Churches

St. Nicholas’: Church of England

Situated on Uphill Road South, between the main road and the park, set slightly away from the centre of the village.

It was built by the Victorians to replace the little Norman church of the same name on the hill. Adjacent to the church is a church hall, built in the 1950s, and a temporary portable cabin. Car parking is limited & the best place to park is on Uphill Road South.

The new churchyard is relatively small and is now closed to burials. The Old churchyard is also closed to burials except where family graves have sufficient room for further burials.

In addition to the war memorial in the churchyard of the Old Church on the hill, a war memorial is maintained in the baptistry of the new church.

Everyone is welcome to attend our services & groups. If you would like any more information, please telephone 01934 620156 or visit our web site at https://www.stnicholaswithstbarnabas.org/or contact

Mark K Madeley (Rev’d)
Rector of St Nicholas with St Barnabas, Weston-super-Mare

Email: mark@mibtravel.co.

Methodist Church

The Uphill Methodist Church in Uphill Road South was built and opened in 1841 on a plot of land purchased one year earlier for just £5.

The site also housed a schoolroom for the village re-used during the war years for evacuee children. In 1959 the building was damaged by fire.

Following this the premises were extensively modernised and re-dedicated in 1965, the white flat exterior covering a much more interesting building.

Contact: gary.hoare@methodist.org.uk or angela.hoare@methodist.org.uk

Visit Uphill Methodist Church website

Old Church

This church is to oldest in the area. It is Norman and dates from AD1080 and retains many of its original features. Mediaeval and Victorian additions and features such as scratch sundials on the South Wall, interesting gargoyles and carvings, doorways and windows of several periods, and a peal of six working bells make this an interesting building.

The Old Church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust (formerly known as The Redundant Churches Fund). It endeavours to keep the church open to the public for as much of the year as possible.

Volunteers normally open the church for visitors on Sunday afternoons and Bank Holidays between Easter and the end of September. Exact timings and addition opening days can be found on the St Nicholas on the Hill Facebook page.

See also the Village History pages for more on the Old Church of St. Nicholas.