Can I get inside?

Look here to see if there is a chance of getting into a church (Church of England, Roman Catholic & Orthodox).

Open indicates generally open during at least 10:00-1500 Mon-Fri.

Locked indicates normally locked, where there is advertised limited opening, this is listed under notes.

n/a indicates a church now in private hands and so no access should be assumed.

However, this is a guide (updated 19 Nov 2021) and based on personal observation and must not be taken as definitive. It does not take into account altered opening or closing due to Covid 19.

If a church is locked,  Saturday morning can be a good time to try as it is often church cleaning time.

I am happy to receive comments or amendments.

Place	Dedication	Group	Status	Notes
Abbots Langley	St Lawrence	CofE	Open
Abbots Langley	St Saviour	RC	Locked
Albury	St Mary	CofE	Open
Aldbury	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open
Aldenham	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open	A sign in the porch dated May 2016 suggests that they try to be open, but it is not guaranteed.
Allens Green	St Anne	CofE	n/a	Private housing – exterior viewable from road
Anstey	St George	CofE	Open
Apsley End	St Mary	CofE	Locked	Open Sat 10-12
Ardeley	St Lawrence	CofE	Locked	Keyholders advertised. Open Sat/Sun 10-4
Ashwell	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Aspenden	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Aston	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Ayot St Lawrence	St Lawrence	CofE	Open
Ayot St Lawrence	St Lawrence old church	CofE	n/a	Accesible
Ayot St Peter	St Peter	CofE	Locked	keyholders listed on door
Baldock	Holy Trinity	RC	Locked
Baldock	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open	Closed on Saturday afternoons
Barkway	St Mary Magdalene	CofE	Open
Barley	St Margaret of Antioch	CofE	Open
Bayford	St Mary	CofE	Open
Bedmond	Church of the Ascension	CofE	Locked
Bengeo	Holy Trinity	CofE	Open
Bengeo	St Leonard	CofE	Locked	Open Sat 1030-1, Sun 2.30-5  June to Sept 2017
Benington	St Peter	CofE	Open
Bentley Heath	Holy Trinity	CofE	n/a	Private – exterior viewable from road and public footpath
Berkhamsted	Marlin Chapel	CofE	n/a	Ruin exterior viewable from public footpath
Berkhamsted	Sacred Heart	RC	Locked
Berkhamsted	St Peter	CofE	Open
Berkhamsted – Kitsbury	All Saints	CofE	Open
Berkhamsted – Sunnyside	St Michael & All Angels	CofE	Open
Bishops Stortford	Holy Trinity	CofE	Locked
Bishops Stortford	St Michael	CofE	Open
Bishop’s Stortford	St Joseph	RC	Open
Bishop’s Stortford – Hockerill	All Saints	CofE	Open
Borehamwood	All Saints	CofE	Open
Borehamwood	Holy Cross	CofE	Locked
Borehamwood	St Michael & All Angels	CofE	Locked
Borehamwood	St John Fisher & St Thomas More	RC	Open	see comment at end of this list
Borehamwood	St Teresa Of The Child Jesus	RC	Open	see comment at end of this list
Bourne End	St John the Evangelist	CofE	Locked
Bovingdon	St Lawrence	CofE	Open
Bramfield	St Andrew	CofE	Locked	Open Wed 10-11.30
Braughing	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Brent Pelham	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Brickendon	Holy Cross & St Alban	CofE	Open
Bricket Wood	St Luke	CofE	Locked
Broxbourne	St Augustine	CofE	Locked	Office onsite except Thursday
Buckland	St Andrew (Churches Conservation Trust)	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Buntingford	St Peter	CofE	Locked	open Monday morning
Buntingford	St Richard Of Chichester	RC	Locked
Bushey	Holy Trinity	CofE	Locked
Bushey	Sacred Heart & St John	RC	Locked
