Patrick Comerford
Since moving to Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes on my retirement at the end of March 2022, I have enjoyed visiting many churches, church buildings, and religious centres in Stony Stratford and the Milton Keynes area, and I have been writing about them and photographing them.
As the weeks turned to months and the months became years, the number of churches and religious centres I have visited in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire, and further afield in the neighbouring counties of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, continues to grow, so that in time it became difficult for some readers to find these postings on this site.
An earlier posting that offers a guide to these places has become cumbersome to edit, and so this posting offers fresh links to these and similar postings, and a guide to churches and similar places in Oxford and Oxfordshire is to follow in the days ahead.
As I write about more churches and religious buildings, I intend to update this guide to my postings, indicating the date of the latest update at the end of this page, and to provide a link in the toolbars on the front page of this blog.
Milton Keynes:
1, The Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Central Milton Keynes (7 December 2022) and here (21 May 2026)
Bletchley:
2, Saint Mary’s Church, Church Green Road, Bletchley, Church of England (16 December 2023)
3, Whaddon Way Church, Church of England and Baptist (13 November 2023)
4, Water Eaton Church Centre, Drayton Road, Bletchley, shared by Saint Frideswide’s Church (Church of England) and Spurgeon Baptist Church (16 January 2024)
5, Queensway Methodist Church (15 November 2022)
Bradwell:
6, Bradwell Abbey (5 April 2022)
Calverton:
7, All Saints’ Church, Calverton (11 September 2022), and here (16 April 2022)
Crown Hill:
8, The Oak Chapel, Crown Hill Crematorium, Milton Keynes (5 August 2026)
Downs Barn:
9, The Cross and Stable Church (12 June 2022)
Eaglestone:
10, The Chapel and Quiet Room, Milton Keynes University Hospital (20 March 2024)
Fishermead:
11, Trinity Church and Centre, Fishermead (13 June 2026)
12, Chinese Overseas Christian Mission, Fishermead (10 June 2026)
Furzton:
13, Church of the Servant King, Dulverton Drive (12 March 2025) and here (11 February 2026)
Great Linford:
14, Saint Andrew’s Church, Great Linford (25 May 2022) and here (3 November 2022)
15, The Old Rectory, Great Linford (17 November 2022).
16, The former Congregational Chapel, Great Linford (17 November 2022)
Middleton (Milton Keynes Village):
17, All Saints’ Church, Milton Keynes Village (29 January 2023)
New Bradwell:
18, Saint James Church (22 May 2022)
19, New Bradwell Gospel Hall, Caledonian Road (27 March 2023)
Newport Pagnell:
20, Saint Peter and Saint Paul (5 May 2022)
21, Saint Bede’s Roman Catholic Church (30 May 2022)
22, Newport Pagnell Methodist Church (11 May 2022)
23, Newport Pagnell United Reformed Church (7 May 2022)
24, (former) Tickford Priory (4 May 2022); see also here (19 May 2025)
25, Former Baptist churches, Newport Pagnell, 30 May 2022
Olney:
26, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church, Olney (13 April 2025)
27, Olney Baptist Church (12 April 2025)
Shenley Church End:
28, Saint Mary’s Church (15 October 2022)
29, ‘Glastonbury Thorn’, Shenley Church End (15 November 2025)
Stantonbury:
30, Christ Church, Stantonbury (8 January 2025)
31, Saint Peter’s Church (ruins), Stantonbury (9 January, 2025)
Stony Stratford:
32, Saint Mary and Saint Giles (27 March 2022), and here (18 April 2022)
33, Saint Mary Magdalene (Church of England), church tower and church ruins (11 April 2022)
34, Saint Mary the Virgin (Church of England), former parish church (28 March 2022)
35, Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Ambrosios and Saint Stylianos (10 May 2022)
36, Saint Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church (14 April 2022)
37, Stony Stratford Methodist Church (20 April 2022)
38, Stony Stratford Community Church, Baptist (20 April 2022)
39, Stony Stratford Evangelical Church (Congregationalist) (20 April 2022)
40, Saint Paul’s former school chapel (13 April 2022) and here (29 June 2026)
41, Saint Peter’s (the Old Cross Keys), former church hostel or hospital (29 June 2026)
42, The former rectories in Stony Stratford (29 May 2022)
43, Calverton Limes, former home of two generations of Percevals, rectors of Wolverton Saint Mary, Stony Stratford (28 December 2022)
Walton:
44, Saint Michael’s Church, Open University campus, Walton (14 November 2022).
