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The following is a list of churches in South Cambridgeshire.
The district has an estimated 147 active churches for 156,500 inhabitants, a ratio of one church to every 1,065 people.
The only civil parish without a church is Papworth St Agnes.
Name | Image | Civil parish | Dedication | Web | Founded | Denomination | Benefice | Notes |
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St Michael & All Angels, Abington Pigotts | ![]() |
Abington Pigotts | Michael & Angels | Medieval | Church of England | Shingay Group[1] | ||
St Nicholas, Arrington | ![]() |
Arrington | Nicholas | Medieval | Church of England | Orwell Group[2] | ||
St Peter, Babraham | ![]() |
Babraham | Peter | [3] | Medieval | Church of England | Sawston with Babraham | |
Holy Trinity, Balsham | ![]() |
Balsham | Trinity | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | ||
Bar Hill Church | ![]() |
Bar Hill | [5] | 1967 | CoE/BU/Meth/URC | Permanent building 1971. New building 1991. Current minister URC. | ||
All Saints, Barrington | ![]() |
Barrington | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Orwell Group[2] | ||
St Mary, Bartlow | ![]() |
Bartlow | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Linton Group[6] | ||
St Peter, Barton | ![]() |
Barton | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
Barton Baptist Church | ![]() |
Barton | Baptist Union | Referred to in parish documents[8] | ||||
SS Peter & Paul, Bassingbourn | ![]() |
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth | Peter & Paul | [9] | Medieval | Church of England | Bassingbourn with Whaddon | |
Bassingbourn URC | Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth | 1790[10] | URC | [11] | ||||
SS Helena & Mary, Bourn | ![]() |
Bourn | Helena & Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
St Peter, Boxworth | ![]() |
Boxworth | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
St Michael & All Angels, Caldecote | ![]() |
Caldecote | Michael & Angels | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
Cambourne Church | ![]() |
Cambourne | [13] | 1999 | CoE/BU/Meth/URC | |||
Christ Church Cambourne | Cambourne | Jesus | [14] | c. 2015 | FIEC | Meets in Cambourne Village College | ||
St Peter, Carlton | ![]() |
Carlton | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Raddesley Group | Benefice includes five other churches in East Cambridgeshire.[15] | |
All Saints, Castle Camps | ![]() |
Castle Camps | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Linton Group[6] | ||
Castle Camps URC | Castle Camps | [16] | URC | |||||
St Andrew, Caxton | ![]() |
Caxton | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
Childerley Hall Chapel | ![]() |
Childerley | Church of England | Private chapel, used for occasional services by Caldecote church.[17] | ||||
St Mary's, Comberton | ![]() |
Comberton | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
Comberton Baptist Church | Comberton | [18] | c. 1850 | Baptist Union | Current building constructed 1868-1869[19] | |||
St Mary, Conington | ![]() |
Conington | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
St Peter, Coton | ![]() |
Coton | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
All Saints, Cottenham | ![]() |
Cottenham | All Saints | [20] | Medieval | Church of England | Cottenham with Rampton | |
Cottenham Baptist Church | Cottenham | [21] | 1781 | Baptist Union | Current building constructed 1856 | |||
St James, Croxton | ![]() |
Croxton | James | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
All Saints, Croydon-cum-Clopton | ![]() |
Croydon | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Orwell Group[2] | ||
SS Peter & Paul, Dry Drayton | ![]() |
Dry Drayton | Peter & Paul | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
St Peter, Duxford | ![]() |
Duxford | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Duxford, Hinxton & Ickleton[22] | ||
Duxford URC | ![]() |
Duxford | [23] | URC | ||||
Holy Trinity, Elsworth | ![]() |
Elsworth | Trinity | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
SS Pandionia & John the Baptist, Eltisley | ![]() |
Eltisley | Pandionia & John B | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
St Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton | Fen Ditton | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Fen Ditton, Horningsea, Teversham | |||
St Mary, Fen Drayton | ![]() |
Fen Drayton | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Benefice arrangements unclear.[24] | ||
St Mary, Fowlmere | ![]() |
Fowlmere | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Four Church Benefice[25] | ||
Fowlmere URC | ![]() |
Fowlmere | URC | [26] | ||||