Bushey	St James	CofE	Open
Bushey	St Paul	CofE	Locked
Bushey Heath	St Peter	CofE	Locked
Bygrave	St Margaret of Antioch	CofE	Locked	Has been open but locked no keyholders 20/5/15 and in Aug 2016 and May 2017
Caldecote	St Mary Magdalene (Friends of Friendless Churches)	CofE	Open
Chandler’s Cross	St Martin (former)	CofE	n/a	On private land – exterior viewable from road
Chesfield	St Etheldreda – ruin	CofE	n/a	Fenced off on private land – exterior viewable from public footpath
Cheshunt	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Locked
Cheshunt	St Paul	RC	Locked
Childwick Green	St Mary	CofE	Locked	keyholders listed
Chipperfield	Our Lady, Mother Of The Saviour	RC	Locked
Chipperfield	St Paul Chipperfield	CofE	Open
Chorleywood	Christ Church	CofE	Open
Chorleywood	St Andrew	CofE	Open
Clothall	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Cockernhoe	St Hugh	CofE	Locked
Codicote	St Giles	CofE	Locked	Day chapel open
Colliers End	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Colney Heath	St Mark	CofE	Locked	Open am
Cottered	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open
Cotton Mill	St Julian	CofE	Locked
Croxley Green	All Saints	CofE	Open
Croxley Green	St Bede	RC	Locked
Croxley Green	St Oswald	CofE	Locked
Cuffley	St Andrew	CofE	Locked	Used to be open but locked on two visits in 2017, last one 9/6/17
Cuffley	St Martin De Porres	RC	Locked
Datchworth	All Saints	CofE	Open
Digswell	Digswell Village Church	CofE	Locked
Eastwick	St Botolph	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Elstree	St Nicholas	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Essendon	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Locked
Flamstead	St Leonard	CofE	Open
Flaunden	St Mary Magdalene	CofE	Open
Frogmore	Holy Trinity	CofE	Locked
Furneux Pelham	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Gilston	St Mary	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Goffs Oak	St James	CofE	Locked
Graveley	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Great Amwell	St John the Baptist	CofE	Locked	Open Sun pm 2.30-5 May to Sept
Great Gaddesden	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open
Great Hormead	St Nicholas	CofE	Open
Great Munden	St Nicholas	CofE	Locked	Privately owned. Churchyard accessible at all times
Great Wymondley	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Gustard Wood	St Peter	CofE	Locked
Harpenden	All Saints	CofE	Locked
Harpenden	Our Lady of Lourdes	RC	Open
Harpenden	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open
Harpenden	St Nicholas	CofE	Open	Tue-Fri 10-2, Sat 9.30-12.30, notice at church 10/9/2017
Hatfield	Marychurch	RC	Locked
Hatfield	Marychurch	RC	Locked
Hatfield	St Etheldreda	CofE	Open	1-4pm, Not Mon (except Bank Hols) or Sat
Hatfield	St John	CofE	Locked
Hatfield	St Luke	CofE	Locked	open at Weekends
Hatfield	St Michael & All Angels	CofE	Open	Locked during School holidays
Hatfield	St Peter	RC	Locked
Hemel Hempstead	St Mary	CofE	Locked	Open Sat 10-12 according to church notice board, beware the website says all day.
Hemel Hempstead – Adeyfield	Our Lady Queen Of All Creation	RC	Open	Open on 24/8/2017
Hemel Hempstead – Adeyfield	St Barnabas	CofE	Locked	Coffee morning Wed 1030-12
Hemel Hempstead – Bennetts End	St Benedict	CofE	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Boxmoor	St John the Evangelist	CofE	Locked	Open Sat 10-12
Hemel Hempstead – Boxmoor	St Mary & St Joseph	RC	Open
