The new Forest and Avon team were licensed at St Laurence Church in July 2022.

The team, made up of six churches on the Wiltshire/Hampshire border, works ecumenically with other churches within this area, and as a team offers a wide variety of worship to those living within and beyond the team.

The six churches to make up the team are: St Laurence, Downton; St Peter, Bramshaw; St Andrew, Landford; St Birinus, Morgan's Vale; St Peter, Plaitford; and St Mary's Church, Redlynch.

R-L: Rev. Veronica Batchelor, Team Vicar; Rev. David Bacon, Team Rector; Venerable Alan Jeans, Associate Priest.

R-L: Rev. Ruth Schofield, Rural Dean; Venerable Alan Jeans, Associate Priest; Rev. David Bacon, Team Rector; Rev. Veronica Batchelor, Team Vicar; Right Rev Andrew Rumsey, Bishop of Ramsbury.