The following is a list of churches in Northampton. Presently the list is only comprehensive as regards churches that have their own building. Some defunct and former churches are also included. Non-Trinitarian groups are not included; nor are chapels belonging to other institutions such as schools and hospitals.
NameImageDenominationBuilt In (circa)Grid referenceNotes/historySt Mark's, KingsthorpeChurch of England1960SP746646Built circa 1960. Part of the Kingsthorpe team ministry.Northampton Church of ChristChurches of Christ1980SP810642Congregation began 1980. Building opened for worship 1984.St John the Baptist, KingsthorpeChurch of England1100SP746631There has been a church on the site since the 12th century. It was extensively rebuilt and restored in the 19th century. It was a dependent chapelry of St Peter's, Northampton, throughout the medieval period, only being raised to the status of a separate parish in 1850. Part of the Kingsthorpe team ministry.St Aidan's, KingsthorpeRoman Catholic1964SP749634Built in 1964.Kingsthorpe Baptist ChurchBaptist Union (/ Methodist)1835SP750633Congregation founded 1823. Building (Grade II listed) dates from 1835. The church is in the process of forming a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) with Kingsthorpe Methodist Church, which was formed in 1977 from the amalgamation of two previous Methodist churches and had its own building from 1980 to 2016. The LEP is set to start in September 2024. Currently the two churches share a Sunday service but are formally distinct.St David's, KingsthorpeChurch of England1940SP759633Built in 1940. Part of the Kingsthorpe team ministry.Providence Baptist ChapelGospel Standard Baptist1791SP784630The church was founded in 1791. It moved to its current building in the suburbs after World War Two.Duston ChapelOrder of St LeonardSP716626Before 2012 the building was occupied by New Duston Free Church, which may or may not be a previous incarnation of the same church. On large-scale Ordnance Survey maps the church is named "Church of the King."St Francis, DustonChurch of England1968SP721620The church was opened in 1968. It is part of the Duston and Upton team ministry.Church on the HeathChurch of England / Baptist1940SP735626St Augustine's Church of England church and King's Heath Baptist Church were both built along with the King's Heath estate in the 1940s and 50s. The current LEP has existed since 2016. The Baptist church has been sold, and the congregation meets in a primary school with the intention to renovate and move into the St Augustine's building.Osborne Road Gospel HallGospel Hall1895SP751628The building previously belonged to Osborne Road Methodist Church. It was built in 1895 and the Methodists ceased to use it around 1979 when the Kingsthorpe Methodist Church building (see above) was built.Holy Trinity, Balmoral RoadChurch of England1910SP754625The church is known as Holy Trinity and St Paul. The building (Grade II* listed) is Holy Trinity only, and was completed circa 1910.Kingsley Park Methodist ChurchMethodist1899SP766621The building (Grade II listed) dates from 1899. Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.St Matthew's, NorthamptonChurch of England1893SP767621Built in 1893-1895. Prior to this point services were held in a 'tin tabernacle'.Broadmead Baptist ChurchBaptist Union1932SP771627The church was opened in 1932 and was rebuilt between 2018 and 2021.St Gregory the Great, NorthamptonRoman Catholic1954SP773620A temporary building was used from 1947. The current building was opened in 1954.St. Alban the Martyr, NorthamptonChurch of England1938SP777629Consecrated in 1938. Initially a daughter church of St Peter and St Paul, Abington (cf.).Living Grace ChurchIndependentSP785622Planted in 1932 as an Assemblies of God church. Moved in the 1950s to a site in Adnitt Road. In the 1980s became Abington Christian Centre and later became an independent church. In 2016 sold the building on Adnitt Road in order to meet in Weston Favell Primary School.Sacred Heart, Weston FavellRoman Catholic1976SP794629Built in 1976.Emmanuel LEPChurch of England / Methodist /Baptist1974SP796627The church opened in 1974. In addition to the main church building in Weston Favell, the Emmanuel Group has two church plants (Boothville Community Church and Rectory Farm Community Church), founded in the mid-1990s, which do not have their own building.St Andrew's, Great BillingChurch of England1100SP808629A medieval parish church. In a united benefice with Little Billing.Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Great BillingRoman Catholic1878SP811628Mass was said in the chapel at Billing Hall from 1874. The current building was erected in 1878.Great Billing Methodist ChurchMethodist1841SP811626Built in 1841. Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.Greek Orthodox Church of St Neophytos the Recluse, NorthamptonGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great BritainSP714612Greek Orthodox services were held in All Saints' church from 1968, then in St Peter's, Marefair, from 1973. In 1998 the former hospital chapel of Princess Marina Hospital (built 1887) was bought and consecrated for services.St Patrick's, DustonRoman Catholic1953SP721613Services begun 1941; first church built 1953; rebuilt 1994.Duston URCUnited Reformed1844SP721611Originated as a mission of College Lane Baptist Church with services first held for adults 1837; first building erected 1844. Constituted as an independent church 1923.St Luke's, DustonChurch of England1100SP724610A medieval parish church dating from the 12th century.St Andrew's Methodist Church, DustonMethodist1950SP730619Built post-WW2. Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.St Mary's, DallingtonChurch of England1100SP737618A medieval parish church, with the chancel rebuilt in 1883. Grade II* listed.Spencer Bridge Road Gospel HallGospel HallSP743610Began in 1965 as a plant from Duke Street Gospel Hall. Acquired its own building 1978-1979 (building formerly the St James Church Institute).Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas, NorthamptonRoman Catholic1825SP752616Services began 1823; first chapel built 1825 on current site; new church built 1844, extended 1864 and again in 1948-1955. Mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton.Miracle Church of God in Christ, NorthamptonChurch of God in ChristSP751615The Northampton site of a multi-site Bedford church which began in 1961.Duke Street Evangelical ChurchFIEC1870SP756612Founded c. 1870 as an Open Brethren church.Polish Catholic Church of SS Stanislaus & LawrenceRoman Catholic1878SP757612The building (Grade II* listed) was originally built in 1878-79 as St Lawrence the Martyr (Church of England). Since c. 1980 it has been used as a Polish Catholic church.Mount Pleasant Baptist ChurchBaptist Union1887SP763613Church founded 1873; joined Baptist Union 1881; present building opened 1887.St Michael and All Angels with St Edmund, NorthamptonChurch of England1881SP764613Built 1881-1882. Grade II listed.The Entrance Of The Theotokos Into The Temple Romanian Orthodox ChurchRomanian OrthodoxSP764613Meets in St Michael's church.Queensgrove Methodist ChurchMethodist1879SP761610Begun in 1879. Originally Kettering Road Primitive Methodist Church. Merged with Queens Road Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1960 and name changed to Queensgrove. Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.Abington Avenue URCUnited ReformedSP769617In 1901 the congregation of King Street Chapel in the town centre (which originated in 1776 as a breakaway group from Castle Hill church) moved to a site in Abington. Temporary buildings were used until the current building, by Sutton & Gregory, was opened in 1911. Named Abington Avenue Congregational Church, it joined the URC in 1972.Park Avenue Methodist ChurchMethodist1925SP772619Built in 1925.Christ Church, AbingtonChurch of England1906SP771612Consecrated in 1906.SS Peter & Paul, AbingtonChurch of England1100SP775614A medieval parish church, rebuilt except for the tower in 1821. Now stands in the middle of Abington Park.St Peter's, Weston FavellChurch of England1100SP788618A medieval parish church.All Saints, Little BillingChurch of England1100SP804617A medieval parish church. In a united benefice with Great Billing.St James, St James EndChurch of England1868SP742606Built in 1868-1871. The tower was completed in 1924.Castle Hill (Doddridge) URCUnited Reformed1695SP749605Northampton's oldest Nonconformist church. The congregation was established in 1662; the building (Grade II listed) dates from 1695.New Testament Church of God House of Prayer, NorthamptonNew Testament Church of God1863SP753605The building (Grade II listed) dates from 1863. It was previously occupied by College Street Baptist Church (see below).The Holy Sepulchre, NorthamptonChurch of England1100SP753609One of only four surviving medieval round churches in England; one of the four medieval parish churches in Northampton that survived into the 19th century. Grade I listed, it was probably built by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton circa 1100, making it the oldest building in the town.All Saints, NorthamptonChurch of England1680SP754604A medieval church (one of the four medieval parish churches that survived into the 19th century), largely rebuilt in 1680 after the Great Fire of Northampton. Grade I listed.St Giles, NorthamptonChurch of England1200SP759605A medieval church (one of the four medieval parish churches that survived into the 19th century).Northampton Quaker MeetingQuaker1800SP757607The building has been used for Quaker meetings since the early 19th century.Wesleyan Holiness Church, NorthamptonWesleyanSP760609Meets in the building that formerly belonged to St Gabriel's (see below).New Covenant Church NorthamptonIndependent1897SP761608Meets in a building which was built in 1897 as a Unitarian church and remained as such until 2000.Victoria Road Congregational ChurchCongregational Federation1873SP762606The church was established in 1873; the current building dates from 1889.St Mary’s Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, NorthamptonJacobite Syrian OrthodoxSP762606Meets in Victoria Road Congregational Church.St Mary's, Far CottonChurch of England1887SP749592The parish was established in 1875, but the church was not completed until 1887, with the tower added in 1902.Towcester Road Methodist ChurchMethodist1924SP750593The church began in 1863, with a new chapel built in 1888 and the current building erected in 1924. (The 1888 chapel was used by the Salvation Army but demolished in the 1970s.)St Benedict's, Hunsbury HillChurch of England1982SP733585Built in 1982.The Abbey Centre Baptist Church, East Hunsbury1987Baptist UnionSP742580Alma Road Baptist Church began 1856 in Far Cotton; first building 1860; new building on Abbey Road 1895; relocated to new building in East Hunsbury 1987.SS Francis & Therese, East HunsburyRoman Catholic1980SP741579Presumably built in the 1980s with the rest of the Hunsbury estate.St Edmund's, HardingstoneChurch of England1200SP763578A medieval parish church.St George the Martyr, WoottonChurch of England1200SP762565A medieval parish church.
Former churches