List of churches in Exeter

The following is a list of churches in Exeter.

Active churches

The city has an estimated 64 churches for 129,800 inhabitants, a ratio of one church to every 2,028 people.

Name	Ward	Web	Dedication	Founded	Denomination	Benefice	Notes
New Hope Baptist Church [1] [2]	Exwick	https://www.newhopebaptist.co.uk/		1993	Independent Baptist		Formerly "Riverside Baptist Church"
St Andrew, Exeter	Alphington		Andrew		Church of England	West Exe Ministry Team
St Michael & All Angels, Alphington	Alphington	[3]	Michael & Angels	Medieval	Church of England	Shillingford, Alphington, Ide
Westgate Christian Fellowship	City Centre	http://westgatechristianfellowship.org.uk			Independent Evangelical
St Sidwell, Exeter	Duryard & St James		Sidwell	Medieval	Church of England	SS Matthew, Mark, Sidwell[4]
Sidwell Street Methodist Church	Duryard & St James	[5]		1830s	Methodist	Exeter, Coast & Country Circ[6]	Current building 1896
Exeter Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Duryard & St James	[7]			7th-Day Adventist
Calvary Chapel Exeter	Duryard & St James	[8]			Calvary Chapel		Recently planted to Plymouth
Beacon Heath Church	Beacon Heath	https://www.beaconheathchurch.org.uk/		1961	Independent Evangelical
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel, Exeter Uni	Duryard & St James	[9]	Trinity	1958
St Andrew, Exwick	Exwick	[10]	Andrew	1841-1842	Church of England
Exwick Community Church	Exwick	[11]		1993	Baptist Union		Plant from St Thomas Baptist, independent 1996. Affiliated to BU
St Michael & All Angels, Heavitree	Heavitree		Michael & Angels	Medieval	Church of England	Heavitree Parish[12]
Blessed Sacrament, Heavitree	Heavitree	[13]	Blessed Sacrament	1931-1932	Roman Catholic
Heavitree United Reformed Church	Heavitree				URC
Exeter Independent Evangelical Church	Heavitree	[14]		1999	Independent		Reformed and Baptist. Meets in Heavitree Evangelical Church
City Community Church Exeter	Heavitree	[15]			Independent
St Boniface, Exeter	Mincinglake & Whipton		Boniface	1958	Church of England
Whipton Chapel	Mincinglake & Whipton				Gospel Hall[16]
Isca Church	Beacon Heath	[17]		1960s	Synergy		Meets at the Beacon Community Centre and online
St Matthew, Exeter	Newtown & St Leonard's	[18]	Matthew	1882	Church of England	SS Matthew, Mark, Sidwell[4]
St Leonard, Exeter	Newtown & St Leonard's	[19]	Leonard of Noblac	Medieval	Church of England		Conservative evangelical. Rebuilt 1833, 1876
Exeter Network Church	Newtown & St Leonard's	[20]		2005	Church of England		2005 plant by Bishop's Mission Order. Meets in Maynard School
Chapel of St Luke, St Luke's College	Newtown & St Leonard's	[21]	Luke	1863	Church of England		St Luke's College chapel. Rebuilt 1952 after bombing
Christ Church, Exeter	Newtown & St Leonard's	https://www.facebook.com/Christ-Church-Exeter-UK-104322978008132/	Jesus	1844
Holy Prophet Elias, Exeter	Newtown & St Leonard's	[22]	Elijah	1980s	Greek Orthodox
Belmont Chapel	Newtown & St Leonard's	[23]			Gospel Hall[16]
Exeter Vineyard Church	Newtown & St Leonard's	[24]		1995	Vineyard		Meets in St Leonard's Primary School
Grace Church Exeter	Newtown & St Leonard's	[25]		2003	Newfrontiers		Meets in Maynard School. Named Frontiers Church Exeter till 2014
Glory of God Parish Exeter	Newtown & St Leonard's	[26]			RCCG
St James, Exeter	Pennsylvania	[27]	James	pre-WW2	Church of England		Rebuilt 1956 after bombing
St Mark, Exeter	Pennsylvania	[28]	Mark	1936	Church of England	SS Matthew, Mark, Sidwell[4]
Pinhoe Road Baptist Church	Pennsylvania	[29]		1933	Baptist Union
Holy Trinity, Beacon Heath	Pinhoe		Trinity		Church of England		Daughter church of St Boniface's
St Michael & All Angels, Pinhoe	Pinhoe		Michael & Angels	Medieval	Church of England	Clyst Mission Community[30]
Hall Church, Pinhoe	Pinhoe				Church of England	Clyst Mission Community[30]	Services also held in the local school
Pinhoe United Reformed Church	Pinhoe	[31]			URC
Maranatha Church Exeter	Pinhoe	[32]			Partners in Harvest[33]
St Luke, Countess Wear	Priory		Luke	1837	Church of England	Topsham & Wear[34]
Wonford Methodist Church	Priory	[35]			Methodist	Exeter, Coast & Country Circ[6]
St Peter's Cathedral, Exeter	St David's	[36]	Peter	Medieval	Church of England		Cathedral since 1050
St David, Exeter	St David's	[37]	David of Wales	Medieval	Church of England	SS David & Michael	Rebuilt 1816, burnt down 1890, rebuilt 1900
St Michael & All Angels, Mount Dinham	St David's	[38]	Michael & Angels	1865-1868	Church of England	SS David & Michael	Anglo-Catholic
St Pancras, Exeter	St David's		Pancras of Rome	Medieval	Church of England	Central Exeter[39]
St Stephen, Exeter	St David's		Stephen	Medieval	Church of England	Central Exeter[39]
St Mary Arches, Exeter	St David's		Mary	Medieval	Church of England	Central Exeter[39]
St Petrock, Exeter	St David's		Petroc	Medieval	Church of England	Central Exeter[39]
St Olave, Exeter	St David's		Olaf II of Norway	Medieval	Church of England	Central Exeter[39]
St Mary Steps, Exeter	St David's		Mary	Medieval	Church of England	Heavitree Parish[12]
Unlimited Church Exeter	St David's	[40]		2007	Church of England		Meets in St Mary Arches church. Bishop's Mission Order 2012
Sacred Heart, Exeter	St David's	[41]	Sacred Heart	1883-1884	Roman Catholic
South Street Baptist Church Exeter	St David's	[42]		pre-1823	Baptist Union		Rebuilt 1823
The Mint Methodist Church	St David's	[43]		1813	Methodist	Exeter, Coast & Country Circ[6]
Southernhay United Reformed Church	St David's	[44]		C18th	URC		Current building 1868, rebuilt after WW2 bombing
Exeter Temple Salvation Army	St David's			1881	Salvation Army[45]
Exeter Quaker Meeting	St David's				Quakers[46]
Rediscover Church Exeter	St David's	[47]		1928	Elim		Renamed 2016. Planted to Plymouth 2011
City Life Church Exeter	St David's	[48]		2012	Independent
St Lawrence, Exeter	St Loyes		Lawrence	post-WW2	Church of England	Heavitree Parish[12]	Named after city centre St Lawrence's destroyed in WW2
Holy Trinity, Exeter	St Loyes	[49]	Trinity	2003	Church of England		Conservative evangelical. Plant from St Leonard's
St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter	St Thomas	[50]	Thomas	Medieval	Church of England		Anglo-Catholic
St Thomas Baptist Church	St Thomas	[51]		1940	Baptist Union		Moved to current site 1963. Plant from Bartholomew Baptist (closed)
St Thomas Methodist Church	St Thomas	[52]			Methodist	Exeter, Coast & Country Circ[6]
Riverside Church Exeter	St Thomas	[53]			Assemblies of God
St Margaret, Topsham	Topsham		Margaret the Virgin	Medieval	Church of England	Topsham & Wear[34]
Holy Cross, Topsham	Topsham	[54]	Cross	1936-1937	Roman Catholic
St Nicholas Methodist Church, Topsham	Topsham	[55]	Nicholas	1867	Methodist	Exeter, Coast & Country Circ[6]

