St Mary's and St Richard's, Northolt

07/06/2026

7th June 2026 at St Mary's

31/05/2026

31st May 2026 at St Mary's

24/05/2026

24th May 2026 at St Mary's

26/04/2026

We've very lucky to have a beautiful church and churchyard at St Mary's in Northolt, filled with beautiful flowers, wildflowers and trees. If you've been to visit in the past, you'll have noticed that some of our trees are quite old. Over the years, we have lost a few to storms and disease, and sadly we have been informed by our tree surgeons that another of the lime trees lining the path up to the church is diseased and will be a public safety danger if we don't take action. In addition to this lime (the one in the first photo, at the bottom of the path leading from the car park to church), there's also a diseased willow tree on the adjoining council land that was blown over into our churchyard in storms last year. You can see this tree in the 2nd photo, it's the one that is almost horizontal, and is tucked away at the far side of the churchyard.
While both may look healthy externally, our tree surgeons have carried out extensive examinations and determined that they are both rotting from the inside due to a fungal disease. This is a fairly common disease in trees, but cannot be ignored.

As a result, these two trees will be removed shortly to ensure the safety of all those visiting our churchyard. We have been working closely with environmental experts to be certain that any impact to wildlife is minimal, and will plant new trees elsewhere in the churchyard later in the year (as now is not the right time of year to plant bare root trees).

03/04/2026

Today we marked Good Friday with a solemn service at St Mary's. Having stripped the church yesterday after our Maundy Thursday service, the church looks very bare as we remember the day that Christ was crucified for us.
Join us on Sunday when the church will be filled with light, colour and joy celebrating the resurrection of Christ. Easter Sunday services are at 5:30am and 10am.

30/03/2026

Please note that our youth group Abide, which meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month will not be meeting this coming Monday the 6th of April as it's a public holiday. The next meeting will be Monday the 20th of April.

https://northolt.org/abide-youth-group/

25/03/2026

Join us this Saturday the 28th of March at St Richard's Church on the Racecourse Estate in Northolt to mark Earth Hour. Starting at 8pm, we'll be switching the lights off at 8:30pm and enjoying a quiz and some refreshments by candlelight.
All are welcome - no entry fee.

25/03/2026

A big thank you to everyone that joined us at St Mary's Church on Saturday evening for the classical music concert. The evening was an absolute joy, and the musicians were exceptional. The audience was astounded watching Councillor Julian Gallant's hands fly up and down the piano keyboard never missing a beat or a note, while the guest flautist, Alyssa, a member of the National Youth Orchestra moved us all with her beautiful flute playing.
Watch this space for another concert later this year to support the St Mary's Restoration project. Read more about Saturday's concert here: https://www.ealing.news/news/northolt-concert-supports-historic-st-marys-church-restoration/

A fundraising concert to support the restoration of St Mary’s Church in Northolt, one of the borough’s oldest buildings, took place on Saturday (21 March 2026) evening.