St Laurence, Foxton | Foxton | Lawrence of Rome | Medieval | Church of England | Four Church Benefice[25] | |||
Foxton Methodist Church | Foxton | Methodist Church | Cambridge Circuit[27] | |||||
St Vigor, Fulbourn | ![]() |
Fulbourn | Vigor | Medieval | Church of England | Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams[28] | Benefice also includes a church in East Cambridgeshire | |
Fulbourn United Reformed Church | Fulbourn | [29] | 1810 | URC | ||||
St Mary the Virgin, Gamlingay | ![]() |
Gamlingay | Mary | [30] | Medieval | Church of England | Gamlingay, Hatley and Everton | Benefice also includes a church in Bedfordshire |
Gamlingay Baptist Church | Gamlingay | [31] | c. 1700 | Baptist Union | ||||
St Andrew, Girton | Girton | Andrew | [32] | Medieval | Church of England | Girton and Madingley | ||
Girton Baptist Church | Girton | [33] | 1860[34] | Baptist Union | ||||
SS Andrew & Mary, Grantchester | ![]() |
Grantchester | Andrew & Mary | [35] | Medieval | Church of England | Grantchester and Newnham | Benefice also includes St Mark's, Newnham, Cambridge. |
St Botolph, Graveley | ![]() |
Graveley | Botwulf of Thorney | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
St Mary the Virgin, Great Abington | ![]() |
Great Abington | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | ||
St Swithun, Great Chishill | ![]() |
Great and Little Chishill | Swithun | Medieval | Church of England | Icknield Way Parish[36] | Benefice also includes churches in Essex. | |
St Nicholas, Little Chishill | ![]() |
Great and Little Chishill | Nicholas | Medieval | Church of England | Icknield Way Parish[36] | ||
Great Chishill URC | Great and Little Chishill | 1694 | URC | Rebuilt 1895[37] | ||||
St Mary, Great Eversden | ![]() |
Great Eversden | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | Rebuilt c. 1470 | |
St Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford | ![]() |
Great Shelford | Mary | [38] | Medieval | Church of England | ||
Great Shelford Free Church (Baptist) | Great Shelford | [39] | 1825 | Baptist Union | ||||
St Nicholas, Great Wilbraham | ![]() |
Great Wilbraham | Nicholas | Medieval | Church of England | Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams[28] | ||
St Mary the Virgin, Guilden Morden | ![]() |
Guilden Morden | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Shingay Group[1] | ||
Guiden Morden Cong. Church | Guilden Morden | [40] | c. 1700 | Cong. Federation | Current building 1840 | |||
St Mary, Hardwick | ![]() |
Hardwick | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
Hardwick Evangelical Church | Hardwick | [41] | 1980s | Baptist Union | Meets in local primary school. Joined Baptist Union 2016. | |||
Assumption of Mary, Harlton | ![]() |
Harlton | Assumption of Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
All Saints, Harston | ![]() |
Harston | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Harston, Hauxton and Newton[42] | ||
Harston Baptist Church | ![]() |
Harston | [43] | 1786 | Baptist Union | |||
All Saints, Haslingfield | ![]() |
Haslingfield | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
Haslingfield Methodist Church | ![]() |
Haslingfield | [44] | 1867 | Methodist Church | Cambridge Circuit[27] | Current building 1977 | |
Hatley St George church | ![]() |
Hatley | Medieval | Church of England | ||||
St Edmund, Hauxton | ![]() |
Hauxton | Edmund the Martyr | Medieval | Church of England | Harston, Hauxton and Newton[42] | ||
Holy Trinity, Heydon | ![]() |
Heydon | Trinity | Medieval | Church of England | Icknield Way Parish[36] | Largely rebuilt 1950s after WW2 bomb damage | |
Holy Trinity, Hildersham | ![]() |
Hildersham | Trinity | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | ||
St Mary and St John Church, Hinxton | ![]() |
Hinxton | Mary & John the Ev | Medieval | Church of England | Duxford, Hinxton & Ickleton[22] | ||
St Andrew, Histon | ![]() |
Histon | Andrew | [45] | Medieval | Church of England | Histon and Impington | |
Histon Baptist Church | Histon | [46] | 1858 | Baptist Union | ||||
Histon Methodist Church | Histon | [47] | Methodist Church | Cambridge Circuit[27] | ||||
New Life Church Cambridge | Histon | [48] | 2004 | Global Horizons | Meets in Histon Baptist Church | |||
St Peter, Horningsea | Horningsea | Peter | [49] | Medieval | Church of England | Fen Ditton, Horningsea, Teversham | ||
All Saints, Horseheath | ![]() |
Horseheath | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Linton Group[6] | ||
St Mary Magdalene Church, Ickleton | ![]() |
Ickleton | Mary Magdalene | Medieval | Church of England | Duxford, Hinxton & Ickleton[22] | ||
St Andrew, Impington | Impington | Andrew | [50] | Medieval | Church of England | Histon and Impington | ||
