Last updated 10th May 2024
Accrington Deanery covers the Hyndburn local authority.
Welcome to the Accrington Deanery page on the website for Blackburn Diocese, The Church of England in Lancashire.
There are nine benefices in the Deanery, representing 10 parishes with 11 Voluntary Aided, and two Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary Schools, and one Church of England High School. We are in the south and east of the Diocese straddling parts of Hyndburn and Rossendale Borough Councils. The M65 and Leeds-Liverpool canal run across the Deanery. You are never far from the hills in Accrington.
There are a wide variety of worship services from traditional high church to evangelical in the Deanery and a number of family-friendly Messy Church services. I can assure you of a warm welcome in any of our churches. Do enjoy browsing, explore the rest of the the Diocesan website and feel free to contact any of our clergy for further information.
Map of Accrington Deanery showing all of the parish boundaries on an Ordnance Survey background.
| Parish name | Parish map |
Parish dashboard |
Census 2021 dashboard |
Parish website/ |
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| Accrington Christ Church and St James | Map | Census |
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| Accrington St John with Huncoat St Augustine | Map | Census | ACNY page | |
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Accrington The Good Shepherd (St Andrew, St Mary Magdalen and St Peter combined to form a single parish in March 2024) |
Map |
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ACNY page (St Andrew) ACNY page (St Mary Magdalen) |
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| Altham St James | Map | Census | Website | |
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Baxenden St John the Baptist and Accrington St Paul |
Map | Census | ||
| Clayton-Le-Moors All Saints | Map | Census | ||
| Haslingden St James with Grane St Stephen and Stonefold St John | Map | Census | Website | |
| Laneside St Peter | Map | Census | ACNY page | |
| Musbury St Thomas | Map | Census | ||
| Oswaldtwistle (Immanuel, All Saints and St Paul) | Census | ACNY page |