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Please see below the services at St Lawrence Church, Mereworth. For any questions please do contact us.
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REFRESH is 45 minute service with modern worship songs, Bible reading, short sermon and prayers followed by tea and chat.
CW = Common Worship
BCP = Book of Common Prayer
‘Benefice’ is the collective term we use for all three of our parishes (Mereworth, Wateringbury and West Peckham
Upcoming Services at St Lawrence Mereworth
Sunday 24th August
No morning service (joint benefice HC service at Wateringbury at 10:00)
Wednesday 27th August
10:30 Last Wednesday of the Month Coffee and chat (no HC service)
Sunday 31st August
No morning service (St Dunstan West Peckham Benefice Holy Communion Service at 10:00 (CW))
Wednesday 3rd September
No Holy Communion Service Today
Sunday 7th September
10.00 Morning Prayer/ Book of Common Prayer
Wednesday 10th September
10.00 Benefice Holy Communion Service followed by Tea/Chat (CW)
Sunday 14th September
No morning service today
14.00 Baptism (CW)
Wednesday 17th September
10.00 Benefice Holy Communion Service followed by Tea/Chat (CW)
Sunday 21st September
10.00 Holy Communion/ Book of Common Prayer
Wednesday 24th September
10.30 Last Wednesday of the Month Coffee and Chat
Sunday 28th September
No morning service – 10.00 Joint Benefice Holy Communion (CW) at St John the Baptist Church
17.00 Refresh at St Lawrence Mereworth
The Team at St Lawrence:
Local Licensed Minister – Betty Earl
Rector: Gary Townsend
Church Warden – Vacant
Administrator: Vacant
PCC Secretary: Vacant
Treasurer: Steve Card
For all other matters such as personal contact, Mereworth history and Mereworth Walking Group please contact : Robert Earl
WALKING GROUP
Walks take place on Tuesdays and alternate between mornings and afternoons. Everyone is welcome, including dogs, so if you would like to come along then we will be delighted to see you.
WALKING GROUP DATES 2025
Tuesday 26th August 2pm
Tuesday 23rd September 10am
Tuesday 28th October 2pm
Tuesday 25th November 10am followed by lunch
Mereworth Village Walking Group: 2pm Tuesday 26th August 2024
We begin our August walk at 2pm on Tuesday 26th August at Teston Bridge Country Park, about 10 minutes’ drive from Mereworth. The car park requires payment. We will walk from there across Teston Bridge to the road that leads towards Tutsham Hall. We shall, however, then take the footpath off this towards West Farleigh. Turning west from this footpath, we shall cross the horse paddocks south of Tutsham to emerge onto Hunt Street. After a short stretch of this narrow lane, we shall take the footpath over the fields near Shingle Barn through Henhurst Wood to the single-track lane known as Small Profits. During the walk there will be excellent views of what William Cobbett described as “the finest seven miles that I have ever seen in England or anywhere else.” We shall then follow Small Profits to where it joins Hunt Street, and cross onto the footpaths that take us down to the Medway at Bow Bridge. From there we shall follow the Medway towing path back to Teston Lock and the starting point. There will be many interesting historical features on the way, including the Teston linseed mill, possible Roman quarries and the unusual earthworks at Henhurst Wood. The walk will take about two hours and is about 6km long. It will involve some road walking and has some steady prolonged slopes. Some paths may be uneven and overgrown; good walking boots and nettle-proof trousers are advisable. There will be horses loose on the footpaths around Tutsham, and dogs will need a lead both there and on the roads.
Mereworth Village Walking Group – 10am Tuesday 23rd Sept 2025
Our September walk is a ramble around the hedgerows, shaws and tolls that stitch together the countryside between North Tonbridge, Hildenborough and Shipbourne.
It is a leisurely walk with several stiles, some gentle slopes and one slightly steeper slope -but not too bad! It is 4.3 miles/7.4 km and will take just over 2 hours.
This walk takes in some beautiful open fields, shady woodland and a variety of trees and hedgerows and in September we should see plenty of sloes. There are also some interesting historical points of interest along the way.
Our meeting point is outside St Margaret Clitheroes School in Trench Road, Tonbridge. The school is right at the far end of Trench Road and is a dead end. There is on street parking in Trench Road or in Greenfrith Drive, we will exit our walk onto Quincewood Gardens, which is just off Greenfrith Drive so you may want to park somewhere in between. There is also parking just off Greenfrith Drive on Pine Ridge (first left). Please arrive in time for our briefing before we set off at 10am.
Viv Bennet
