About Us

There has been a church on this site since Saxon times and we are one of the few continuously used churches dating from that time in the area.

The present church is probably the fourth church on the site: the first church was likely to have been made of wood, superseded possibly by a Saxon stone church, an updating by the Normans (nave destroyed by fire in 1830) and a 19th Century rebuild of the nave.

St Michael’s is the parish church not only for those who worship on a Sunday morning but for everyone who lives and works in Southwick and beyond.

If you want to come here to celebrate a baptism or christening, get married or have a renewal of vows; whether you want to hold a funeral service to give thanks for a loved one, offer a prayer, light a candle or just find space and stillness we would be delighted to welcome you.