How to find and contact the church

Address: Hockliffe Street
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 1EZ

There is no car parking space available at the church, but there is public car parking in the library car park, entrance opposite the church - free during evenings and on Sundays. There is disabled access via the side doors and during Sunday services a ramp is available at the front of the building.

Map: Follow this link
Offices: Delta House, 33 Hockliffe Street
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 1EZ

This building is right beside the church. The office is open 9:45am to 2:00pm each weekday. There is very limited visitor parking here. The building has a disabled access ramp and a lift.

Tel : (01525) 371312 -  (24 Hr answering machine)
Fax: (01525) 852838
E-mail: office@hockliffestreetbaptistchurch.org.uk

Minister: Following the departure of Rev'd Phil Hill to work in Israel in September 2008, we do not have a full-time minister.

Youth worker: Lauren Baker. E-mail: lauren@hockliffestreetbaptistchurch.org.uk


About us: Hockliffe Street Baptist Church traces its origins to around 1650, when a small group of Baptists belonging to a church in Kenworth began meeting in the town, to avoid their otherwise ten-mile walk to church. It is not known when a separate church was formed, but by 1740 a church building was erected where 'Chapel Mews' now exists, in Lake Street. Our present building was erected in 1892 and seats around 450. It has been featured nationally as an outstanding example of Victorian chapel architecture, yet has been sensitively modernised to provide a warm and comfortable place for contemporary styles of worship. Services are simple, joyful, and in modern English; we do not require visitors to 'dress up,' give money, or embarrass themselves. Many people come to the church as seekers after truth rather than as committed Christians. There is always a group of people who are just becoming Christians; and others who are only beginning to learn about Christian beliefs.

We are a strongly evangelical baptist church committed to 'classic evangelicalism' and a reformed teaching ministry, in keeping with our founding Trust Deed. However, we have a broad cross-section of members from many different backgrounds. We welcome into membership anyone who is willing to accept our basis of faith, our emphasis on the truth of the Bible, and our firm belief that the Holy Spirit is present in His fullness wherever Christ is truly honoured and worshipped.

Leighton Buzzard's Market Cross


About our town: Leighton Buzzard has been a market town for many centuries. Until 1950 it was small, but a London overspill estate was built and growth began. It now has a population of about thirty thousand, and is the first place north of London where property prices fall significantly. It is consequently a popular commuter town for singles and young families. There are also some traditional English villages in the area, replete with duckponds, old pubs, local gentry and suitably expensive houses. This area really does have something for everyone! Leighton Buzzard is also near to Milton Keynes, Luton, Dunstable, and Aylesbury; and less than an hour's drive from Bedford and Oxford. It is 10 miles from the M1 motorway and 40 miles from London Euston by train. What else can we tell you? Leighton Buzzard is in the Bedfordshire 'sand belt' and its sand is renowned the world over as providing the international standard for the building industry. There is also a well-known narrow-gauge railway running through the town suburbs.

For more information about the area, go to the Leighton Buzzard town council's website at www.leightonlinslade-tc.gov.uk/

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This page last updated on 28/03/2009