St Nicholas' Church — Attraction in Oxford

A lovely, friendly church with a warm welcome for all. I was a regular as a child/teen (aged 10 - 18), then, in my late 20s, worshipped there with my husband and (a couple of years later) two very young children, before moving away from Oxford.

There's plenty going on for all ages, including a creche and Junior Church on Sundays, summer & Advent holiday club for 5 - 12 year olds, the Youth Emmaus course for young people ... and at the other end of the age scale, coffee mornings and groups such as over 50s.

We mostly attended the main Sunday service at 10am, which is very much middle-of-the-road Anglican, with good, positive preaching, and generally well-known and lively hymns (plus occasional choir anthems). First Sundays are All Age Worship. We always felt welcome in the services with our rather loud toddler and baby!

Evening services at 6pm are normally more formal, but with an informal, music-focused WATCH service once a month. We would have loved to get to more of these as we really enjoyed having something a bit different.

There's also morning communion at 8am on Sundays but we never made it to that!

St Nick's had no whiff of the factions, cliques or disagreements I've sometimes heard about in other churches, and there was a real sense of everyone working together for the good of the church and for the community (Marston) as a whole.

We're sorry to have moved away, and look forward to visiting whenever we're...

My church growing up. It always has been a continued to be a friendly and welcoming place. It is absolutely ok to just walk in for a visit and see the historic building. There are also many services and events that you can attend. If you are not a regular church goer this is a very accessible place. The building itself is very beautiful and historic. The candlelight service on Christmas Eve is a very...

Delightful village church with parts dated back to Saxon Times usually open daily and often holds events/meetings/coffee etc the local vicar will always make time for you and happy to meet and greet all newcomers limited free parking available outside,Old Marston Village is a little slice of serenity in an otherwise busy...