A Warm Welcome

A very warm welcome to St Wilfrid's C of E Church in Grappenhall.  Grappenhall is a village on the southern edge of Warrington, Cheshire.  The picturesque heart of the village is a conservation area with the church, a historic listed building, at its centre.  

Visitors to the church will have noticed that for many weeks the tower has been been shrouded in scaffolding.  this has been necessary to complete extensive repairs to the staircase and to the structure of the tower itself.  The repairs are now complete and the scaffolding has been removed in time for Christmas.  While the repairs have been ongoing the bells have been silent, but the completion of the tower restoration works will enable our bellringers to summon us to St Wilfrid's again, starting on Sunday 20th December in time for the Carol Service at 4.30pm.  Good News indeed!

Visitors with impaired hearing will be pleased to know that St Wilfrid's Church is equipped with an excellent induction loop system.

2010 calendars are now on sale at the back of the church, price £4.50.  Alternatively contact Ian Roberts on 01925 266208 or click here to email for more information

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St Wilfrids Church, Grappenhall

Through this website we invite all-comers to visit our church, either in body, mind or spirit.  Those who are already part of our regular congregation can keep up to date with news and forthcoming events.  Those who have moved out of the parish, or who can no longer get to church, can stay in touch with what is going on with our Friends page.  Most of all, those who want to know more about Christianity will hopefully learn what it means to be committed Christians and join us in worship in Grappenhall or elsewhere nearer their home. 

Our outreach includes supporting the Church Army Bus Project in South Warrington.  For more details see the "About Us" page.

 Friends 

We regularly obtain Vistor statistics for this website and we are amazed by the number of visits we receive, especially those from overseas.  We would like to hear from anyone who is reading this page from outside of our parish, particularly if you have historical links with Grappenhall. 

To help friends both local and from far and wide to maintain their involvement with St Wilfrid's we will be launching our Friends organisation early in the New Year.  Please follow this link to our Friends Page to keep up to date with developments. 

The Recently Renovated Parish Centre 

Please note that the church is open to visitors between 2.00pm and 4.00pm on Saturday and Sunday afternoons between May and October and a guide is usually available. 

The Bridgewater Canal to the East of the Church

For details of our classical music concerts please go to Live at St Wilfrids

Record Searches

Officers of St Wilfrid's Church frequently receive requests for record searches by email or post from people wanting to trace their ancestors.  Bearing in mind the age of St Wilfrid's, many of the older registers are archived in Chester and are no longer available in church.  The graveyard was surveyed in 1972 and legible inscriptions and locations recorded of graves, some of which were up to 300 years old.  Since then the records have been kept up to date. 

Whilst we are happy to assist with bone fide requests for information wherever it is feasible to do so, we are obliged to charge for this service.  The fee for first hour of search is currently £19.00 and each subsequent hour or part of an hour is charged at £16.00.  Anyone wishing to avail themselves of this service should refer to the Contact Us page.