Hinkledux Churches

Hinkledux Churches We are three churches in the South Cambridgeshire villages of Hinxton, Ickleton and Duxford. Weekdays we have some evening Compline services.

As three friendly village churches working together our weekly main Sunday service rotates around our three churches, with 20-30 people attending. On Sundays we also have early morning Communion and sometimes a Taize service. Click the Contact button above to get to our website which has more detail on our services.

Next Saturday we have one of our craft cafes
06/06/2026

Next Saturday we have one of our craft cafes

Today we have our free Tiddlers group
04/06/2026

Today we have our free Tiddlers group

Next Wednesday we have our pub lunch club at 12.30 at the Red Lion, Hinxton. Most of us just opt for one course. The pu...
03/06/2026

Next Wednesday we have our pub lunch club at 12.30 at the Red Lion, Hinxton. Most of us just opt for one course. The pub has a new spring menus so thats worth a look via their website.

Please let us know by this Sunday if you are coming and what your pre-order is. Message thia FB page or email [email protected] or text or call his mobile 07814 116 590 with your pre-order

We'll enjoy a pub lunch, a drink and each other's company. It's simple, totally informal, no strings and we each pay for our own order, plus a tip if you want to.

if you're new to the lunch please tap Jon on the back/introduce yourself when you turn up.

Background to the lunch In August 2021 we started at the Ickleton Lion but sadly that pub closed so we switched to the Red Lion, Hinxton @12.30 on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. From September 2025 we've started alternating between the Hinxton and Ickleton pubs and moved the lunches to the 2nd Wednesday of each month - still at 12.30.

Tomorrow we have our enjoyable Come along and sing
02/06/2026

Tomorrow we have our enjoyable Come along and sing

Lydia's monthly article is below - A century with MarilynOn 1 June it will be 100 years since Norma Jeane Mortenson was ...
01/06/2026

Lydia's monthly article is below - A century with Marilyn

On 1 June it will be 100 years since Norma Jeane Mortenson was born – that’s Marilyn Monroe to you and me. Her mother, Gladys, worked behind the scenes in the movie industry as a film cutter, taking original camera negatives and splicing them together to make a reel. It was poorly paid work and Gladys, a single parent who had mental health difficulties, struggled to cope. Consequently, her daughter grew up largely in foster care, but from a young age held onto the ambition to be an actress.

Spotted for her modelling potential in 1944 while she was working in a munitions factory, Norma Jeane spent the next few years transforming herself. Her hair went from brown to blonde, as she crafted a new identity as Marilyn Monroe. She bagged a few small roles in film, but it wasn’t until 1953 when she starred in Niagara, that she came to wider public attention.

Her next part, in Gentlemen prefer Blondes, released the same year, contained all the elements of her trademark ditsy screen persona and with it she stole the show. She had become the Marilyn we all think of when we hear the name.

During her short life she tried to maintain control of her image, even setting up her own production company to avoid being typecast. But since her death at the age of 36, how she is represented has become - if anything – even more fixed. And from the landmark Andy Warhol screen print made soon after she’d died… through the vast supply of T-shirts and mugs… to the many personal items sold at auction, she’s rarely out of our field of vision.

Yet – although her face is everywhere - she remains as much a mystery as ever, with the uncertainty and tragedy surrounding her death contributing to that impression. In her last interview, published the day before she died, she said this:

“When you’re famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way… It stirs up envy, fame does. People you run into feel that, well, who is she—who is she, who does she think she is, Marilyn Monroe?”

Even to herself, she seems to be in some way unreal, an artefact as much as a person. Her story perhaps invites us to reflect on our own identities: how far who we are is given, how much of us is made (intentionally or otherwise) by our choices.

Best wishes
Lydia

The photo is by U.S. army photographer David Conover's shot - Yank, the Army Weekly, via [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73037211

Nest Sunday we have Forest Church - a special event for families
31/05/2026

Nest Sunday we have Forest Church - a special event for families

Next Thursday we have our free Tiddlers group
28/05/2026

Next Thursday we have our free Tiddlers group

Next Wednesday we have our enjoyable Come along and sing
27/05/2026

Next Wednesday we have our enjoyable Come along and sing

Looking Up and Out – Works UpdateWork continues to make steady progress on the conservation of St Mary Magdalene church ...
27/05/2026

Looking Up and Out – Works Update

Work continues to make steady progress on the conservation of St Mary Magdalene church in Ickleton, with encouraging developments in recent weeks. Repairs to the stonework are well underway, with much of the repointing now nearing completion, helping to protect the building and preserve it for years to come.

Some high level windows have been carefully removed by specialist craftspeople for repair and will be returned and reinstated in due course.

Alongside this work, recent surveys have suggested that there may be more bats in the church roof than first thought! As a protected species, bats must be carefully safeguarded, and work is being planned accordingly so that they are not disturbed while repairs continue.

Grateful thanks go to our architect Stephanie Norris who is overseeing the work and contractors, Herringbone Restoration, Steve Ankin, Dave Arnold and their team, for the care and skill they are bringing to the project.

Although the church building remains closed, the life of our church continues. Services are taking place in Duxford and Hinxton as well as Ickleton village hall, where all are warmly welcome.

There is also a special Forest Church at Icklewoods on 7 June — a chance to gather and worship together outdoors.

Thank you for your continued support as we care for our church.

Our various fellowship, prayer and bible study groups are this Thursday - 10am in person or 7.30pm in person or via zoom
20/05/2026

Our various fellowship, prayer and bible study groups are this Thursday - 10am in person or 7.30pm in person or via zoom

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Hinxton, Ickleton
Duxford

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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