Facilities and features

Accessibility

Toilets are available in St Peter's House adjacent to the church building.

Available in St Peter's House.

There is limited parking available within the church grounds. The Ship Lane and Fore Hill car-parks (both free) are only a short walk away as are Ely Railway Station and the bus-stops in Station Road, Broad Street and adjacent to the Tesco supermarket on Angel Drove.

Available in St Peter's House accessible by a ramp.

On request, parking can be made available in the church grounds for anybody with mobility issues. Please email [email protected] in advance of your visit.

Ramped entrances are provided at the church door and at St Peter's House

Hearing (induction) Loop

Large print service booklets and hymnbooks are available.

Assistance dogs are welcome.


Our Building

A Grade II listed building in the Early Decorated Period style consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and south-west bell turret with one bell. The east window is a notable work from the studio of Charles Eamer Kempe and there is a wooden screen and rood loft designed by Sir Ninian Comper.


Music and Worship

The church is used regularly by Toppings Booksellers for book launches and promotional activities, by the Ely Youth Choir for concerts and occasionally by other groups.

A one-manual pipe organ (Grade 2 listed) with pedal board by Hill and Son of London, a distinguished firm which has produced a number of cathedral organs and exported internationally. Organ music and accompaniment is an integral part of our weekly worship.

St Peter’s Singers sing at the 9.30 am Eucharist on the fourth Sunday of the month. A rehearsal is held in church at 8.30am immediately before the service. All are welcome to join at any time. Please email [email protected] for more information.


Groups, Courses and Activities


Help for Visitors

A short Guide Book to the church building and a sheet giving further details of the Comper screen are both available in church.


Other Features

St Peter's Room adjacent to the church includes a kitchen, toilets and a fully equipped meeting room with a piano, internet connection, a video projector and excellent sound system. A small amount of space for car parking is available. The room is available for hire and is offered as a resource for the whole local community. Please email [email protected] for more information.