St Frideswide with Binsey, Oxford

20/10/2026

12/10/2026

Last evensong of the year at St Margaret's Binsey, 4.30 pm, this Sunday 18th October, Book of Common Prayer

22/09/2026

Join us on Saturday 26 September for a lively jazz concert with the Rory McInroy Quartet. Entrance fee £20 including a glass of w**e and cheese and biscuits.

19/08/2026

Rev Clare Sykes is retiring and we need your help to find the right person to replace her. We want the views of local people who don't go to church, but care about their community and everything that goes on there.

Fill in our community questionnaire by 23rd Sept on line, or pick up a green form at St Peter & St Paul Botley, St Lawrence North Hinksey, St Frideswide West Oxford or St Margaret of Antioch Binsey.

Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas.

Welcome to the consultation on finding a new Rector for the Osney Beneficewhich includes the churches of St Peter & St Paul, Botley; St Lawrence, North Hinksey; St Frideswide, West Oxford and St Margaret of Antioch, Binsey.In order to find the right person to replace Revd Clare we need to create a d...

30/05/2026

The plant sale is today!

09/02/2026

A great evening with the Rory McInroy Jazz Quartet last Saturday, helping to raise funds for our new servery!

07/02/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Dear Friends,
I announced at services on 1st February that I intend to retire this year. I anticipate that my last Sunday will be 13th September. By then I will have been ordained for 30 years and will have been Rector of this Benefice for 14 years.

It has been a tremendous privilege to walk the journey of discipleship with you during that time; to share your lives; to serve the wider community.

There have been challenges along the way, but these have been overcome and I feel confident that I will leave the benefice in good shape and in good heart.

Thank you for your support and
friendship.

There is a process to go through to prepare for the vacancy and then to find a new Rector. Both of these tasks will involve a lot of work and the more people who can be involved the better.

Churchwardens will obviously have a key leadership role during this time. All of this will be clearly communicated to the churches and PCCs in due course.

Until September it is God’s business as usual.

Clare

02/02/2026

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