What’s On – upcoming services and events
All special events and tours throughout the year are listed here (and always more to come!). NOT listed here is our weekly 9.45am Sunday Service. Festivals in the Church of England Year are on our Worship page.
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Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 18th May, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
Afternoon cream tea
Sunday 19th May, 1.30pm-6pm
Call in at any time this aftenoon: all welcome for scones and cream and jam and tea. And help raise more funds for our charities! At Cliffe Hall next door to the church.
Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 1st June, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 15th June, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 29th June, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
Agatha's baptism
Sunday 30th June, 9.45am
There’ll be delight for everyone at our Sunday service when James and Meredith’s daughter Agatha is baptised by our Vicar Herbert Bennett. Her big sister is already a regular on Sundays, and their parents will welcome all parishioners to the service – an invitation that underlines the welcome that children receive at the church.
Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 13th July, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
A tribute to Brother George
Sunday 21st July, 9.45am
Open to all – a very special Sunday Sung Eucharist service to be taken by Bishop of Lewes Will Hazlewood. The Bishop is to dedicate a plaque to Brother George Linnegar, now retired, for his 40 years of faithful ministry to St Thomas’ church (including his daily winding of our clock!) More than that, the Bishop will also celebrate our Patronal Festival for St Thomas the Apostle and the Feast of St Thomas Becket. All who have loved Brother George are welcome.
Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 27th July, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
Climb the tower, see our ancient clock and bells
Saturday 10th August, 11.30am – guided tour
Tour includes introduction to church interior; climb the spiral stair to the second-oldest (1670) turret clock in Sussex; up to the belfry – lovely and very special oak bellframe dates from around 1400. Not many belfries survive like this, and hardly any that are easily reached by stairs. Hear the big tenor bell strike twelve! Not to be missed – only £5. Full info and all dates June-September.
Summer Fair
Saturday 24th August, 10am-12.30pm, beside the church
We stage the annual summer fair, now an amazing 614 years old – we had permission for markets and fairs from King Henry IV in 1409. Come to hear us read the king’s charter and declare the fair open with lots of tempting stalls – jam (of course), delicious home-made cakes, plants, fruit and veg, great choice of books for grown-ups, jewellery and bric-a-brac, and plenty to try for in raffles and tombola.