About Us

Welcome to the United Benefice of Barkway, Barley, Reed and Buckland.

All our churches are open for private prayer and for Sunday worship with details available by clicking the appropriate tab at the top of your screen. We send out details every week of these services, so please contact Liz Kershaw at [email protected] receive these details.

Our service times are shown on our main web site so please click  https://unitedbenefice.wordpress.com/service-times-in-the-benefice/ 

All our churches are open for private prayer and for Sunday worship with details available by clicking the appropriate tab at the top of your screen. We send out details every week of these services, so please contact Liz Kershaw at [email protected] receive these details.

We will offer you, your family and friends a warm welcome to worship with us or to attend any of our social events. Whether you live in these villages or further afield you are welcome. All of our villages are vibrant communities with many activities and groups and the churches are central to each.

Our small rural benefice in North East Hertfordshire, covers an area which includes Barkway, Barley, Reed, Buckland, Chipping, Nuthampstead and Newsells. Our nearest towns are Royston and Buntingford, but Cambridge is also within easy reach. Buckland Church, in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, is a beautiful church where we hold occasional services.

Our United Benefice is currently in vacancy but Mark Bidgen is due to be inducted at 7.30 on 21 May in Barkway Church.  In the meantime, please pray for Mark.

We seek to worship God and discover ways to live out our faith in our communities and beyond, in word and action, through loving God and loving our neighbour.

We will offer you, your family and friends a warm welcome to worship with us or to attend any of our social events. Whether you live in these villages or further afield you are welcome. All of our villages are vibrant communities with many activities and groups and the churches are central to each.

Our small rural benefice in North East Hertfordshire, covers an area which includes Barkway, Barley, Reed, Buckland, Chipping, Nuthampstead and Newsells. Our nearest towns are Royston and Buntingford, but Cambridge is also within easy reach. Buckland Church, in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, is a beautiful church where we hold occasional services.

We seek to worship God and discover ways to live out our faith in our communities and beyond, in word and action, through loving God and loving our neighbour.