St Stephens Church

A growing community in the heart of the bristol city centre. A peaceful place to just sit and be. It has a strong Christian base. Although the community values respects and welcomes folks from other faiiths or from none. A welcomung cafe with excellent food is a great place to meet. And is there for folks who work nearby.

I was here for the Bristol Folk Festival. It's a lovely building and the acoustics are great. I was lucky and caught the sound check for the afternoon performances. It would benefit from more toilets. Just two which caused around a 15 minute queue. It was the same toilets for the performers, so we let them jump ahead of the queue! The pews became a bit uncomfortable after a couple of hours, so the intervals were welcome. Some people sat on the kneelers. I would recommend bringing a cushion. Definitely worth visiting the church and Lady Maisery sounded brilliant

We got married in St Stephens Church on 5th September 2015. it is the most special church that we've ever been in. Whilst we were required to attend the church for 6 months leading up to the wedding as we didn't live in the parish, we found ourselves visiting more often as we enjoyed it so much.Whilst we always had an underlying belief, we were in no way religious before meeting the Reverend, Lee, at St. Stephens. We were made to feel welcome immediately and with every single service that we attended, found that it left us with profound thoughts after Lee had managed to make the bible relevant and applicable to our modern day lives. It provided a great pillar of strength to me in a tough time in my life and for that I will be forever grateful.The church is beautiful, inside and out, but the real beauty comes from it's congregation, all of whom play a very special part in one of the best communities that I've ever experienced.When it came to the actual service, ALL of our guests said that it was the most touching and personal service that they'd been to. Everybody enjoyed it and said that it was refreshingly relevant. Never preached to, ideas are welcomed but the faith remains an underlying important aspect of every part of each service. I lost count of the number of people who said that they'd go to church more if it was like St Stephens.I cannot recommend the church highly enough. We will continue to visit St Stephens whenever we return to Bristol. It's an incredibly special church and Lee is a very special person. Both will always have a very large place in our hearts.

Great city centre church, peaceful space hidden away from the noise and stress. Really friendly and welcoming, with cafe, bookshop and regular lunchtime and evening concerts, many of them free.

Fabulous great staff, lovely tea and cake, with great Spanish/ English influence great coffee x

Great environment. Amazing building. Welcoming people. Clear guidelines re safety. Come and see. Fantastic cafe - lovely Spanish food.

The music played in the church was tooooooooooooo loud and lasted a long time.Sooooo noisy with the repeated rhythm！！！！I can stand when it is played every Monday from afternoon till the midnight. But why itwill be keep playing on Saturday Morning over and over again?

Nice place, nice crumpets with peanut butter and pistachios, some interesting herbal teas. Got a garden for when the weather's nice. Friendly service. On the day I visited, there was an art exhibition called 'Circle' on in the room.

I was there for an evening of folk music; all the necessary facilities were there but I won't rush back as the heating lacked the punch to keep us warm.

St Stephens is a wonderful Christian community located in the heart of Bristol. A beautiful building also, it's been there since the 14th century. It has a spectacular garden space, a secret healing garden, popular with office workers, tourists and anyone looking for a bit of reflective peace and quiet, lunchtime or anytime. A recently reopened cafe, attached to the garden, serves delicious reasonably priced food and drinks using local produce and is run by Brandon Trust who support people with learning difficulties.Sunday services have a welcoming, relaxed and reflective feel with opportunities to pitch in with your own thoughts and reflections.