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A few members from Hope Chapel Salford came across an advertisement for the sale of a plot of land in Eccles. They put forward a plan to build a grand church and work began. The Cornerstone of the building was laid in front of a crowd of 2,000 on Good Friday 1859 and the church was opened for public worship on Good Friday 6th April 1860. In the press of the day, the church was described as “a Cath

edral looking church”

The church played host to Sunday Schools, The Woman’s Fellowship, The Literary Society, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and a Youth Fellowship. In 1965 Eccles Congregational Church welcomed friends from the King Street Mission after the sale of their buildings, but later that year they were all thrown into turmoil by the announcement that a new Eccles motorway would be built through the church land. Work began to demolish the Church and replace it with a new smaller church, but the old church did not go down without a fight as workers could not pull down the steeple. After 11 days of battering and buffeting by 18lbs gelignite and two 8 ton bull dozers, the steeple finally surrendered. On Friday 11th July 1969, the new church officially opened with a splendid ceremony. A minor hitch occurred when the organ blew a fuse during the second verse but the Congregation sang through it while organist Mr Kenyon frantically fumbled about and rectified the matter.

* This brief history was taken from ” The History of Eccles Congregational Church ” written by Ian H Wallace & T R Woolnoug. If you would like to read a full copy it can be found in the church vestibule.

05/04/2026

A date for your diary...

04/04/2026

EASTER SUNDAY service at 11am - everyone welcome!

26/03/2026

From friends at Affetside Congregational Church...

STARTING WEDNESDAY 15TH APRIL 2026 AT 7PM
Everyone of all faiths and none is welcome to attend a new mid week worship at Affetside Congregational Church.
This will not be a standard service but more of a chance to discuss and interact.
Each week will be looking at a different bible verse or topic and the first session will be "How do you imagine heaven"

20/02/2026

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We thank God for the animals in our lives and for the happiness and companionship they bring us!

19/02/2026

We are now in the season of lent and yesterday Eccles organist Chris was on his travels again swopping the Compton organ at Eccles for another Compton of a very different kind! The organ featured is at Fentham Hall in Hampton-in-Arden near Solihull and was originally built in 1935 for the Tower Cinema, West Bromwich.

Here is an appropriate hymn for lent "Forty days and forty nights" with a few little surprises you would not get on a church organ.

Hymns on cinema organs are nothing unusual. Some of the big names from the past such as Dudley Savage and Sandy Macpherson often included a favourite hymn tune or two in the days when cinema organists did radio broadcasts.

Me playing the organ at Fentham Hall in Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire. The following information is taken from the Cinema Or...

31/01/2026

Remembering when BBC organist Nigel Ogden visited Eccles Congregational Church to record a few items for "The Organist Entertains" back in about 2017.

One item he recorded was the beautiful "Brother James Air". Unfortunately we do not have the recording he made on our Compton pipe organ here at Eccles but here is Nigel playing this on his Compton electronic organ model 363...

NOTE: this is sound only

29/01/2026

We at Eccles are sad to hear that the brilliant organist Nigel Ogden has passed away.

Nigel was not only presenter of the "The Organist Entertains" radio show for many years but he was an outstanding organist and played at hundreds of churches and cinemas and back in 2018 he visited us here at Eccles Congregational Church and made some recordings on the Compton organ here which were aired on the radio show.

May you rest in peace Nigel and I am sure heaven will be blessed with a superb organist there now to entertain...

00:00 1 Organ Showtime00:17 2 From This Moment On04:25 3 I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside05:32 4 March Medley: Spanish Gypsy Dance/Marche Lorraine/El Abani...

06/01/2026

Eccles Congregational Church pop-in cafe returns this Thursday.

Every Thursday at 12:15pm.

Everyone welcome of all faiths and none!

04/01/2026

Its a New Year, with new opportunities, and new adventures. Why not consider a new years resolution and look to attending a church.

God declared Sunday as a day to rest, to recharge, and refocus. Why not do it, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain!

18/08/2025

A snippet from the celebrations last Friday evening.

This is one of many fun events held here throughout the year. There is a whole team of people at Eccles Cong who arrange events like this and trips out (recently there was trips to Skipton, York and Shrewsbury) and much more planned for the future.

A lot of fun is had at Eccles Cong!

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Wellington Road
Manchester
M309AL

Website

https://ecclescongchurch.wordpress.com/

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