Wavendon:
45, Saint Mary's Church, Wavendon (11 September 2024)
Willen:
46, Saint Mary Magdalene (26 May 2022)
Wolverton:
47, Holy Trinity Church, Old Wolverton (19 April 2022)
48, Saint George’s Church, Wolverton (9 April 2022)
49, Woverton Methodist Church, Church Street (24 January 2023)
50, West End United Church, Church Street (24 January 2023)
51, former United Reformed Church (Congregational Church), Wolverton (26 February 2023)
52, Wolverton Evangelical Church, former Emmanuel Hall (25 January 2023)
53, Wolverton House, birthplace of Archbishop John Habgood of York (23 January 2023)
54, Urban Farm, Windsor Street, church-run project in Wolverton (10 July 2026)
Woughton-on-the-Green:
55, Saint Mary’s Church, Woughton (21 March 2024)
Other parts of Buckinghamshire:
Addington:
56, Saint Mary the Virgin, Addington (30 November 2025)
Aylesbury:
57, The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury (14 September 2022)
58, Aylesbury Methodist Church (11 January 2026)
59, (former) Congregational Church, High Street (14 September 2022)
60, Friends’ Meeting House (Quakers), Rickford’s Hill (14 September 2022)
61, New Tabernacle Church of God, Rickford’s Hill (14 September 2022)
62, The Prebendal House, Aylesbury (5 August 2025)
Buckingham:
63, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Parish Church (31 May 2022)
64, The Chantry Chapel of Saint John the Baptist (31 May 2022), and here (5 November 2025)
65, Saint Bernardine’s Roman Catholic Church, Chandos Road (6 November 2025)
66, former Franciscan seminary and church, London Road (18 July 2026)
67, The Old Meeting House, former Independent or Congregational chapel, Well Street (18 November 2025)
68, The Radcliffe Centre, former Congregational and United Reformed Church, Church Street (16 November 2025)
69, Salvation Army Citadel, Moreton Road, previously Primitive Methodists, Baptists (16 November 2025)
70, Well Street United Church, Methodists, URC and Baptists (16 November 2025)
71, Barton’s Chantry and Hospital, Church Street (9 June 2022)
72, Prebendal manors and houses, Buckingham (8 June 2022)
73, Saint Rumbold’s grave and legends, Buckingham (6 June 2022)
74, The Mitre Inn, Mitre Cottage on Mitre Street, Buckingham (25 November 2025)
Castlethorpe:
75, Saint Simon and Saint Jude Church (26 October 2025)
76, Castlethorpe Methodist Church (27 October 2025)
Gawcott:
77, Holy Trinity Church, Gawcott (23 November 2025)
78, Gawcott Methodist Chapel (24 November 2025)
Hanslope:
79, Saint James the Great Church, Hanslope (2 November 2025)
80, Hanslope Methodist Church (3 November 2025)
81, Gold Street Gospel Hall (former Baptist Chapel), Hanslope (3 November 2025)
Maids Moreton:
82, Saint Edmund’s Church, Maids Moreton (9 November 2025); see also here (11 November 2025) and here (12 November 2025)
83, The Old Rectory, Maids Moreton (8 November 2025)
Padbury:
84, Saint Mary’s Church, Padbury (14 December 2025)
85, The Old Chapel (former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel), Padbury (14 December 2025)
Seer Green:
86, Holy Trinity Church (18 January 2026)
Winslow:
87, Saint Laurence’s Church, Winslow (6 September 2022)
88, (former) Congregational Church, Horn Street (7 September 2022)
89, Keach’s Meeting House, Bell Walk (7 September 2022)
90, Winslow Tabernacle, the former Baptist Chapel off High Street, Winslow (8 September, 2022)
Bedfordshire:
Bedford:
1, (former) All Hallows’ Church, Church Square (8 August 2024)
2, Bunyan Meeting Church (Baptists, Congregational, URC), Mill Street (4 August 2024)
3, Holy Trinity Church, Bedford (1 August 2024)
4, (former) Howard Chapel (Congregational, URC), Mill Street (5 August 2024)
5, Saint Cuthbert’s Church, Bedford (31 July 2024)
6, Saint Paul’s Church, Bedford (29 July 2024)
7, Saint Peter de Merton Church, Bedford (30 July 2024)
8, (former) Panacea Society, Albany Road and Castle Road (28 July 2024)
9, sculpture of Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, Bedford (3 August 2024)
Dunstable:
10, The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Dunstable (31 May 2026)
11, Christ Church, West Street, Dunstable (2 June 2026)
12, Dunstable Baptist Church at Saint Mary’s Gate, Dunstable (2 June 2026)
13, Dunstable Methodist Church, the Square, Dunstable (2 June 2026)
14, Saint Mary’s Church (Roman Catholic), Dunstable (1 June 2026)
Leighton Buzzard:
