St. Bartholomew's Church, Welby LE14 3JL

08/09/2026

This year St Bartholomew's will be taking part in Heritage Open Days, England's largest Festival of History & Culture.
Please join us to find out more about Welby's history and the impact of the gentleman in the picture.
Also Welby's more recent Industrial history
We are open from 10 till 1pm on Saturday 12th September as we also welcome Ride & Striders, the fundraiser for Leicestershire Historic Churches Trust.
Pop in for coffee & cake and a warm Welby welcome !

07/09/2026

We had a wonderful service at Welby yesterday, Songs of Praise in memory of Coralie Allen and were delighted to welcome so many members of Coralie's family.
Our thanks to Canon Malcolm for arranging and leading the service; there can't have been many churches where " When Shepherds watched their flocks by night " was sung yesterday ...... Malcolm's theme included a hymn to reflect each season !
Thanks as ever to our flower arrangers and to Sandra for bringing a beautiful arrangement of sunflowers.
And of course to Pat, for serving an excellent Cream Tea with time to chat with a well earned cuppa after the service.

24/08/2026

Preperations are well underway for Ride and Stride with Sponsorship forms in circulation and history boards being prepared for Heritage Open Days...... a chance to share the history of Welby with visitors old and new.
If you have half an hour to spare on Saturday 12th September please pop in the say hello ...... the tea urn will be on !
10am to 1pm.

15/08/2026

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14/08/2026

Please join us for Ride & Stride 2026, Leicestershire Historic Churches Trust's important annual fundraiser.
Great to see so many Melton churches taking part.
Churches are also welcoming visitors for Heritage Open Day, with information on each church and local history on display.
A warm welcome assured at all the Churches listed below.

26/07/2026

Welby needs you ! If you would like to take part in Ride and Stride this year to support our church please check out the info on www.ridestride.org or contact Lisa on 07789740527.
The Pork Pie Way has a wonderful path/ cycleway that joins us to Thorpe & Burton churches for the first time , look out for info on events at both churches.
You can also support us by visiting Welby on the day, we will have the usual excellent homemade cakes and the tea urn on , we would be delighted to see you.
We will put on some suggested routes with participating churches to visit over the next few days.
Heritage Open Day also gives us the chance to share Welby's story with new visitors, all welcome

20/07/2026

Some information on our services for August and September; Linda Pearson will lead our service of Evening Prayer on Sunday 2nd August, our thanks to Linda.
On 6th September Canon Malcolm Britton will lead our service of Evening Prayer remembering Coralie Allen, a long time congregation members at Welby.
We will be welcoming members of Coralie's family and singing hymns that she chose for her funeral.
A warm welcome awaits if you are able to join us for either service & enjoy refreshments served after.
Advance notice of our Harvest Weekend; we will open for a Coffee Morning on Saturday 3rd October with our Harvest Festival service on Sunday 4th October with the church decorated to celebrate Harvest.
All services commence at 3pm.
We hope to see you soon & send best wishes from all at Welby

10/07/2026

Over the past few weeks we have been pleased to welcome Mercian Archaeology back to Welby to run their annual Archaeological Training Field Scools
The focus again this year has been on the site believed to be the kitchen gardens and ancillary buildings to the old Manor House.
Mercian became interested in Welby in 2017 after the installation of our carpark required an Archaeological Watching Brief.
Sean & David have amassed a wealth of knowledge based on surveys and evidence from digging in and around the site of the Deserted Medieval Village which is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
We are always pleased to open the church for the students on the last day of their week at Welby.
Our thanks also to Mercian for their donation to church funds for use of the church car park.

04/07/2026

On behalf of all the team at Welby could I please say thank you to everyone that came to support our Cream Tea event today.
It was wonderful to have so many visitors in the church, many loyal supporters returning and plenty of new faces enjoying a good chat and very generously boosting church funds.
We are fortunate to hold a service at Welby on the first Sunday of each month with a warm Welby welcome if you would like to join us.
We will be open again on Saturday 12th September, more details to follow !