Stowey Church

Stowey Church Tower Restoration Open Days
2024-12-17 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
Stowey Church is holding two open days for people to come along and meet the conservators who are undertaking the repair work to the tower. It is an opportunity to see firsthand their specialist work and to meet the team from SK Conservation. It is a totally free event so do pop along and have. look!

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Friday 20th December - 6.30pm
2024-12-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom

Plough Sunday Service - 12th January 2025 - 10.30am
2025-01-12 10:30 - 11:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom

32nd Annual Burns Night Supper and Dance - 24th January 2025
2025-01-24 19:30 | Bishop Sutton Village Hall, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XD, United Kingdom
The 32nd Annual Burns Night Supper and Dance is to take place on Friday, 24th January 2025 at 7.30 for 8pm. This will be held in the Village Hall in Bishop Sutton and tickets cost £35 which includes a traditional 3 course meal. Tickets will be on a first come, first served basis and should be booked through Jill or Graham Nicol (contact details on the contacts page of the website) Cheques should be payable to Stowey Parochial Church Council (Stowey PCC).

Bioblitz - Saturday, 21st June 2025
2025-06-21 09:00 - 17:00 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
What is a BioBlitz?
Come along and be part of this unique project to help document the
different species that are currently present at the Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey.
In conjunction with Bristol Zoo, we will be identifying and recording all the various plants, animals, fungi and any other organisms that live in this small location.
This biological survey will assist with understanding the biodiversity that is present and more importantly the need to be conserve the site.
The team from Bristol Zoo will be on hand to offer advice and help you identify the different species and how to record the information.
All are welcome to this free event on Saturday 21st June 2025, come along and just browse or be involved with this unique survey.
Refreshments will be available all day.

NGS Gardens Open - Sunday 20 July 2025
2025-07-20 14:00 - 18:00
This year’s Gardens Open will be on Sunday, 20th July – 2pm – 6pm. There will be three lovely gardens to visit as well as teas at Stowey Mead and plants for sale at Dormers (cash only for teas and plant sales). Ample car parking (opposite Dormers). There will also be a bric-a-brac stall selling new and good quality preloved items.

The Conservators - Restoration of the Henry Strachey murals
2025-08-26 10:30 - 11:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce that the first phase of the restoration works to the Henry Strachey murals has started.
The Henry Strachey murals are currently being cleaned and conserved by art conservators Lisa Shekede and Stephen Rickerby.

Lisa and Stephen are international wall painting Conservators.

Past and current projects include Byzantine churches in Cyprus, ancient tombs in Egypt, Buddhist caves and temples in China and Bhutan, Orthodox churches in Georgia and rock-cut churches in Ethiopia.
They also work on a wide variety of wall paintings and decorative schemes in the UK, from the medieval to the modern period.

We now have the exciting opportunity to view the conservation work with the following free event at Stowey Church:

THE CONSERVATORS – Open Morning on Tuesday 26th August 10:30-11:30am

BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL: activities.stoweyrevived@outlook.com

IF WALLS COULD TALK - PRESENTATION BY LISA SHEKEDE & STEPHEN RICKERBY - Tuesday, 2nd September 2025 - 7-8pm
2025-09-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce that the first phase of the restoration works to the Henry Strachey murals has started.
The Henry Strachey murals are currently being cleaned and conserved by art conservators Lisa Shekede and Stephen Rickerby.

Lisa and Stephen are international wall painting Conservators.

Past and current projects include Byzantine churches in Cyprus, ancient tombs in Egypt, Buddhist caves and temples in China and Bhutan, Orthodox churches in Georgia and rock-cut churches in Ethiopia.

They also work on a wide variety of wall paintings and decorative schemes in the UK, from the medieval to the modern period.

In this illustrated presentation they will tell the story of how the murals were created and describe their place in the mural revival movement of the early 20th century. They will also talk about the processes and challenges involved in rehabilitating the paintings.

