St Mary's

Sunday Services

St. Mary's, White Waltham

8.00 am (every Sunday) Holy Communion

11.00 am 1st Sunday Family Service
2nd & 4th Sunday Morning Prayer
3rd & 5th Sunday Family Communion

 

The Who's Who

Vicar

David Andrew
The Vicarage
Waltham Road
SL6 3JD

01628 822000

Associate Vicar

Andy Hartropp

The Parsonage
School Road
West End
Waltham st Lawrence
RG10 0NU

01189 344841

Licensed Lay Minister

Carole Perkins


Church Wardens
Michael Cooke
22 Heywood Avenue
Woodlands Park
Maidenhead
SL6 3JA

01628 820463

Jenny Murphy
7 Merton Road
Princes Risborough
Bucks
HP27 ODR

01844 275261

Locality

The Parishes of Shottesbrooke and White Waltham lie on the southwestern boundary of Maidenhead. Woodlands Park, where the Vicarage is situated, is included in the Parish of White Waltham and is about four miles from the centre of Maidenhead.

Woodlands Park is a residential area built mostly since the last war. It has local shops, doctors surgery etc., and bus services to central Maidenhead.

White Waltham is a small but active village surrounded by farmland and with a number of Ministry of Defence houses. It has the Church, the School, a pub opposite the cricket ground but no shops except for an organic farm shop at Waltham Place.

Shottesbrooke is a rural parish with a small, scattered population and centered on Shottesbrooke Park which is the home of Sir John and Lady Smith and where the church is situated.

Most of the land in the parishes is agricultural and in the ownership of three estates - Shottesbrooke Park, Waltham Place (White Waltham) and Manor Farm (Paley Street). There is some commercial development but most parishioners commute to nearby towns or London.

There is a main line station at Maidenhead and the M4 motorway provides easy access to Heathrow Airport and London. At Woodlands Park there is a flying club using the small, private White Waltham airfield.

The population of White Waltham (including Woodlands Park) is about 3000 and Shottesbrooke 150.

Parish Hall

The Parish Hall, in the village of White Waltham, is owned not by the church but by the Parish Council. It is used for variety of functions by local organisations, and the church uses it regularly for Annual Parochial Church Meeting and some meetings of the Parochial Church Council and the Christian Aid lunches.

Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals

All enquiries should be made in the first place to the Vicar, David Andrew (01628 822000)

Organisations / activities

Sunday School

Sundays there is a crèche in church for 0-4's at 11.00a.m for Babies and Toddles.

Older children meet together at the Ormandy Centre, about ¼ mile from the church.


Creche

A creche is held at the 11.00 a.m. services at White Waltham every week apart from the first Sunday of each month when all ages are welcome to join us for our regular Family Service.

St. Mary's Church Flower Guild

The Guild was formed a few years ago to enable the church to be decorated weekly and for special festivals. The Guild has a committee: Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Wedding Coordinator. They meet annually to November and hold a fund raising event in the form of a Coffee morning in May.

Prayer & Bible Study

All enquiries should be made in the first place to the Vicar, David Andrew (01628 822000)

Parish Magazine

The magazine aims to communicate information about all churches and parish activities. It is one of our communication channels with those outside the church. A range of articles are included in each publication.

The parish magazine is published bimonthly, six times a year and is delivered free to every house in the parish.