Welcome to the Web site of St Stephen's Parish Church in the historical city of St Albans.

We aim to provide you, the visitor, with an insight into the ancient history and modern aims of this delightful old church which is situated at the top of the old roman road called Watling Street.

St Stephen's is an "ancient parish". It extends south from the bottom of St Stephen's Hill and Holywell Hill to the A405 and along the A405 on the western side to the Ml. Two thirds of the parish is rural with several working farms, and the population is concentrated in St Albans and Chiswell Green. The church is not in St Stephen's civil parish although Chiswell Green is. The civil parish covers the original ancient parish, now largely the ecclesiastical parishes of Frogmore and Bricket Wood. Apart from an engineering company on the edge of the parish, it is entirely residential and encompasses five homes for the elderly.

Other Churches
There is a strong Churches Together in St Albans and a South St Albans Interchurch Group which includes St Bartholomew's RC, Chiswell Green URC and a small Christadelphian Church. Leaflets advertising services are delivered at Christmas and Easter. On Good Friday there is a united procession of witness starting from a different church each year and we are invited to share in the Easter Vigil at St Bartholomew's. On Pentecost Sunday there is a joint evening service and in late June/July there is a Songs of Praise in the URC. Every Friday, morning prayer is said alternately at St Stephen's and St Bartholomew's. Other events are also arranged together. Since 1996 St Stephen's Parish has been linked with the Catholic parish in Bierges-Wavre, south of Brussels.