St Leonard's Wortley

St Leonard's Wortley St Leonard's Church in the South Yorkshire village of Wortley. Sunday evening service is held on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 6.30pm

Everyone is welcome to come to our Sunday Services held at 11am on 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month. The Church of St Leonard, Wortley is located in the Parish of Wortley and forms part of the United Benefice of Tankersley, Thurgoland and Wortley within the Diocese of Sheffield. The church of St Leonard’s stands in the centre of the village of Wortley. The parish includes several small haml

ets. The history of the building is fairly poorly documented with much of its history lost before a fire in 1947 and after gale damage in 1956. There are records for a small chapel in Wortley during the reign of Henry III (1216) with a definite mention of a church in 1318. The church was originally a chapel of ease and part of the Parish of Tankersley. Wortley became a separate parish in 1753 the time the church in its present form dates from. St Leonard’s Church is a place of worship used for religious services, funerals, weddings and blessings. It is also used for coffee mornings, village fetes, concerts, talks, presentations, meeting space, heritage tours, private prayer and contemplation. The church building is used as a polling station for local and general elections. It has and still does play a significant role in the life of the village. The church is the focal point of the village visited by many people for pleasure outside of worship. The church has a ring of 8 bells and an active team of bell ringers who ring the bells for Sunday morning service, weddings by arrangement and for practice on Thursday evenings. In 2017 St Leonard’s faced a new challenge. The roof of the Nave was found to be failing in several places and rainwater was entering and endangering both the heritage of this Grade 2 listed building and the artifacts contained inside. During the summer of 2017 the PCC have ensured emergency repairs repairs are carried out to protect the building. These repairs are the first stage in securing the building fabric to enable greater work to be done from the building in the near future. More information can be found at:
www.wortleychurch.org.uk


05/09/2026

Our service of Holy Communion on Sunday 6th September begins at 11am. Rev Christine Herbert will lead us in worshiping God at St Leonard's. Please come along and join us.

29/08/2026

There is no Sunday service at St Leonard's on 30th August. That's because it is a 5th Sunday and the United Benefice of Tankersley, Wortley and Thurgoland are holding a joint service at Holy Trinity Thurgoland for all the congregations. It begins at 10.30am. Rev Julie Upton will lead the service.

23/08/2026

Interesting post from our bell ringing team today. Hope you were listening. Fancy a go? Contact: [email protected]

On Sunday morning 23rd August our service of worship is Morning Praise led by Rev Ian Watson. It begins at 11am. Please ...
22/08/2026

On Sunday morning 23rd August our service of worship is Morning Praise led by Rev Ian Watson. It begins at 11am. Please come and join in. We are looking forward to meeting our regular congregation and welcoming new people to St Leonard's.
Find out what's happening at Wortley Church, what you could get involved with and what the church can do for you and your family.
We still have a plant stall inside, you could buy some plants and there are some strawberry plants available for you garden.
Give us a try, you never know, you might like it.

14/08/2026

Our morning service on Sunday 16th August is Holy Communion led by Rev Chris.
It begins are 11.00am. We hope you can join us as we Worship God at St Leonards.
The church is much cooler than the outside temperature and provides a welcome chance to enjoy not being too hot.
See you Sunday

Did you hear our bell ringing briefly tonight. Our bell ringers decided to watch the partial eclipse from the top of the...
12/08/2026

Did you hear our bell ringing briefly tonight. Our bell ringers decided to watch the partial eclipse from the top of the tower. As the moon pulled away to reveal the sun again our bells were rung to rounds and call changes. This included rounds (down the musical scale) forwards and backwards (up the scale) to represent the fading light and the new bright sunlight returning.
A lovely sound landscape to a rare event. We hope it made the event a bit more special.
The ringing has been published on bellboard: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1996828https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1996828

08/08/2026

Our Holy Communion service on Sunday 9th is in the evening, it begins at 6.30pm and Rev Chris will lead or Worship.
Please come along and praise God with us at St Leonard's.

There is no morning service on 9th September.

Every Wednesday All Through the Year.Call in, have a look round, find out about church life, bellringing, history and he...
04/08/2026

Every Wednesday All Through the Year.
Call in, have a look round, find out about church life, bellringing, history and heritage, explore the two churchyards and have a cuppa at the same time.

Our Sunday morning service on 2nd August is Holy Communion with Rev Chris.It begins at 11am. Please come and worship God...
01/08/2026

Our Sunday morning service on 2nd August is Holy Communion with Rev Chris.
It begins at 11am. Please come and worship God with us at St Leonard's Wortley. We are looking forward to meeting you.

20/07/2026

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Wortley Village
Wortley
S357DB

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