All Saints & St Andrew, Kingston | ![]() |
Kingston | All Saints & Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
All Saints, Knapwell | ![]() |
Knapwell | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
All Saints, Landbeach | ![]() |
Landbeach | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Waterbeach & Landbeach[51] | ||
St Mary, Linton | ![]() |
Linton | Mary | [6] | Medieval | Church of England | Linton Group | |
Linton Free Church | ![]() |
Linton | [52] | c. 1700 | URC | Current building 1818 | ||
St Catherine, Litlington | ![]() |
Litlington | Catherine of Alexandria | Medieval | Church of England | Shingay Group[1] | ||
Litlington Congregational Church | Litlington | Cong. Federation | [53] | |||||
St Mary, Little Abington | ![]() |
Little Abington | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | ||
Little Abington URC | Little Abington | [54] | URC | |||||
St Helen's, Little Eversden | ![]() |
Little Eversden | Helena (empress) | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | ||
SS Peter & Paul, Little Gransden | ![]() |
Little Gransden | Peter & Paul | Medieval | Church of England | Gransdens, Abbotsley & Waresley[55] | Benefice also includes three churches in Huntingdonshire. | |
All Saints, Little Shelford | ![]() |
Little Shelford | All Saints | [56] | Medieval | Church of England | Little Shelford | |
St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham | ![]() |
Little Wilbraham | John the Evangelist | Medieval | Church of England | Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams[28] | ||
All Saints, Lolworth | ![]() |
Lolworth | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | |||
All Saints, Longstanton | Longstanton | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | ||||
St Mary the Virgin, Longstowe | ![]() |
Longstowe | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | ||
St Mary Magdalene, Madingley | ![]() |
Madingley | Mary Magdalene | [57] | Medieval | Church of England | Girton and Madingley | |
All Saints, Melbourn | ![]() |
Melbourn | All Saints | [58] | Medieval | Church of England | Melbourn & Meldreth | |
Melbourn Baptist Church | ![]() |
Melbourn | [59] | 1675 | Baptist Union | Current building 1856 | ||
Melbourn URC | ![]() |
Melbourn | [60] | URC | Current building 1717 | |||
Holy Trinity, Meldreth | ![]() |
Meldreth | Trinity | [61] | Medieval | Church of England | Melbourn & Meldreth | |
All Saints, Milton | ![]() |
Milton | All Saints | [62] | Medieval | Church of England | Milton | |
Cambridge New Apostolic Church | ![]() |
Milton | [63] | New Apostolic Church | ||||
St Margaret of Antioch, Newton | Newton | Margaret the Virgin | Medieval | Church of England | Harston, Hauxton and Newton[42] | |||
St Andrew, Oakington | Oakington and Westwick | Andrew | [64] | Medieval | Church of England | Oakington | ||
Oakington Baptist Chapel | Oakington and Westwick | [65] | Baptist Union | |||||
St John, Orchard Park | Orchard Park | John the Evangelist | [66] | c. 2012 | Church of England | Plant from Christ Church Cambridge. Meets in a local primary school | ||
St Andrew, Orwell | ![]() |
Orwell | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Orwell Group[2] | ||
Orwell Methodist Church | Orwell | [67] | Methodist Church | Cambridge Circuit[27] | ||||
St Mary the Virgin, Over | ![]() |
Over | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | |||
Over Methodist Church | Over | [68] | c. 1830 | Methodist Church | St Neots & Huntingdon Circuit[69] | Current building constructed 1848 | ||
Over Baptist Church | Over | [70] | c. 1742 | Baptist Union | ||||
St John the Baptist, Pampisford | ![]() |
Pampisford | John the Baptist | [71] | Medieval | Church of England | Whittlesford and Pampisford | |
St Peter, Papworth Everard | ![]() |
Papworth Everard | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Papworth Team[12] | Papworth Team also includes two churches in Huntingdonshire | |
Papworth Catholic Meeting | Papworth Everard | Catholic Church | Huntingdon Parish | Served from Huntingdon. Meets in old St Luke's Methodist Church[72] | ||||
St Thomas Indian Orthodox Church | Papworth Everard | [73] | 2005 | Malankara Orthodox | ||||
All Saints, Rampton | ![]() |
Rampton | All Saints | [74] | Medieval | Church of England | Cottenham with Rampton | |
St Mary the Virgin, Sawston | Sawston | Mary | [75] | Medieval | Church of England | Sawston with Babraham | ||
Our Lady of Lourdes, Sawston | Sawston | Mary | [76] | 1958 | Catholic Church | Our Lady & English Martyrs Parish | ||
Christ Church South Cambs | Sawston | Jesus | [77] | 2006 | Anglican Mission in England | 2006 plant from All Saints, Little Shelford. Meets in Sawston Village College | ||
Sawston Free Church | ![]() |
