Eccles: St Mary The Virgin

St Martin's, New Buckenham

Our small congregation is keen to open our doors and welcome our neighbours and friends. We follow a monthly pattern of Eucharist, Sung Evensong and Services of the Word. We have a small but enthusiastic choir, the only one in the Benefice. St Martin’s is also fortunate that members of the community have formed a team of regular cleaners and flower-arrangers. We are proud of the extensive second-hand bookshop, which raises funds and encourages footfall. As part of our outreach we run coffee mornings from April to October, raising funds for other charities. To further encourage use of the church for cultural and community events, Village & Vestry was set up as a “friends” group, raising funds for the fabric of St Martin’s. St Martin’s is in excellent repair, with toilet and simple kitchen facilities. The tower has a recently re-hung and augmented peel of 8 bells, popular with visiting teams.

New Buckenham is a vibrant community of approximately 400 residents. It arose on the skirts of the castle built around 1150 (now a ruin), and was once a flourishing market town. The entire Village is designated as a conservation area and, very unusually, retains its medieval street pattern. It has a flourishing shop with an outreach Post Office, pub, tea shop and garage, together with a residential nursing home. There is a modern village hall, well used by village and outside organisations, including visiting theatre groups and the village cinema.

Wilby: All Saints

All Saint's Wilby normally meets for worship on the 3rd Sunday of each month, joined by the congregations of Eccles and Quidenham but not during the roof restoration.

We use the more traditional language for our service. The congregation enjoys the comfort of upholstered chairs in a carpeted chancel for our services but on special occasions when we have larger congregations, it is a privilege to use the older wooden pews and box pews in the nave.

Quidenham: St Andrew

St. Andrew's has a small congregation living locally who warmly welcome newcomers. As part of the Quidenham Benefice, services are held fortnightly at the church and the congregation joins other churches in the benefice (at Wilby and Eccles) on the other Sundays in the month. At St Andrew's a Service of the Word is held once a month at 0930 and Holy Communion is celebrated also once a month at 1100. More details are posted on the noticeboard outside the church. All are welcome to join us.

All Saints Old Buckenham

Old Buckenham church, with its thatched church and octagonal tower, is at the heart of the village. Members of the congregation are involved in many village societies and organisations, (for more about local life and events, see the Old Buckenham Blogspot here.) Visitors to the church building or to any of our services will receive a very warm welcome.

All Saints Church is part of the Quidenham group of parishes, our Priest in Charge of the group is Revd Sarah Walsh, please see the latest Pew leaflet (under 'news and notices') for her contact details.

Information about our services can be found on this site - under 'services and events', or see the latest 'pew leaflet' for details of forthcoming services for the whole group of parishes.

Banham: St Mary the Virgin

St. Mary's is known for it's Friday Youth Cafe, Saturday cafes and film nights and it's small but active congregation gives everyone a warm welcome. Banham is known for its zoo at the other end of the village - if you come for that, our beautiful church is not far away through the village by the village green so come and see!