Which Churches are Open or Locked?
Warwickshire does get a lot of bad press for locked churches amongst the churchcrawling community, and this is generally down to the immobility of most church doors situated to the north of Coventry. The irony is that the south of the county has a higher than average percentage of churches that are open and welcoming to visitors and the Coventry Diocese is to be commended for it's efforts in trying to improve access to others by publicising the open hours, however limited, of a number of churches on their new Divine Inspiration website which aims to encourage more visitors to enjoy the pleasures of these buildings.
The main problem is the northern part of the county which largely falls under the jurisdiction of the Birmingham Diocese, where open churches are not only a rarity but generally discouraged. Of course security is an ever present worry and one can forgive people for not feeling they can take the risk of leaving their precious buildings open and unguarded, although recent research by insurers is inclining more towards that being the better option (a locked church is more likely to be left unguarded, and more damage will be done through break ins, only for the culprit to find little worth taking as has been reported in so many cases, whereas if the church had been open....)
Keyholder notices for locked churches used to be more common, but fewer bother with them now. It is always preferable to know that visitors are welcome to explore a church and who to contact in the event, otherwise if a door doesn't yield one is left searching for phonenumbers of likely individuals who could help, and in the hope they might be willing to do, which cannot be taken for granted.
Churches listed below are coloured according to their respective accessibility to visitors (locking statuses are changeable, often depending on incumbent, so of course can only be given as a general rule and therefore can never be totally reliable). Churches in blue are normally open (or at least I've found them that way), those in red may require making appointments to get inside.
The main problem is the northern part of the county which largely falls under the jurisdiction of the Birmingham Diocese, where open churches are not only a rarity but generally discouraged. Of course security is an ever present worry and one can forgive people for not feeling they can take the risk of leaving their precious buildings open and unguarded, although recent research by insurers is inclining more towards that being the better option (a locked church is more likely to be left unguarded, and more damage will be done through break ins, only for the culprit to find little worth taking as has been reported in so many cases, whereas if the church had been open....)
Keyholder notices for locked churches used to be more common, but fewer bother with them now. It is always preferable to know that visitors are welcome to explore a church and who to contact in the event, otherwise if a door doesn't yield one is left searching for phonenumbers of likely individuals who could help, and in the hope they might be willing to do, which cannot be taken for granted.
Churches listed below are coloured according to their respective accessibility to visitors (locking statuses are changeable, often depending on incumbent, so of course can only be given as a general rule and therefore can never be totally reliable). Churches in blue are normally open (or at least I've found them that way), those in red may require making appointments to get inside.
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Churches that are generally kept open
Churches that are open only for specific days or times
Churches that are locked but give keyholder information to help visitors
Churches kept locked without information for access outside services
Churches either converted or privately owned with no visitor access
Churches that are open only for specific days or times
Churches that are locked but give keyholder information to help visitors
Churches kept locked without information for access outside services
Churches either converted or privately owned with no visitor access
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alcester - st nicholas
alcester - our lady rc alderminster - st mary allesley - all saints alveston - old church alveston - st james ansley - st lawrence ansty - st james arley - st wilfrid arley - st joseph rc arrow - st james ashow - assumption astley - st mary aston cantlow - st john baptist aston - ss peter + paul, st james atherstone - st mary atherstone on stour attleborough - holy trinity austrey - st nicholas avon dassett - st john baptist baddesley clinton - st michael baddesley ensor - C19 baginton - st john baptist balsall common - st peter barcheston - st martin barford - st peter barston - st swithin barton on the heath - st lawrence baxterley - bearley - st mary beaudesert - st nicholas bedworth - all saints berkswell - st john baptist bickenhill - st peter bidford on avon - st lawrence billesley - all saints bilton - st mark bilton - sacred heart rc binley - st mary 1770s binton - st peter 1870s birdingbury - st leonard birmingham - st martin birmingham - st phillip (cathedral) birmingham - st chad (rc cathedral) birmingham - st paul bishops itchington - 1870s bishops tachbrook - st chad bournville - st francis bourton on dunsmore -st peter brailes - st george brinklow - st john baptist brownsover - st michael bubbenhall - st giles budbrooke - st michael bulkington - st james burmington - ss barnabas burton dassett - all saints butlers marston - st botolph caldecote - ss theobald + chad castle bromwich - ss mary chadshunt - all saints charlecote - st leonard 1850s cherington - st john baptist chesterton - st giles chilvers coton - all saints church lawford - st peter churchover - holy trinity claverdon - st mary clifford chambers - st helen clifton on dunsmore - st mary coleshill - ss peter + paul combrook - 1860s compton wynyates compton verney - copston magna - 1849 corley - ? coughton - ss peter + paul coughton - rc church coventry - st michael/cathedral coventry - holy trinity coventry - st john baptist coventry - st osburg rc |
