About
Mission Statement – declares our purpose
St Michael’s: A church for all ages. A faith for all people. A place for everyone.
Vision Statement – expresses our objectives
St Michael’s is seeking to be the spiritual heart of the neighbourhood; creating a community of faith, hope and in belief of the power of God’s love. Come and join us.
Values Statement – shares our beliefs
- Holy – a celebration of worship in the beauty of holiness
- Active – reaching out to our communities
- Open – welcoming and engaging
St Michael’s is a church in the Kingston Episcopal Area of the Diocese of Southwark. Our diocesan bishop is the Rt Rev’d Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwark, and our area bishop is the Rt Rev’d Richard Cheetham, Bishop of Kingston. You can find a link to our diocesan website here.
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Click here to view our Parish Calendar for all events in 2026.
Parish Clergy
Stephen Stavrou
Judith Roberts
People at Saint Michael's
Jan Black
Rhodri Walters
Lizzie Hackett-Brown
Charlotte Brownlow Patrick
Owen Elsley
Jacqueline Russell
Andy Puddifoot
Sue Pandit
Roger Needham
Jia Anderson-Young
Gemma Curran
Victoria Thompson
Holly Pelham
Fiona Mooring
Helen Hewitt
Philip Berg
Sophia Membery
Finding Us
St Michael’s is a 2 minute walk from Barnes Bridge Train Station and 15 minutes from Barnes Station, on the line from Waterloo and Clapham Junction. The 533 bus route stops closest to the church and connects to Hammersmith underground station and four different tube lines, with the 209 and 419 running to the south side of Hammersmith Bridge. Parking around the church is unrestricted at weekends and only apply between 9am and 11am from Monday to Friday. There is a bicycle rack in the churchyard.
History of Saint Michael’s
The current building of St Michael’s and All Angels was consecrated in January 1893. However, the church as a worshipping congregation dates from 1867 when, at the instigation of Canon Melville, the then Rector of Barnes, a ‘school church’ was erected in Archway Street. Paid for by public subscription to serve the increasingly built-up area of Westfields, the building served as a school on weekdays and a church on Sundays in the summer months. A more permanent arrangement came with the purchase of a temporary ‘iron’ church, erected alongside the school in 1878, which offered year-round services in the charge of one of the St Mary’s curates. The building of the present church, to a design by Charles Innes, architect and member of the congregation, was due to the energy of the Revd L. T. Lochee, Rector (who saw to the purchase of the Elm Bank estate and the commencement of building), and its completion (with the erection of the south aisle in 1905) to that of his successor, Meredyth Kitson. From the outset, the tradition of worship at St Michael’s was Anglo-Catholic or ‘High Anglican’, reflecting the tradition of the young clergy who served there, with the support of successive Rectors of St Mary’s. Established as a separate parish in 1919, the Vicarage at the end of Elm Bank Gardens was built at the same time. St Michael’s is now part of the Barnes Team Ministry, along with St Mary’s and Holy Trinity, but retaining its tradition and identity as the parish church for the Westfields area of Barnes.
