Facilities and features
Accessibility
Toilet facilities including a Disabled Toilet are found on the right immediately after entering the St Cross site
Baby Changing facilities are found on the right immediately after entering the St Cross site
Limited parking is available for visitors to the Hospital of St Cross and those attending services in the Church. Parking is available on The Gravels which runs from the St Cross Road by the Bell Inn to the main entrance. To avoid obstructing entrances which provide 24-hour access, including for emergency vehicles, to the Hospital and Master’s Lodge, drivers are requested to observe the ‘no parking’ signs.
Parking is also available in Mead Road and, for Sunday services, in the Parish Hall car park on Back Street.
There is also disabled parking within the Hospital grounds for those attending Sunday services.
Toilet facilities including a Disabled Toilet are found on the right immediately after entering the St Cross site
It is possible to drive to the church door to drop off those unable to walk from the main entrance. There is also disabled parking within the Hospital grounds for those attending Sunday services.
We have wheelchair access into the church and it is possible to drive to the church door to drop off those unable to walk from the main entrance.
We have a good T Loop system
Large Print service sheets are available
Our Building
Described by Simon Jenkins (England’s Thousand Best Churches) as ‘a Norman cathedral in miniature’, the Church is the remaining part of the original 12th century Hospital buildings. Construction began in 1135 at the east end: the north porch was added nearly 200 years later. The walls are over one metre thick and built from stone brought from as far afield as Caen, Dorset and the Isle of Wight, as well as some flint taken from the local chalk pits.
For more information see www.hospitalofstcross.co.uk/the-church/
Music and Worship
View concert listings at http://www.hospitalofstcross.co.uk
8am Holy Communion every Sunday. Choral Matins usually 11am on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. Summer Choral Evensongs.
The choir sing at the 9.30 Parish Eucharist on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month and at 11.00 Choral Matins on the 2nd and 4th Sundays
Groups, Courses and Activities
Youth groups meet on a Friday evening and we run a drop-in for young people on a Tuesday afternoon. See http://parishofstfaith.org/families-and-young-people/ for more details
We run a drop-in for children and young people on a Tuesday afternoon. See http://parishofstfaith.org/families-and-young-people/ for more details
We run a House Group including Bible Study on a Thursday afternoon. Contact us for more information
We welcome Toddlers and their Parents and Carers at our 9.30 services: Tots Group during the service on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Sunday. All Ages worship together at 9.30 on the 2nd Sunday
We offer mentoring and faith development through our Youth Group
Help for Visitors
As part of a visit to the Hospital of St Cross, see www.hospitalofstcross.co.uk/visiting-st-cross/
Guidebooks available from the Hospital Porter's Lodge. Notes available in the Church porch
The Hundred Men's Hall Tea Room operates in the outer quad. See http://hospitalofstcross.co.uk/visiting-st-cross/ for more details.
There is a shop in the Porter's Lodge, selling attractive and original gifts, as well as cards and books.
Open for services and when visiting the Hospital of St Cross
Other Features
St Cross is nominated as a Character Area within the Winchester Conservation Area
www.parishofstfaith.org/parish-hall-and-book-our-facilities/