In September St Mary’s plans to take part in the Heritage Open Day, keep an eye on this website for further details. In the meantime enjoy this beautiful, unusual building through images and music from your chair at home. Set in one of the most distinctive landscapes of the South East, the church stands on the edge of open marshland, and looks towards the river Thames across waving reed beds and narrow stretches of water.
St Mary’s contains a wonderful selection of medieval woodwork and its big, quiet spaces are there for everyone to enjoy. This is the
church and landscape which features in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The author often visited the church and his
daughter married here.