About Us

All Saints’ Lilbourne is the smallest and oldest of the three churches of the Crick benefice, and is Grade One listed. It serves a village of some 170 houses. Situated at the bottom end of Station Rd – the last building before the R. Avon – it is some way out of the modern residential area of Lilbourne, though it would have been at the heart of things for the Saxons, the Normans (who built a castle opposite) and through the medieval period.

The church is open through the day every day, and there are free basic refreshments and lots of information available inside. Access through the main (south) door is down two steps. The north door offers level access, but shuts with bolts so needs to be unbolted to allow use. The paths are gravel or stone chippings.

We are currently ‘in vacancy’, since the retirement of our last incumbent in April 2025.

We hold services every Sunday (unless it’s a 5th Sunday of the month, when the three churches take it in turns to host a united service). Refreshments are always served afterwards. The monthly schedule is:

1st Sunday, 9.30am – Morning Praise: short, modern

2nd Sunday, 9.30am – Morning Praise lay-led: a different and very informal approach

3rd Sunday, 9.30am – Holy Communion, using the modern ‘Order One’ service

4th Sunday, 6.00pm – Evensong: traditional, using the Book of Common Prayer

5th Sunday, 11.15am – United Benefice Holy Communion at one of the three churches

Everyone is very welcome at all services.

We don’t have any ‘facilities’ beyond a cold-water tap outside the porch. We would love to address this, and have plans for a WC and servery, but a project to renew the heating has taken priority at present.

We have five bells, restored for their 250th anniversary in 2012, but we depend largely on ringers from other parishes to come and ring them. They ring for Evensong and for special services.

Our churchyard - in which several of the oldest graves are Grade Two listed - holds a Gold Award for Nature Conservation, presented by Wildlife BCN. We aim to promote its wildlife friendly character without losing sight of the fact that it is sacred to the memory of countless generations of villagers. Dogs on leads are welcome – there is a water-bowl by the tap – but must not be allowed to run free and any deposits must, of course, be cleared up. A long-distance footpath, Shakespeare’s Avon Way, runs through the churchyard.