About Us

The Cannings & Redhorn Team was formed in June 2012 from the former Cannings Benefice and Redhorn Team, and now comprises the parishes of All Cannings, Bishop’s Cannings with Etchilhampton, Chirton with Patney, Marden, Urchfont with Stert, and Wilsford, which also include the hamlets of Allington, Bourton, Coate, Conock, Horton and Wedhampton, together with Cannings Hill a fast-developing area adjacent to Devizes.

Our parishes are all situated in the Vale of Pewsey, bordered by the Marlborough Downs to the north and Salisbury Plain to the south. The Vale is an area of outstanding natural beauty mainly given to open farmland and unspoilt chalk downland which is rich in wildlife, history and archaeology. Our villages and hamlets lie to the east of the attractive market town of Devizes and around 25 miles by road from Salisbury. The ancient monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury are no more than 15 miles distant. The Kennet and Avon Canal (completed nearly two hundred years ago) meanders through the middle of the Vale.

Our eight churches are served by a Team Rector and a number of other clergy and licensed laity, together with the Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councils.

There are four church schools in the Team, all of which take children from 4 to 11 years old. All the schools have close ties with their respective local church, with the churches providing governors, venues for services, and personnel (both lay and ordained) for assemblies.