About Us

The parish of Portsdown and Purbrook brings together two churches (Christ Church Portsdown, and St John's Purbrook) who together serve the communities of Purbrook, Widley, Berewood and North Cosham.  The parish was formed in 2023, building on the shared lives of our churches, which includes numerous groups and activities supporting the needs of people in our locality.

Christ Church is a friendly, evangelical church serving the Widley/Purbrook/Cosham area for over 140 years.  Our services are relaxed in style, while remaining structured. St John’s tends to the traditional, whereas Christ Church is a little more contemporary, with sung worship led by a worship band.

We welcome everybody to our services.  Services are mostly informal, with music provided by our worship band. On one Sunday each month we have a more traditional service with hymns led by the organ.

The church has many historic military links and the annual D Day memorial service is an important date in the year. There is a military cemetery to the rear of the church.

Our Parish Office is based at St John's Purbrook and is currently open Wednesday - Friday 9am - 1pm