Sawston | [78] | Methodist/URC | Cambridge Circuit[27] | |||
All Saints, Shepreth | ![]() |
Shepreth | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Four Church Benefice[25] | ||
All Saints, Wendy | Shingay cum Wendy | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Shingay Group[1] | Rebuilt 1867, current building 1980s was former school | ||
St Mary, Shudy Camps | ![]() |
Shudy Camps | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Linton Group[6] | ||
St Andrew, Stapleford | ![]() |
Stapleford | Andrew | [79] | Medieval | Church of England | ||
SS Peter & Paul, Steeple Morden | ![]() |
Steeple Morden | Peter & Paul | Medieval | Church of England | Shingay Group[1] | ||
St Mary, Stow cum Quy | ![]() |
Stow cum Quy | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Anglesey Group[80] | Benefice also includes four churches in East Cambridgeshire. | |
St Andrew, Swavesey | ![]() |
Swavesey | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | |||
Bethel Baptist Church, Swavesey | Swavesey | Bethel | [81] | 1840 | Baptist Union | Current building constructed 1868 | ||
Swavesey Strict Baptist Chapel | Swavesey | Gospel Standard Baptist | ||||||
St Giles, Tadlow | ![]() |
Tadlow | Giles | Medieval | Church of England | Shingay Group[1] | ||
All Saints, Teversham | ![]() |
Teversham | All Saints | [82] | Medieval | Church of England | Fen Ditton, Horningsea, Teversham | |
Hope Community Church, Teversham | Teversham | [83] | 2007 | FIEC | Meets in local primary school. Plant from Rock Baptist, Cambridge | |||
St George, Thriplow | ![]() |
Thriplow | George | Medieval | Church of England | Four Church Benefice[25] | ||
St Andrew, Toft | ![]() |
Toft | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Lordsbridge Team[7] | Partners with Toft Methodist under covenant "The Church in Toft". | |
Toft Methodist Chapel | ![]() |
Toft | Methodist | Cambridge Circuit[27] | Partners with St Andrew's under covenant "The Church in Toft".[84] | |||
St John the Evangelist, Waterbeach | Waterbeach | John the Evangelist | Medieval | Church of England | Waterbeach & Landbeach[51] | |||
Waterbeach Baptist Church | ![]() |
Waterbeach | [85] | Baptist Union | Known as Spurgeon's Chapel | |||
Waterbeach Salvation Army | Waterbeach | [86] | Salvation Army | |||||
St Mary, West Wickham | ![]() |
West Wickham | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | ||
St Andrew, West Wratting | West Wratting | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | |||
St Mary, Weston Colville | ![]() |
Weston Colville | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Granta Vale Benefice[4] | ||
St Mary, Whaddon | ![]() |
Whaddon | Mary | [87] | Medieval | Church of England | Bassingbourn with Whaddon | |
SS Mary & Andrew, Whittlesford | Whittlesford | Mary & Andrew | [88] | Medieval | Church of England | Whittlesford and Pampisford | ||
Whittlesford United Reformed Church | ![]() |
Whittlesford | [89] | URC | In an LEP with the Anglican church | |||
St Mary & All Saints, Willingham | ![]() |
Willingham | Mary & All Saints | [90] | Medieval | Church of England | ||
Willingham Baptist Church | Willingham | [91] | Baptist Union | |||||
Willingham Salvation Army | Willingham | Salvation Army | [92] | |||||
St Andrew, Wimpole | ![]() |
Wimpole | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Orwell Group[2] |
Name | Image | Civil parish | Web | Founded | Redundant | Denomination | Notes |
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St Mary, Childerley | Childerley | Medieval | C16th[93] | Church of England | Village depopulated C16th to make way for deer park | ||
Dry Drayton Methodist Church | ![]() |
Dry Drayton | [94] | 2016 | Methodist | Most recent building 1866 | |
St John's Church, Duxford | ![]() |
Duxford | Medieval | 1874 | Church of England | Parish merged with St Peter's. In the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. | |
Eltisley Methodist Chapel | Eltisley | [95] | 2010 | Methodist | |||
All Saints, Fulbourn | Fulbourn | Medieval | 1766[96] | Church of England | |||
St Denis, East Hatley | Hatley | [30] | Medieval | 1974 | Church of England | Friends of Friendless Churches 2016 | |
St Michael's Church, Longstanton | ![]() |
Longstanton | Medieval | 1973 | Church of England | Under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. | |
St Luke's Methodist Church | Papworth Everard | Methodist | |||||
St John the Baptist's Church, Papworth St Agnes | ![]() |
Papworth St Agnes | [12] | Medieval | 1976 | Church of England | Used for occasional services. In the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. |
Weston Colville Methodist Church | Weston Colville | [97] | 2010s | Methodist |
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