Hemel Hempstead – Chaulden	St Stephen	CofE	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Cupid Green	St Thomas	Indian Orthodox	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Grovehilll	The Resurrection	CofE/RC	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Hammerfield	St Francis of Assisi	CofE	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Highfield	St Paul	CofE	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Picotts End	All Saints	CofE	n/a	Private house, exterior viewable from road
Hemel Hempstead – Warners End	St Alban	CofE	Locked
Hemel Hempstead – Warners End	St Mark	RC	Locked
Heronsgate	St John	CofE	Open
Hertford	All Saints	CofE	Locked
Hertford	St Andrew	CofE	Open
Hertford	St Joseph	RC	Open
Hertford	St Mary the Less (architectural fragments)	CofE	Open	Accesible at all times on public road
Hertford Heath	Holy Trinity	CofE	Open
Hertingfordbury	St Mary	CofE	Open
Hexton	St Faith	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
High Cross	St John the Evangelist	CofE	Locked
High Wych	St James The Great	CofE	Open	9.00 am – 4.00 pm, Tuesday to Friday during school term time.
Hinxworth	St Nicholas	CofE	Open
Hitchin	Holy Saviour	CofE	Locked
Hitchin	Our Lady Immaculate & St Andrew	RC	Open
Hitchin	St Faith	CofE	Locked
Hitchin	St Mark	CofE	Locked
Hitchin	St Mary	CofE	Locked	Open in the morning
Hoddesdon	St Augustine	RC	Open
Hoddesdon	St Catherine & St Paul	CofE	Locked	Office on site
Holwell	St Peter	CofE	Open
Hunsdon	St Dunstan	CofE	Locked
Hunsdon	St Francis Chapel	CofE	Locked
Ickleford	St Katharine	CofE	Open
Kelshall	St Faith	CofE	Open
Kimpton	St Peter & St Paul	CofE	Open	Checked 9/10/18. Free help yourself refreshments.
Kings Langley	All Saints	CofE	Open	Daily 9.30-5
King’s Walden	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Kinsbourne Green	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Locked
Knebworth	St Martin	CofE	Open
Knebworth	St Mary & St Thomas of Canterbury	CofE	Locked
Knebworth	St Thomas More	RC	Open
Langleybury	St Paul	CofE	Locked
Layston	St Bartholomew	CofE	n/a	Privately owned. Parts of exterior viewable from footpaths
Leavesden	All Saints	CofE	Locked
Lemsford	St John the Evangelist	CofE	Locked	Open for teas 2-4 on 2nd tuesday of the month
Letchworth Garden City	St Alban	Liberal Catholic	Locked
Letchworth Garden City	St George	CofE	Locked
Letchworth Garden City	St Hugh of Lincoln	RC	Locked
Letchworth Garden City	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Letchworth Garden City	St Michael	CofE	Locked
Letchworth Garden City	St Paul	CofE	Locked
Letchworth Garden City	St Thomas	CofE	Locked
Letty Green	St John	CofE	n/a	Private house. exterior viewable from road
Leverstock Green	Holy Trinity	CofE	Locked	Open Monday 2-4, Saturday 10-12 – notice in porch 27/3/16. Keyholder numbers also listed.
Lilley	St Peter	CofE	Open
Little Berkhamsted	St Andrew	CofE	Locked	Open Sat 10-12
Little Gaddesden	St Peter & St Paul	CofE	Open
Little Hadham	St Cecilia	CofE	Open
Little Heath	Christ	CofE	Open
Little Hormead	St Marys (Churches Conservation Trust)	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Little Munden	All Saints	CofE	Open
Little Wymondley	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
London Colney	All Saints Pastoral Centre	CofE & RC	n/a	Exterior viewable from grounds of Language College
London Colney	Our Lady, St Mary of Walsingham	RC	Locked
London Colney	St Peter	CofE	Locked
Long Marston	All Saints	CofE	Locked
Long Marston	All Saints – Tower only	CofE	n/a	Tower Ruin – Accesible at all times off public road
Markyate	St John the Baptist	CofE	Locked
Meesden	St Mary	CofE	Open
Mill End	St John	RC	Locked
Mill End	St Peter	CofE	Open
