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The HISTORY of REDDITCH New Town



       Methodist Church, Evesham Road, Headless Cross
       The first Chapel opened in 1827 in Evesham Road on the present site.  Then in 1873 a
       new Chapel was built to accommodate the growing congregation.  However it was built
       to a poor standard and in 1895 the roof and gables collapsed due to severe winds.  The
       present church was then opened in 1897.  Now closed as it joined St Luke’s Church in
       2009 to form an Ecumenical Church called The Bridge, which is now based at  St Luke’s.



       New Testament Church of God  Birchfield Road, Headless Cross, Redditch




       Oasis Christian Centre, 4 Plymouth Road
       The Oasis Christian Centre is an Elim Pentecostal Church and as such part of the Elim
       Foursquare Gospel Alliance. New Hall built in 2016



       Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Beoley Road, Redditch
       The church opened 24th April 1834 with Solemn High Mass and celebrated by the first
       parish priest Rev. Alexius Pope O.S.B., in the presence of Right Rev. Dr Walsh, the Vicar
       Apostolic (Bishop) of the Midland District.  Until 1948 the Parish began a long association
       with the Benedictine Abbey of St Gregory at Downside, near Bath.  Then for the next 20
       years the priests came from the Abbey of St Michael and the Angels, Belmont, Hereford.
       When Redditch was designated a New Town, in the mid 1960s, the town was to expand,
       increasing the number of Catholics in the area, Belmont, felt it was time to hand over the
       care of the Parish to the Archdiocese of Birmingham.  This happened at the start of 1968.




       Pastoral Care and Chapel, The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch




       Redditch and Astwood Bank Christian Fellowship – Western Hill Close,
       Astwood Bank




       Redditch Black Pentecostal Church, Brueton Drive, Lodge Park, Redditch




       Redditch Central Mosque, Jinnah Road, Redditch
       Building started in 2006.




       Redditch Spiritualist Church, 139 Easemore Road, Redditch
       Redditch Spiritualist Church has been affiliated to the Spiritualist National Union since
       1967.  Have had various place to meet, including the Kingfisher Hall, Conservative Club
       in Easemore Road, They brought a piece of land in Easemore Road and a new building
       was dedicated in 1996 by Minister Eric Hatton.







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