A Church Near You | The Church of England

A Church Near You is the Church of England's church-finder tool.

You can locate your parish church, which can be useful for weddings, christenings and other special life events; or find a church near you that provides a particular service such as children's groups, specific styles of worship or community action work.

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Frequently asked questions

Help with searching A Church Near You

I need to find my parish church

If you need to work out what parish you are in, simply click the Get my location button or enter a postcode into the A Church Near You search box above and click the gold arrow button. A new browser will open taking you to A Church Near You website and you'll be able to view the parish your address falls under, as shown in the image below.

A map showing the parish church for an address on the A Church Near You website. — The map above shows that the parish for the postcode BN6 8JY is Clayton with Keymer. Each Church building is show as a purple diamond and the closest church is number 1, with the next closest increasing in number.

Help with managing your Church Page

The FAQs below and much more detailed information can be found on our Editor Help Centre. You can also sign up to ask an unanswered question, get further support or even submit a feature request that you'd like to see built into A Church Near You in the future.

I need to access our Church Page on A Church Near You

If you're looking to help manage your Church's Page, please visit our Editor Help Centre.

If your Incumbent already has access to edit your Church's page, they can grant you access if you follow the steps in the article linked to above.

I need to access the Resource Hub on A Church Near You

You can find out more about accessing the Resource Hub, as well as all the free resources made available to our A Church Near Your editors, on our Editor Help Centre.

The Resource Hub has been created to give churches access to a wide range of free content for churches to use across their websites, social media, print and even church TVs. This hub is being constantly updated with new content, including stock photography, videos and logos for our major national campaigns.

I want to use A Church Near You as my church website

If you're interested in using A Church Near You as your church website, instead of paying for a separate one, visit our Editor Help Centre to get started.

You can also read our Digital Labs blogs for tips and tricks on managing your Church's Page.

Incumbent: The priest who is in charge of church life in a particular benefice. Depending on the parish his/her title may be Vicar, Rector or Priest-in-Charge

For all information relating to A Church Near You including more detailed information about the above FAQs, please visit the Editor Help Centre, which is regularly updated by the team.