We are a group of 8 churches in north Suffolk, with a range of traditional and more modern services. Please see service times and details on the individual church pages. A warm welcome awaits you.
Bedfield, Brundish, Cratfield, Laxfield. Monk Soham, Tannington, Wilby and Worlingworth with Southolt
View benefice homepageWelcome to St Mary's Cratfield. Please see the news and notices, services and events pages for details. As a benefice, we still hold short services online on Zoom during the week.
Welcome to All Saints' Laxfield.
We are a fairly small but welcoming group of Christians who strive to be an outward looking, community-focused church with a variety of worship styles. We value strong connections with our village primary school and host events in and around the church, from hosting stalls for the Community and Christmas markets, to the Tower Café Breakfast or Stir Up Supper.
We are a Fairtrade Church and a registered Eco Church (bronze award) and are working to reduce our impact on the environment.
To find out what's going on, please see the news and notices & services and events pages.
Welcome to Wilby Church. Please see the news and notices, services and events pages for details.
Our focus in Wilby is to be a visible example of the presence and love of God within our church family and wider community
Outreach via hospitality has been central to the church for many years, but obviously this had to be curtailed due to covid – we are restarting our monthly drop-in and hope to start other events in the very near future. We are always looking for new ideas to expand our outreach into the wider community, either on a parish or benefice level.
As members of a rural community we are very aware of the pressures on our environment and are actively investigating how we can become kinder to the world around us through Eco Church both practically and spiritually.
The church building dedicated to St Mary is set within a beautifully kept churchyard. The tower houses one of the best eight bell peals in the country. The treasures within the church are varied from flags, mediaeval pew ends, as well as the vapours of the prayers and worship of generations past, and one of our greatest treasures the current people who live and worship within and without the building.
Welcome to St Lawrence Brundish. We are still continuing with a few weekday services online. For expected services and events, please see our news and notices and one off events pages.
The church of St Lawrence is a handsome fourteenth century building with Norman origins situated a little way from the rest of the village with just a farmhouse for company. It enjoys the most wonderful natural light due to its almost complete lack of stained glass and is famed for its acoustic quality. It rings out with its choral works, concerts and organ music and is regularly decked out with flowers.
The church building is always open and sees many visitors. It is a most wonderful place for private prayer - either within or without the church. Cyclists are often seen resting on our welcoming bench, embraced by the goodwill of centuries of gentle worship and the bird song of now. Our churchyard is serene and loved and welcoming.
Welcome to St Ethelbert, Tannington, part of the Four Rivers Benefice, with Bedfield, Brundish, Cratfield, Laxfield, Monk Soham, Wilby and Worlingworth cum Southolt. For expected services and events, please see our news and notices and one off events pages.
St Ethelbert, Tannington is a beautiful, simple country church which, with a door that remains open 24 hours a day, provides a haven for quiet thought and prayer. Those who visit find an aura of deep peace. Among the many beautiful features of this historic rural church is a recently installed large stained-glass window in memory of Reginald Harvey, a churchwarden for many years and a benefactor.
The peal of six bells can be heard on summer evenings and for special services as we welcome bell ringers to practise, as well as attracting campanologists from near and far.
Bedfield is one of the churches of the Four Rivers Benefice, with Brundish, Cratfield, Laxfield, Monk Soham, Wilby and Worlingworth cum Southolt. We hold short weekly services online on Zoom. For all scheduled services and events, please see our news and notices and one off events pages.
St Nicholas is a medieval church over 900 years old which has undergone extensive restoration work over the last 20 years.
There are usually three Sunday services each month with additional services during Lent and Easter starting with Ash Wednesday. Lammas, Rogation, Harvest, Advent carols by candlelight and our patronal festival, together with a pet service, are just some of the services offered during the year.
St. Peter's Church, Monk Soham is a traditional Anglican country church, which has a warm and friendly, but not imposing welcome to visitors and church regulars alike.
With our range of new and traditional services, many historic features, large well kept churchyard, with one of the best views in this part of Suffolk (looking from the churchyard on the south side); along with church and community fundraising activities that are based around the church, all help this church to serve with an active spiritual and physical presence within the community and the Four Rivers Benefice.
Feel free to come and visit the church, or even call in on a ramble and soak up the peaceful atmosphere whilst having your break / packed lunch on a nice summer day.
For scheduled services and events, please see our news and notices and one off events pages.