Churches

Our circuit churches

There are ten church communities spread across the circuit, from Bexhill to Rye and as far inland as Battle or Broad Oak. Each offer their own unique, yet still Methodist, welcome.

In addition, there is the historic chapel of Winchelsea. This no longer hosts weekly worship but has a variety of services and events throughout the year.

Battle

A friendly congregation in this market town on the site of that famous battle.

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Calvert Memorial

Named after the Revd James Calvert, a Methodist missionary who spent many years in Fiji and died in Hastings, the congregation here has been reaching out to the local community since 1881.

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Christchurch

Bexhill currently hosts two Methodist churches. Christchurch is up the hill near the hospital and is currently adjacent to our circuit office.

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Little Common

This is our other church in Bexhill, this one offering a warm welcome to those based in the Little Common area of the town and beyond.

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Ninfield

Ninfield is a village about four miles from Bexhill and just east of Standard Hill, said to be the place that William the Conqueror placed his flag after the Battle of Hastings.

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Pett

Pett is about five miles northeast of Hastings on the road between Hastings and Rye. There you will find a small Methodist chapel with a warm heart.

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Rye

Methodism came to Rye in 1756 and John Wesley himself visited two years later, the first of eleven visits. Methodists have been worshipping in Rye ever since and today meet in St Mary's Centre.

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