Minsden	Minsden Chapel – Ruin	CofE	n/a	Accesible at all times off public footpath
Much Hadham	St Andrew	CofE/RC	Open
Nettleden	St Lawrence	CofE	Locked
Newgate Street Village	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Newnham	St Vincent	CofE	Open
North Mymms	St. Mary	CofE	Open
Northaw	St Thomas a Becket	CofE	Open
Northchurch	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Norton	St Nicholas	CofE	Locked
Offley	St Mary Magdalene	CofE	Locked
Old Hall Green	St Edmund of Canterbury	RC	Locked
Old Hall Green	St Edmunds College	RC	n/a	Private – Public school chapel exterior viewable from road
Oxhey	St Matthews	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Perry Green	St Thomas	CofE	Locked
Pirton	St Mary	CofE	Open
Potten End	Holy Trinity	CofE	Open
Potters Bar	King Charles the Martyr	CofE	Open
Potters Bar	Our Lady & St Vincent	RC	Open
Potters Bar	St Mary the Virgin & All Saints	CofE	Locked	Open Tue – Thur 10-12. according to sign on door seen 9/6/17. Apparently when open it is locked and you have to be noticed by the steward!
Preston	St Martin	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
Puckeridge	St Thomas of Canterbury	RC	Locked
Puttenham	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Radlett	Christ Church	CofE	Open
Radlett	St Anthony of Padua	RC	Open
Radlett	St John	CofE	Locked
Radwell	All Saints	CofE	Open
Redbourn	St John Fisher	RC	Locked
Redbourn	St Mary	CofE	Open
Reed	St Mary	CofE	Open
Rickmansworth	Our Lady Help of Christians	RC	Open
Rickmansworth	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Ridge	St Margaret	CofE	Locked	Open 2-4 Sun pm June to Sept
Royston	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open
Royston	St Thomas of Canterbury	RC	Open
Rushden	Rushden: St Mary	CofE	Open
Rye Park	St Cuthbert	CofE	Locked	Open Tuesdays term time 9.30-12
Sacombe	St Catherine	CofE	Open
Sandon	Sandon: All Saints	CofE	Open
Sandridge	St Leonard	CofE	Open	Now seems to be open regularly  Dec 2015
Sarratt	Holy Cross	CofE	Open
Sawbridgeworth	Great St Mary	CofE	Open
Sawbridgeworth	Most Holy Redeemer	RC	Locked
Shenley	Church of the Good Shepherd	RC	Locked
Shenley	St Botolph	CofE	n/a	Private house. Parts of exterior viewable from adjacent cemetery
Shenley	St Martin	CofE	Open
South Mymms	St Giles	CofE	Locked	keyholders advertised
South Oxhey	All Saints	CofE	Open
South Oxhey	Oxhey Chapel (Churches Conservation Trust)	CofE	Locked	Keyholders advertised (All Saints church next door)
South Oxhey	St Joseph	RC	Locked
St Albans	Cathedral and Abbey of Saint Alban	CofE	Open
St Albans	St Alban & St Stephen	RC	Open
St Albans	St Bartholomew	RC	Open
St Albans	St Michael	CofE	Open	Tries to be open 9.30 to 5.00 except Saturdays when it is closed
St Albans	St Paul	CofE	Open
St Albans	St Peter	CofE	Open
St Albans	St Saviour	CofE	Open
St Albans	St Stephen	CofE	Locked
St Albans	Christ Church	CofE	n/a	Private Offices – exterior viewable from road
St Albans – Cell barns	St Luke	CofE	Locked
St Albans – Cotton Mill	St Julian	CofE	Locked
St Albans – Marshalswick	St Mary	CofE	Open
St Albans – New Barns	Christ Church	CofE	Locked
St Ippolyts	St Ippolyts	CofE	Open
St Paul’s Walden	All Saints	CofE	Open
Standon	St Mary	CofE	Open
Stanstead Abbots	St Andrew	CofE	Locked
Stanstead Abbots	St James (Churches Conservation Trust)	CofE	Locked	CCT Open Sun pm 2.30-5 May to Sept
Stanstead St Margaret’s	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Locked	open Saturday morning
Stapleford	St Mary	CofE	Locked	Key holders listed on door
Stevenage	St Andrew & St George	CofE	Locked
