Choral Evensong - An introduction. Historically, Choral Evensong is believed to have been derived from two Catholic services, namely Vespers and Compline. Our Choral Evensong is a very special service. Ashdown Forest has a uniquely beauty in summer and blesses us with a beautiful time of day, and in winter gives us the anticipation of Christmas or spring to come; or maybe it's because a Sunday evening gives us a time of calm and reflection before we take on the challenge of the week ahead.

Evensong has been defined as "a peace-inducing service in which the 'song' of voices sounding together in harmony is heard at the 'eve' point between the active day and restful night".