Wychert Vale Benefice
Wychert Vale Benefice is a network of churches serving a group of vibrant and growing villages between Thame and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. Our leadership is team-based with many lay and ordained people working together.
Wychert Vale was formed by joining the Haddenham Benefice with Stone and Dinton with Hartwell. Wychert Vale became a new benefice on 1 March 2016 after many years of prayer, planning and getting to know each other. We held a service to celebrate our new benefice on Palm Sunday evening, 20 March 2016, where we formally signed a Covenant agreement. We have been enjoying doing more together in the last few years and continue to see great potential for growth as a larger benefice.
Wychert Vale covers the villages of Haddenham, Cuddington, Kingsey, Aston Sandford, Dinton with Ford, Upton, Gibraltar and Westlington and Stone with Bishopstone, Sedrup and Hartwell, all within a seven-mile radius and all with very different characteristics. They vary in population size from 50 to 5,000, from small villages and hamlets to larger communities with a more suburban feel, but each has retained an engaging individuality.