St Clement, Outwell

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Summary

Buildings and artefacts

Grade I listed building; utility room with facilities; church registered in Historic England’s Heritage at Risk; coffee shop; Medieval stone gargoyles; roof carvings with the flight of angels, apostles and figures; 15th-century parish chest; stained glass; brasses, monuments and memorials; Victorian pews; Hammerbeam roof in Lynne Chapel; tower clock; WWI commemorative seat

Congregation to population ratio

10/2,093

Fundraising

St Clement, Outwell Friends of St Clement’s group; concerts; Christmas Tree Festival; quiz nights.

Income generation

St Clement, Outwell coffee shop; no rental policy.

Communications

St Clement, Outwell Friends of St Clement’s website and newsletter; church newsletter; nextdoor social group; village magazine; visitors’ book; churchyard and parish records CD; postcards; leaflets; noticeboard; posters

Community engagement

St Clement, Outwell Welle Churchers Together joint events; coffee shop; First World War project; concerts; guest speakers; Festival of Angels and Scarecrows; Upwell and Outwell Festival; Arts and Crafts Fair; bible study group; village lunch; Craft and Chatter group; conservation cleaning workshop; poetry group; contribution to Wisbech foodbank; involvement with village activities.

Church category

Rural

Deanery

Wisbech Lynn Marshland

Address

Church Terrace, Outwell, Wisbech PE14 8RG

Website

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