Stevenage – Bedwell	St Joseph	RC	Open	Except for Tuesday now open from 0830 to dusk, but possibly only narthex
Stevenage – Broadwater	St Peter	CofE	Locked
Stevenage – Chells	St Hugh & St John	CofE	Locked
Stevenage – Old Town	Church of the Transfiguration of Our lord	RC	Locked
Stevenage – Old Town	Holy Trinity	CofE	Open
Stevenage – Old Town	St Nicholas	CofE	Locked
Stevenage – Pin Green	All Saints	CofE	Locked
Stevenage – Shephall	Cathedral of St George	Coptic Orthodox	Locked
Stevenage – Shephall	St Hilda	RC	Locked
Stevenage – Shephall	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Stevenage – Symonds Green	Christ the King	CofE	Locked
Stocking Pelham	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Tewin	St Peter	CofE	Open
Therfield	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Thorley	St James the Great	CofE	Open
Throcking	Holy Trinity	CofE	Locked
Thundridge	St Mary	CofE	Locked
Thundridge	St Mary & All Saints	CofE	n/a	Tower Ruin – Accesible at all times off bridleway
Tonwell	St Mary	CofE	n/a	School – exterior viewable from road
Tring	St Peter & St Paul	CofE	Open
Tring	Corpus Christi	RC	Locked
Turnford	St Clement	CofE	Locked
Walkern	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Locked
Wallington	St Mary	CofE	Open
Waltham Cross	Christ Church	CofE	Locked
Waltham Cross	St Joseph	RC	Open
Ware	Catholic Apostolic Church	CA	n/a	Private housing exterior viewable from street
Ware	Christ Church	CofE	Open
Ware	Sacred Heart of Jesus & St Joseph	RC	Open
Ware	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Wareside	Holy Trinity	CofE	Locked
Waterford	St Michael & All Angels	CofE	Open	Open all day, 1000:1800 until 30 Sept and then 1000-1600 until 1st April.
Watford	Christ	CofE	Locked
Watford	Holy Rood	RC	Open
Watford	Our Lady & St Michael	RC	Locked
Watford	Soul Survivor	CofE	Locked
Watford	St Andrew	CofE	Locked
Watford	St Helen	RC	Locked
Watford	St James	CofE	n/a	Private used by school. Exterior vieweable from road
Watford	St John the Apostle and Evangelist	CofE	Locked
Watford	St Luke	CofE	Locked
Watford	St Mark	CofE	Locked
Watford	St Mary	CofE	Open
Watford	St Michael & All Angels	CofE	Locked	Open for tea and coffee Wed 1030-1200
Watford	St Peter	CofE	Locked
Watton at Stone	St Andrew & St Mary	CofE	Open	Daily 1000-1500
Welwyn	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Welwyn Garden City	All saints	CofE	Locked
Welwyn Garden City	Holy Family	RC	Locked
Welwyn Garden City	Our Lady Queen of Apostles	RC	Locked
Welwyn Garden City	St Bonaventure	RC	Locked
Welwyn Garden City	St Francis of Assisi	CofE	Open
Welwyn Garden City	St Michael & All Angels	CofE	n/a	Council day centre exterior viewable from road
Welwyn Garden City – Digswell	St John the Evangelist	CofE	Locked
Welwyn Garden City – Haldens	Christ the King	CofE	Locked
Welwyn Garden City – Holwell Hyde	St Mary Magdalene	CofE	Locked
Welwyn Garden City -Panshanger	Panshanger	CofE	Locked
West Hyde	St Thomas	CofE	Locked
Westmill	St Mary the Virgin	CofE	Open
Weston	Holy Trinity	CofE	Open
Wheathampstead	St Helen	CofE	Open
Wheathampstead	St Thomas More	RC	Locked
Widford	St John the Baptist	CofE	Open
Wigginton	St Bartholomew	CofE	Open
Willian	All Saints	CofE	Locked
Wilstone	St Cross	CofE	Open
Woodhill	Community of the Twelve Apostles	Greek Orthodox	Locked	Chuch office on site 9-5. Ring the bell on the south door
Woolmer Green	St Michael	CofE	Open	Generally open during school term times
Wormley	St Laurence, Wormley	CofE	Locked
Wyddial	St Giles	CofE	Open

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