St Mary Devizes

24/08/2026

Every year in September in Devizes interesting and unusual historic doors are thrown open for Heritage Open Days and this year is no exception.

St. Mary will be open, refreshments will be served, and you can explore this amazing historic space and chat with those involved with the St.Mary project to find out what's coming up.

There is a history booklet on our website, or pick up a copy in the church on the day, along with an activity sheet for the young ones.

We look forward to seeing you.

St. Mary the Virgin Church, New Park Street, Devizes SN10 1DS
(behin the Castle Hotel).

24/08/2026

25/06/2026

St Mary’s is bursting with local talent this July — drop in and enjoy the creativity.
Love art? Curious? Just passing by? Pop into St Mary’s and discover something fresh.
Support Devizes artists and brighten your day — the exhibition at St Mary’s is open all week.

07/06/2026

01/06/2026

We're really looking forward to hosting this Devizes Arts Festival FREE FRINGE exhibition of prisoners' artwork later this week.

The opening is on Thursday at 6pm - join the Friends of Erlestoke Prison for a presentation about the prison art programmes that will including readings from an anthology of prisoners’ poems.

HMP Erlestoke and the Friends of Erlestoke Prison charity work in partnership to support prisoners with the challenges of rehabilitation and successful resettlement when they leave prison. Both the prison and charity strongly believe that art programmes positively impact prisoners’ mental health, ...

14/05/2026

My 'The Children of the Avenues (Devizes & Beyond)' poem, one of the poems from my exhibition, is going out on the BBC Upload radio show this week.
Here's the details from the email:
'We're playing your upload 'The Children of the Avenues (Devizes and Beyond)' on BBC Upload with Adam Crowther this week!
Your upload will be broadcast at the following times:
On Thursday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Wiltshire from 6pm!
On Saturday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.'
If you haven't heard it or read it already and you're near a radio on Thursday or Saturday, do have a listen 😊

21/04/2026

It gets like that. Thoughtful conversations about the meaning of life, love, the universe, Sainsbury's veg aisle, the beautiful rolling countryside and lots more.

Come and take a close look at Gail Foster's poetry and images Devizes and Beyond'... Open every day until next weekend.

EVERY DAY THIS WEEK: 10am-3pm every day to 26th
PLUS Friday: 6pm-8pm

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