood SS Simon and Jude
Church Road Milton-under-Wychwood Chipping Norton, OX7 6LJ, United Kingdom

A quiet midweek service of Holy Communion

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Our churches

Safeguarding

Our Parish is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Diocese’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the PSO. For Milton and Shipton: Liz Watts 01993 684286, [email protected]. For Fifield and Idbury: Catherine Hitchens 01993 831881.
You can also contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.

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