About Us

St James' Church welcomes you to any of our Services. Christleton means 'the place of the Christians' and people have worshipped here for over 1,000 years. The present church was built in 1869 and is the only church designed by William Butterfield in the Chester diocese. The tower dates back over 600 years.

The church serves the whole parish which includes the villages of: Littleton, Rowton, Cotton Edmunds and Cotton Abbotts as well as Christleton itself. The parish has a local 'Churches Together in Christleton' partnership with the Methodist Church in Christleton, and the St Werburgh's Roman Catholic congregation in Rowton.

Our services are well attended and numbers are on the rise.

Service styles are varied, sometimes more traditional, sometimes more informal, but always friendly and welcoming. Children are always welcomed.

This ACNY website contains basic information about our services. For more complete information please go to our own website (https://www.stjameschristleton.org.uk) which has 'Latest News' and a regularly maintained What's On calendar.

- Every Tuesday afternoon in term time we have a Home Fellowship Group (HFG) that meets in someone's home to discuss a Christian topic of their choice.

- Most Thursday evenings in church we have a choir practice.

- Every Friday in term time in the Parish Hall we have 'ARK', the St James' Community Baby and Toddler Group.

- Every 3rd Monday in the Parish Hall we have a community 'Luncheon Club'.

- Every other Tuesday morning we have a men's group called 'Belts & Braces' at the Cheshire Cat. Coffee & chat.

- Generally, on the 1st Saturday in the month we have a Churchyard Working Party to help keep the churchyard tidy.

- There is a 'Friends' organisation which raises extra funds from the community to help maintain the church building and churchyard.

Details for all of these, and more, are on the church calendar via the church website and "What's on".

St James' Church has succeeded in getting approval to improve the church in terms of flexible seating, and for an extension with a small kitchen, toilets and storage space. The work to implement this has begun, so 2026 will be an exciting year.