15, All Saints’ Church, Leighton Buzzard (17 August 2025)
16, Trinity Methodist Church, North Street (14 January 2026)
17, (former) Wesleyan Church, Hockliffe Street (14 January 2026)
18, Hockliffe Street Baptist Church (14 January 2026)
19, (former) Lake Street Baptist Chapel (14 January 2026)
20, Friends’ Meeting House (Quakers), Leighton Buzzard (31 August 2025)
Linslade:
21, Saint Barnabas Church, Linslade (24 August 2025)
Luton:
22, Saint Mary’s Church, Church Street, Luton (7 June 2026)
23, Bury Park United Reformed Church (12 January 2026)
Northamptonshire:
Cathedrals:
1, The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Thomas of Canterbury (Roman Catholic), Barrack Road, Northampton (5 February 2023)
Northampton:
2, All Saints’ Church, Northampton (6 February 2023)
3, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Sheep Street (7 February 2023)
4, Saint James’s Church, Saint James’s Road (8 February 2023)
5, Saint John’s Church (former), Bridge Street (9 February 2023)
6, Saint Peter’s Church, Marefair (9 February 2023)
7, Christ Image Assembly, Wellington Street (11 February 2023)
8, Friends’ Meeting House, Wellington Street (11 February 2023)
Northamptonshire:
Badby:
9, Saint Mary’s Church (20 September 2023)
Blisworth:
10, Saint John the Baptist (7 September 2024)
Crick:
11, Saint Margaret of Antioch Church, Church Street (23 March 2023)
Deanshanger:
12, Holy Trinity Church, Deanshanger (22 March 2025)
13, Possible site of a monastery, Deanshanger (22 March 2025)
Lamport:
14, All Saints’ Church (6 May 2024)
15, Isham family chapel (6 May 2024), and the Lamport Crucifix (4 May 2024)
Long Buckby:
16, Saint Lawrence’s Church (4 April 2023)
17, Long Buckby Baptist Chapel (4 April 2023)
18, Long Buckby United Reformed Church (4 April 2024)
Old Stratford:
19, Memorial Hall, Old Stratford, venue for some evening services, Deanshanger parish (22 March 2025)
Passenham:
20, Saint Guthlac’s Church (21 April 2022), and here (8 June 2025)
Roade:
21, Saint Mary’s Church, Church End, Roade (9 September 2024)
22, Roade Baptist Chapel (9 September 2024)
23, Roade Methodist Church (9 September 2024)
Shutlanger:
24, Saint Anne’s Chapel-of-Ease (4 September 2024)
25, The Monastery, the former Parles and Comberford family chapel (4 September 2024)
26, (former) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (8 September 2024)
Stoke Bruerne:
27, Saint Mary the Virgin (3 September 2024) and here (5 September 2024)
28, the Old Chapel, (former) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (8 September 2024)
Towcester:
29, Saint Lawrence’s Church (20 March 2025)
Watford:
30, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church (11 March 2023)
Yelvertoft:
31, All Saints’ Church, Yelvertoft (20 March 2023)
Other Religious Traditions:
Synagogues in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire:
Bedford:
1, Jewish Bedford (12 July 2024) and here (9 August 2024)
Bletchley:
2, Bletchley: Bletchley Hebrew Congregation (1 December 2023)
Dunstable:
3, former synagogue, Watling House, 123 High Street North, Dunstable (5 June 2026)
4, former synagogue, 132 Luton Road, Dunstable (5 June 2026)
5, former synagogue, Poynters Road, Dunstable (5 June 2026)
Great Linford:
6, Milton Keynes and District Reform Synagogue, Great Linford (25 November 2022)
Luton:
7, Luton United Synagogue, Dunstable Road, Luton, and Jewish Luton (5 June 2025)
8, Luton Town Hall, venue for occasional Jewish services, 2001-2009 (5 June 2025)
9, 5 Moor Path, the first-ever synagogue in Luton (5 June 2025)
10, former synagogue, Bury Park Road (5 June 2025)
11, former synagogue, 51 John Street, Luton (5 June 2025)
Northampton:
12, Northampton Hebrew Congregation, Overstone Road (10 February 2023)
13, the Mediaeval Synagogue, Sheep Street (3 February 2023)
Wolverton:
14, The Wolverton United Synagogue Membership Group, or the Haversham Jewish Community, New Bradwell and Haversham (24 March 2023)
Mosques:
1, Fishermead: the Islamic Centre Milton Keynes, Fishermead Boulevard (12 June 2026)
2, Wolverton: The Central Jamia Mosque, Church Street, Wolverton (11 March 2024)
3, Luton: Islamic Cultural Centre, Bury Park Road (5 June 2025)
Buddhists:
1, Japanese Peace Pagoda, Willen, 24 May 2022
Other traditions:
1, The Tree Cathedral, Milton Keynes, 3 August 2022
Last updated: 30 August 2026
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