cubbington - st mary
curdworth - st nicholas darlingscott - 1874 dordon - 1860s dorridge - 1880s dorsington - st peter 1750s dosthill - 1870s dunchurch - st peter earlsdon - st barbara 1930 earlswood - C19 eastern green - 1875 edgbaston - st bartholomew edgbaston - st george edgbaston - oratory rc edgbaston - st augustine elmdon - 1780 ettington - holy trinity ettington park - holy trinity exhall - st giles exhall - st giles farnborough - st botolph fenny compton - ss peter + clare fillongley - st mary + all saints frankton - st nicholas gaydon - st giles grandborough - st peter great alne - st mary magdalen great packington - st james great wolford - 1830s grendon - all saints guys cliffe - chapel halford - st mary hampton in arden - ss mary hampton lucy - st peter ad vincula handsworth - st mary harborne - st peter harborne - st mary rc harborne - st john & st faith harborough magna - all saints harbury - all saints hartshill - 1840s haseley - st mary haselor - st mary magdalen hatton - holy trinity henley in arden - st john baptist hillmorton - st john baptist, hillmorton - english martyrs rc honiley - st john baptist honington - all saints hunningham - st margaret idlicote - st james ilmington - st mary kenilworth - st nicholas kenilworth - st john baptist kineton - st peter kingsbury - ss peter + paul king's norton - st nicholas kinwarton - st mary knowle - ss john baptist ladbroke - all saints langley - st mary 1860s lapworth - st mary lea marston - st john baptist leamington spa - all saints leamington spa - st peter rc leamington spa - st mark leamington spa - holy trinity leamington spa - st mary leamington spa - st john the baptist leamington spa - st paul leamington hastings - all saints leek wooton - lighthorne - st lawrence lillington - st mary magdalen little compton - st denis little packington - st bartholomew long compton - ss peter + paul long itchington - holy trinity long lawford - st john long marston - st james lower shuckburgh - st john baptist loxley - st nicholas luddington - all saints |
mancetter - st peter
mappleborough green - ascension marton - st esprit maxstoke - st michael merevale - our lady meriden - st lawrence middleton - st john baptist monks kirby - st edith, st joseph rc moreton morrell - holy cross morton bagot - holy trinity moseley - st mary napton on the hill - st lawrence nether whitacre - st giles newbold on avon - st botolph newbold on stour - 1833 newbold pacey - st george newton regis - st mary no mans heath - C19 northfield - st lawrence norton lindsey - holy trinity nuneaton - st nicholas, st mary, offchurch - st gregory old milverton - 1880 oldberrow - st mary olton - 1890s over whitacre - 1766 oxhill - st lawrence packwood - st giles pailton - st denis pillerton hersey - st mary polesworth - st edith preston bagot - all saints preston on stour - st mary princethorpe - st mary rc priors hardwick - st mary priors marston - st leonard quinton - st swithin radford semele - st nicholas radway - st peter ratley - st peter ad vincula rowington - st lawrence rugby - st andrew rugby - st marie rc rugby - st matthew rugby - st oswald rugby - st peter rugby - school chapel ryton on dunsmore - st leonard salford priors - st matthew saltley - st saviour 1849 sambourne - 1892 seckington - all saints selly oak - st mary sheldon - st giles sherbourne - 1860s shilton - st andrew shipston on stour - st edmund shirley - C19 shottery - st andrew 1870 shotteswell - st lawrence shustoke - st cuthbert shuttington - st matthew snitterfield - st james solihull - st alphege southam - st james spernall - st leonard stockingford - 1820s stockton - st michael stoneleigh - st mary stratford upon avon - holy trinity stratford upon avon - guild chapel stretton on dunsmore - 1830s stretton under fosse -1841 studley - nativity studley - st mary rc sutton coldfield - holy trinity sutton coldfield - holy trinity rc tanworth in arden - st mary magdalen temple balsall - st mary temple grafton - 1875 thurlaston - 1849 tidmington - |
tredington - st gregory
tysoe - assumption ufton - st michael ullenhall - old st mary's ullenhall - st mary upper shuckburgh - st john baptist walsgrave on sowe - st mary walton - st james C18-19 wappenbury - st john baptist warmington - st michael warwick - st mary warwick - st nicholas warwick - st james warwick - st paul warwick - immaculate conception wasperton - 1843 water orton - 1879 weddington - st james (1881) weethley - 1850s welford on avon - st peter wellesbourne - st peter weston on avon - all saints weston under wetherly - st michael westwood heath -1840s whatcote - st peter whichford - st michael whitchurch - st mary whitnash - st margaret wibtoft - st mary willey - st leonard willoughby - st nicholas wilmcote - 1840s winderton - 1878 wishaw - st chad withybrook - all saints wixford - st milburga wolfhamcote - st peter wolston - st margaret wolverton - st mary wolvey - st john baptist wooton wawen - st peter wooton wawen - st mary & st benedict wormleighton - st peter wroxall - st leonard wyken - st mary magdalene wylde green - C19 yardley - st eadbugha |
