Friends of St Leonard at-the-Hythe Colchester

Friends of St Leonard at-the-Hythe Colchester The Friends of St Leonard is a local volunteer group working with The Churches Conservation Trust to preserve and maintain this magnificent building.

We ensure it remains open to the public and available for use by the local community. The Friends of St Leonard-at-the-Hythe cares for St Leonard’s Church in partnership with The Churches Conservation Trust, the national charity protecting historic churches at risk. www.visitchurches.org.uk
If you would like to join the Friends of St. Leonard’s, please do get in touch with us by visiting our website
We will have series of events during this year and others planned for 2023

Tomorrow (Saturday) - not to be missed craft fair inside the wonderful mediaeval church of St Leonard-at-the-Hythe.Free ...
28/08/2026

Tomorrow (Saturday) - not to be missed craft fair inside the wonderful mediaeval church of St Leonard-at-the-Hythe.
Free parking nearby - see poster.

The wonderful bells of St Leonard's have been temporarily silenced pending specialist inspection of the tower's impressi...
28/08/2026

The wonderful bells of St Leonard's have been temporarily silenced pending specialist inspection of the tower's impressive corner pinnacles. This is just a precautionary measure. Normal bell ringing will resume as soon as possible.
In the meantime, don't forget to visit Saturday's Craft Fair. Refreshments, including strawberries and cream, available.

For your diary ... not to be missed.
19/08/2026

For your diary ... not to be missed.

Another great FREE event at St Leonard-at-the-Hythe.
26/07/2026

Another great FREE event at St Leonard-at-the-Hythe.

Beer in church and BBQ in churchyard. All welcome to a relaxed sing-along to some favourite traditional hymns, belted o...
16/07/2026

Beer in church and BBQ in churchyard. All welcome to a relaxed sing-along to some favourite traditional hymns, belted out by the 110 year-old church organ!

26/06/2026
09/06/2026

London born, Essex raised, Julie has travelled extensively with music, both solo and with Fernhill, the experimental folk group she formed with her partner Ceri Rhys Matthews who she met at art school in Kent in 1979. Julie settled in Wales with Ceri, a native Welsh speaker, after college, learning the language and raising their children bilingually.
Over the years she has collaborated and recorded with musicians from a broad range of genres including John Cale, Robert Plant, Danny Thompson, Kenya’s Ayub Ogada and the early music group Sinfonye.
Her forty year artistic journey was recently marked by a limited-edition double vinyl album called Retrospective, recently released.
See http://www.juliemurphymusic.com for details, pics etc.

01/06/2026

Our second local history talk is this Thursday 4 June at 7pm at St Leonard’s at the Hythe
John Rayment talking about the history of Thames Barges
All welcome Free entry
Come and hear about these magnificent vessels near to the old port of the Hythe

An exciting event for next Saturday . Evy has performed at several venues both locally and nationally...check her out on...
24/05/2026

An exciting event for next Saturday . Evy has performed at several venues both locally and nationally...check her out online! She supported Fraser Morgan at St Leonard's last year.

Address

St Leonard-at-the-Hythe, Hythe Hill
Colchester
CO12NP

Opening Hours

12pm - 2pm

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