List of churches in Cambridge
Active churches and chapels, other than college and school chapels
Name | Image | Refs | Dedication | Founded | Denomination | Location | Notes |
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Christ Church | [1] | Jesus | 1837-1839 | Church of England | 52.2078°N 0.1332°E | Received a church graft from St Andrew the Great 2004 | |
Christ the Redeemer | [2] | Jesus | Church of England/ Methodist |
52.2119°N 0.1647°E | 2004 merger of Meadowlands Methodist Church (founded in or before 1953[3]) and Holy Cross, Fen Ditton | ||
The Good Shepherd | [4] | Jesus | 1958[5] | Church of England | 52.2254°N 0.1264°E | ||
Holy Trinity | [6] | Trinity | 1189 | Church of England | 52.2059°N 0.1203°E | ||
St Andrew's, Cherry Hinton | [7] | Andrew | c. 1200 | Church of England | 52.1919°N 0.1781°E | ||
St Andrew's, Chesterton | [8] | Andrew | c. 1200 | Church of England | 52.2154°N 0.1397°E | ||
St Andrew the Great | [9] | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | 52.205°N 0.1217°E | Medieval church demolished 1842, rebuilt in Victorian style.[10] Redundant 1984; home to the congregation of Holy Sepulchre since 1994. | |
St Augustine of Canterbury | Augustine of Canterbury | Church of England | 52.2198°N 0.1077°E | Forms the Parish of the Ascension with St Giles's and St Peter's. Member of the 'Church at Castle' partnership[11] | |||
St Barnabas | [12] | Barnabas | 1869[13] | Church of England | 52.1996°N 0.1377°E | ||
St Bene't's | [14] | Benedict of Nursia[15] | 1020 | c.Church of England | 52.2037°N 0.1183°E | Oldest church in Cambridgeshire[16] as well as the oldest building in Cambridge.[17] | |
St Botolph's | [18] | Botwulf of Thorney | 1350 | c.Church of England | 52.2025°N 0.1181°E | ||
St Clement's | [19] | ? | c. 1225 | Church of England | 52.2091°N 0.118°E | ||
St Edward King and Martyr | [20] | Edward the Martyr | c. 1250 | Church of England | 52.2046°N 0.1186°E | Rebuilt 1400. Royal Peculiar[21] | |
St Giles' | Giles | 1092 | Church of England | 52.2111°N 0.1148°E | Forms the Parish of the Ascension with St Augustine's and St Peter's. Member of 'Church at Castle' partnership[11] | ||
St George | George | 1938[22] | Church of England | 52.2243°N 0.1425°E | [23] | ||
St James | [24] | James | 1955[25] | Church of England | 52.1818°N 0.1522°E | ||
St John the Evangelist | [26] | John the Evangelist | 1891 | Church of England | 52.1853°N 0.1390°E | ||
St Luke's | Luke | 1863 | URC / CoE | 52.2158°N 0.1163°E | Current structure erected 1873-1874.[27] Local ecumenical partnership. Member of the 'Church at Castle' partnership[11] | ||
St Mark's | [28] | Mark | 1870 | Church of England | 52.1964°N 0.1082°E | Smaller wooden structure on site of current building in use until 1901[29] | |
St Martin's | [30] | Martin of Tours | 1932 | Church of England | 52.1931°N 0.1503°E | Services took place in temporary structures on the site of the current building until 1961[31] | |
St Mary the Great | [32] | Mary | 1205 | Church of England | 52.2053°N 0.1182°E | ||
St Mary the Less | [33] | Mary | 1352[33] | Church of England | 52.2011°N 0.1181°E | ||
SS Mary and Michael | [34] | Mary & Michael | 1200-1330 | Church of England | 52.1739°N 0.1085°E | ||
St Matthew's | [35] | Matthew | 1866[36] | Church of England | 52.2056°N 0.1380°E | Received a church graft from St Andrew the Great 2008 | |
St Paul's | [37] | Paul | 1841[38] | Church of England | 52.1976°N 0.1294°E | ||
St Philip's | [39] | Philip | 1889[40] | Church of England | 52.1976°N 0.1459°E | ||
