Welcome to The Church of All Saints Waterden
Waterden Ln, Waterden, Walsingham NR22 6AT
The Church of All Saints Waterden is an ancient and spiritual place. There may have been a church on or near this site since the Anglo-Saxon period. Its fortunes have fluctuated over the centuries as the unusual features of the building suggest. The village it served has vanished, but All Saints’ remains active as a place of worship and is open to everyone.
The usual service pattern is:
Fourth Sunday of the month, April to September: Evening Prayer (BCP) at 5pm
Christmas Eve: A Service of Readings and Carols at 4pm
Please check the calendar for full details.
An Ancient Hidden Norfolk Gem
Set in a beautiful, tranquil churchyard amid fields, All Saints’ is a gem hidden in the depths of the North Norfolk countryside yet only a few miles from the coast. The site of the lost village of Waterden, listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, is close by. The church is always open, and loved by the local community, visitors, and pilgrims.
All Saints’ is a Chapel of Ease in the Parish of South Creake with Waterden and part of the Creakes Benefice.
The church’s remoteness and peaceful charm has attracted some well-known people. The playwright Alan Bennett has written about it in his diaries and the cartoonist Osbert Lancaster drew a delightful line drawing of the church.
All Saints’ was extensively restored in 2018-19 with generous support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Norfolk Churches Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Geoffrey Watling Charity and the Holkham Estate.
The architects were Nicholas Warns Architects and the principal contractors were Phoenix Build.
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