Heslington Church
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Saint Paul's Church, Heslington (Heslington Church) is in the parish (and village) of Heslington, near York, England. As well as the village and some more modern housing estates, the church also serves some outlying farms. The Heslington campus of the University of York is also in the parish.
It is a local ecumenical partnership between the Church of England and the Methodist Church, making it one of few joint Methodist/Anglican churches. It was formed from St Paul's Church, Heslington and Heslington Methodist Chapel in 1971. The old Methodist Chapel is now the village meeting room.
The building looks much like a Victorian parish church from the south. It was originally constructed in 1858. However, the north wall was removed during rebuilding in the 1970s, and the building was extended with a modern suite of meeting rooms, vestry and kitchen on the north side. The old choir and sanctuary now form a separate chapel, and the congregation sits in a semi-circle facing the new altar to the north.
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