This is a free event but booking is essential as we are limited with numbers. If you would like to attend, please email Elaine Daly at activities.stoweyrevived@outlook,com. Unfortunately, if you have not prebooked, entry will not be possible.

Church Organ Recital - 27th September - 7pm
2025-09-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
Stowey Church is hosting the 6th in a series of occasional Organ Recitals by leading organists. The Programme contains music from Mediaeval to Modern to reflect the history of this ancient building, said to have been dedicated in 1235. The Programme culminates in a piece specially commissioned from David Bednall by a Stowey parishioner which will have its world premiere at the concert.
The recital will be live screened within the church courtesy of the Bristol and District Organists’ Association, enabling everyone to have a good view of David’s skills on the manual and pedals.
Tickets are available, price £15 to include interval refreshments, from sue.skinner@stoweychurch.com or from Jill Nicol on 01275 333456.

CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING - 19TH NOVEMBER - 10AM
2025-11-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
We invite you to attend our Christmas coffee morning on Wednesday, 19th November at 10am-12pm at the church.
As well as refreshments and a warm mince pie at a cost of £1, it is a chance to view the newly conserved Chancel mural and browse some seasonal items we have for sale.
Everyone is welcome!

Carol Service - 19th December 2025 - 6.30pm
2025-12-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
We are holding our service of nine lessons and Carols on Friday, 19th December at 6.30pm

Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome!

Plough Sunday Service - 11th January 2026 10.30am
2026-01-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom

Burns Night Supper and Dance - Friday, 23rd January 2026 - 7.30pm for 8pm
2026-01-23 19:30 - 23:30 | Bishop Sutton Village Hall, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XD, United Kingdom
The 34th Annual Burns Night Supper and dance will be held in Bishop Sutton Village Hall at 7.30pm.
It follows the traditional format with haggis supper (vegetarian option is available but must be prebooked), followed by lighthearted speeches, a traditional piper and finally a ceilidh with an excellent caller.
The price will be £35 to include supper and tickets must be booked through Jill Nicol – Email: Jill.broadhead@cpsoutlook.co.uk or 01275 333456.
We look forward to seeing you!

Royal Arms Restoration - The Conservators Talk
2026-05-05 17:30 - 18:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
The next stage of the Stowey Revived Project is due to commence on the 13th April and this will entail the restoration of the Royal Arms.
Our Conservators, Stephen Rickerby and Lisa Shekede have kindly agreed to hold an informal session to talk about the restoration on Tuesday, 5th May 2026 – 5.30pm – 6.30pm. This is a free event and all are welcome but booking is essential as we are limited in numbers.
Please email Elaine Daly, Activities Co-ordinator at stoweyrevived@outlook.com if you would like to come along.

Come and Try the Organ
2026-06-28 14:30 - 16:30 | Stowey Church, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH, United Kingdom
This event is specifically designed for young people, probably from 8 or 9 years of age, but all are welcome. Eric Tyson of the Bristol & District Organists’ Association, a very able organist and good communicator, will lead the session, with one of our own organists, Tricia Rees-Jones, participating. We plan to make it a fun session! And anyone can have a go on the organ. No experience is needed.
The small and well-maintained organ in Stowey Church is an interesting instrument, capable of producing an amazing range of sounds, some of them very loud and a few, rather rude!
It’s free, refreshments will be provided and of course we have a loo!
This might well be an opportunity for the aspiring organist of the future….another Anna Lapwood, who manages to fill large concert halls and huge Cathedrals for her performances!

NGS Gardens Open - Sunday, 19th July 2026 - 2-6pm
2026-07-19 14:00 - 18:00 | BS39 5TL, Dormers, Bristol, BS39 5TL, United Kingdom
This annual event is to take place on Sunday 19th July 2-6pm. Two gardens in Stowey will be open – Dormers and Stowey Mead at a combined entry fee of £7 with children free.
Parking will be at Dormers and plants will be on sale here too. Teas will be available at Stowey Mead. Both are cash only please.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to us and all will be welcome.