St Thomas's Hall | Thomas | 1980 | Church of England | 52.1918°N 0.1569°E | Part of St Martin's parish; used regularly for services[41] | ||
Our Lady and the English Martyrs | [42] | Mary & Forty Martyrs | 1885-1890 | Catholic Church | 52.1988°N 0.1273°E | ||
St Laurence's | [43] | Lawrence of Rome | 1947 | Catholic Church | 52.2181°N 0.1296°E | Permanent structure built 1958 | |
St Philip Howard | [44] | Philip Howard | 1978 | Catholic Church | 52.1859°N 0.1606°E | ||
St Vincent de Paul | Vincent de Paul | 1958 | Catholic Church | 52.2150°N 0.1679°E | Parish of Our Lady and the English Martyrs.[45] Current building was old St Laurence's until 1958 when it was moved to Fen Ditton | ||
Fisher House University Catholic Chaplaincy | [46] | John Fisher | 1925 | Catholic Church | 52.2046°N 0.1199°E | ||
St Athanasios | [47] | Athanasius of Alexandria | 1902 | Greek Orthodox | 52.1878°N 0.1445°E | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the building was formerly the Cherry Hinton Road United Reformed Church | |
Arbury Road Baptist Church | [48] | 1842 | Baptist Union | 52.2217°N 0.1336°E | Originally called the Ebenezer. Moved to current site 1930. New chapel built 1966.[49] | ||
Barnwell Baptist Church | [50] | Baptist Union | 52.2162°N 0.1628°E | ||||
Cherry Hinton Baptist Church | [51] | Baptist Union | 52.1885°N 0.1760°E | ||||
Mill Road Baptist Church | [52] | 1881[53] | Baptist Union | 52.1978°N 0.1432°E | |||
St Andrew's Street Baptist Church | [54] | 1721 | Baptist Union | 52.2027°N 0.1239°E | Rebuilt 1836, 1903[55] | ||
Zion Baptist Church | [56] | Zion | 1837 | Baptist Union | 52.2035°N 0.1325°E | Rebuilt 1879 | |
Eden Baptist Church | [57] | Eden | 1823 | FIEC | 52.2069°N 0.1295°E | Originally a Strict and Particular Baptist chapel. Rebuilt 1874, 1982[58] | |
Castle Street Methodist Church | [59] | 1823 | Methodist Church | 52.2115°N 0.1136°E | Member of the 'Church at Castle' partnership. Built as a Primitive Methodist church; rebuilt 1841, 1863, 1914.[60] | ||
Chesterton Methodist Church | [61] | Methodist Church | 52.2207°N 0.1456°E | ||||
Wesley Methodist Church | [62] | John Wesley | 1913 | Methodist Church | 52.2073°N 0.1269°E | ||
Downing Place United Reformed Church | [63] | 1687 | United Reformed | 52.2032°N 0.1227°E | Founded from a merger of Emmanuel (1687) and St Columba's (c.1891); building dates from 1891 | ||
German Lutheran Church | [64] | ? | 52.1906°N 0.1309°E | Aligned with the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) | |||
Cambridge Salvation Army | [65] | 1914 | Salvation Army | 52.1998°N 0.1368°E | |||
Cambridge Seventh-Day Adventist Church | [66] | 1920 | Seventh-day Adventist Church | 52.1959°N 0.1525°E | Permanent building 1962 | ||
North Arbury Chapel | [67] | 1976 | Partnership UK | 52.2308°N 0.1295°E | |||
Roseford Chapel | [68] | 1959 | ? | 52.2258°N 0.1167°E | |||
Queen Edith Chapel | [69] | c. 1960 | Partnership UK | 52.1814°N 0.1529°E | |||
King's Church Cambridge | [70] | Assemblies of God | 52.1986°N 0.1361°E | Building originally Tenison Road Baptist Chapel (opened 1897).[53] Previously Living Waters Church. | |||
C3 Church | [71] | c. 2015 | ? | 52.2005°N 0.1570°E | Formerly Cambridge Community Church. New church built on the site of St Stephen's Church, previously used the Free Church in Trumpington. | ||
Memorial Unitarian Church | [72] | 1904 | Unitarian Church | 52.2051°N 0.1261°E | Permanent building 1927, designed by Ronald Potter Jones | ||
