What's on at St Helen's Heritage?  

In the light of government advice, both Church and Heritage Centre are currently closed and we have suspended all Heritage activities for the foreseeable future. 
 

Online Craft Activities

In the meantime, we have devised some activities for you to be getting on with in the safety of your home during lockdown.
 

War Memorials

There is a First World War Memorial in the centre of our Garden of Remembrance, near the church door, but did you know that there are several war memorials inside the church as well? Here's some information about them. If you can't see them clearly on this page, click on the link to bring them up in a separate window.

Poppy Paper Plates

Our Remembrance activity shows how to make your own Poppy Paper Plate, to put up in your window as an act of remembrance. Even though we can't all come together in person this year, we can still remember together. 

Harvest Festival

In celebration of Harvest Festival, we've been researching some of the beautiful carvings in St Helen's Church. Did you know that we have carvings by one of the most famous wood carvers of his era - Grinling Gibbons? He also carved in stone and our example of his work is the carving around a memorial to Theophilus Hastings, the 7th Earl of Huntingdon, in our Hastings Chapel. Here's a photograph of the memorial. Click on the link above to see more examples of his work.



Heraldic Shields

Mouse Trail

It's June 24th, the weather is lovely and our church mice have been on tour in the churchyard. Click on the link to see what Kevin Mouse has to say, then try our mouse trail around the churchyard. There's a sheet of clues in case you get stuck!

Rock Painting

We've a craft that you can do indoors or out this week. Why not try some rock painting and spread a little hope, love and cheer around our lovely town? See if you can spot the painted stones hidden around the churchyard and send us pictures of your paintings. Rock on and stay safe!

Click on the image below for ideas on how to decorate your stones.

Stained Glass Windows

How about designing your own Stained Glass Window like those in our beautiful church? Click here for a template.


If you're looking for more window inspiration, check out our tour of the windows of St Helen's on YouTube by following this link. The videos were created for us by Rali Studios. What have Marmaduke & Marjory Mouse  been up to whilst the Church has been closed?



It's National Gardening Week!  Why not plant some seedlings at home using our simple 'how to' guide?