Defunct churches

Name	Ward	Ref	Dedication	Founded	Redundant	Denomination	Notes
Emmanuel, Exeter	Exwick	[56]	Jesus	1887	2014	Church of England	Permanent building 1895-1897. Now empty
St Clare Proprietary Chapel, Exeter	Heavitree	[57]	Clare?	Medieval		Church of England
St Anne's Chapel, Blackboy Road	Newtown & St Leonard's	[58]	Anne	Medieval		Church of England	Building now used by an Orthodox church since 1980s
St Paul, Burnthouse Lane	Priory		Paul			Church of England	Demolished, plans afoot for rebuilding[59]
All Hallows-on-the-Wall, Bartholomew Yard	St David's	[60]	All Saints	Medieval	C20th	Church of England	Demolished 1770, rebuilt 1845, demolished 1951
All Hallows, Goldsmith Street	St David's	[61]	All Saints	Medieval	1905	Church of England	Demolished
Holy Trinity, South Street	St David's	[62]	Trinity	Medieval	1969	Church of England	Rebuilt 1820. Now a club house
St Edmund, Exeter	St David's	[63]	Edmund the Martyr	Medieval	1956	Church of England	Demolished
St George, South Street	St David's	[64]	George	Medieval	1843	Church of England	Demolished
St Mary Major, Exeter	St David's	[65]	Mary	Medieval	1971	Church of England	Rebuilt 1866-1867. Demolished, now a lawn
St Martin, Exeter	St David's	[66]	Martin of Tours	Medieval		Church of England	Churches Conservation Trust 1995
St Paul de Leon, Exeter	St David's	[67]	Paul Aurelian	Medieval	1936	Church of England	Demolished 1936
St John, Fore Street	St David's	[68]	John?	Medieval	1937		Demolished
St Lawrence, Exeter	St David's	[69]	Lawrence	Medieval	1942	Church of England	Destroyed by WW2 bombing
George's Chapel, Exeter	St David's			1760	1987	Presbyterian	Now a Wetherspoon's pub
St David's Hele Road		[70]					?
Buller Road Evangelical Church		[71]				Gospel Hall[16]

External links

• Map of medieval churches
• Histories of individual churches

Further reading

• Orme, Nicholas (2014) The Churches of Medieval Exeter, Impress Books, ISBN 9781907605512.