Cambridge Chinese Christian Church | [73][74] | Interdenominational | 52.2117°N 0.1124°E | Castle End Mission (URC) until 2014. Built 1884 | |||
Christadelphian Hall | [75] | 1954 | Christadelphian | 52.2018°N 0.1525°E | |||
City of David Church | [76] | 2005 | Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pentecostal | 52.1875°N 0.155°E | Worship Centre located on Cherry Hinton Road | ||
First Church of Christ Scientist | [77] | Christian Science | 52.1957°N 0.1248°E | The building shows the date 1866 | |||
Kingdom Hall | Jehovah's Witnesses | 52.2127°N 0.1472°E |
College and school chapels
Disused churches
Name | Image | Refs | Founded | Defunct | Denomination | Location | Notes |
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Michaelhouse | [112] | 1324 | 1908 | Church of England | 52.2060°N 0.1183°E | Combined with parish of St Mary the Great 1908. Now used as a cafe with occasional services. | |
St Peter's | [11] | c. 1150 | Church of England | 52.21107°N 0.1139°E | Managed by Churches Conservation Trust. Forms the Parish of the Ascension with St Augustine's and St Giles's. Member of the 'Church at Castle' partnership with St Giles's, St Augustine's, St Luke's (C of E/URC) and Castle Street Methodist Church. | ||
All Saints | 1863 | 1973 | Church of England | 52.2082°N 0.1232°E | Previously stood opposite St John's College in what is now All Saints' Churchyard; pulled down and rebuilt in current location 1863.[113] Redundant 1973. Not used for Anglican services; joint benefice with the Holy Sepulchre (Round Church) parish which meets in St Andrew the Great church building[114] | ||
Holy Sepulchre (The Round Church) | [115] | 1130 | Church of England | 52.2084°N 0.1189°E | Managed by Christian Heritage. Now a joint benefice with St Andrew the Great, where the parish's congregation meets | ||
Leper Chapel (Chapel of St Mary Magdalene) | [116] | 1125 | c.Church of England | 52.2139°N 0.1526°E | Defunct and managed by the Cambridge Preservation Society. Oldest complete surviving building in Cambridge. In a united benefice with Christ the Redeemer and used for occasional services. | ||
St Andrew The Less | 1190 | Church of England | 52.20895°N 0.1397°E | In a united benefice with Christ Church and rarely, if ever, used for services[117] | |||
Emmanuel United Reformed Church | 1874 | 2020 | United Reformed | 52.2014°N 0.1182°E | Congregation merged with St Columba's to form Downing Place URC. Building now belongs to Pembroke College. | ||
Trumpington Free Church | 1899 | 52.1767°N 0.1145°E | Formerly used by the Cambridge Community Chuch (C3 Church). |
Demolished churches
Name | Image | Refs | Founded | Defunct | Denomination | Location | Notes |
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All Saints by the Castle | Perhaps before 1050 | c. 1365 | The parish became depopulated after the Black Death and was united with St Giles in 1365. The church became dilapidated, with its ruins still noted on a map in 1635.[118] | ||||
St John Zachary | Before 1207 | c. 1446 | Parish church destroyed to make way for King's College Chapel. It was rebuilt nearby in 1458, but was last recorded in 1488, by when its parish was defunct due to houses being replaced by college buildings.[118] | ||||
St Stephen's | 1962 | c. 2015 | Church of England | 52.2004°N 0.1572°E | Begun as St Radegund's Hall. Name St Stephen's 1948. New building dedicated 1962. Church of England church closed c. 2010. Demolished c. 2015 and replaced by the C3 Church. |
Maps
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