Welcome to St Anne’s Haverthwaite
St Anne’s is a stone built Georgian Church nestling towards the west of the foot of Windermere just off the A590. We’re noted for our warm welcome and friendliness to all who attend our services and events, our congregation since Covid averages anywhere between 14 and 25 sometimes more when the holiday season and warmer weather descends upon us.
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Bicentennial Service: 200 Years in the Community!
St Anne’s Chapel, Haverthwaite, was built between 1823/24 and 1825 from local subscriptions, which were aided by a grant from the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels.
The grant came with the condition that 200 of the sittings were to be free and un-appropriated for ever, as recorded on the western gallery. At this time, it is said that the Chapel could seat 340 persons, today it seats 220. St Anne’s and the small piece of ground in which it stands, (the churchyard) was consecrated on 26th August 1825 by Dr. Charles James Blomfield, the Bishop of Chester. Seems such a long time ago now, I wonder what they would make of our world today!
Services for September 2025
Services for October 2025
Safeguarding at St Anne’s Haverthwaite
At St Anne’s Haverthwaite, we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance. If you have any concerns or enquiries regarding safeguarding, please contact our safeguarding officer.
Parish Safeguarding Officer: Miss Loraine Birchall
Email: loraine.birchall@gmail.com
Phone : 07877979829
The Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is Joanna Van Lachterop and she can be contacted at safeguarding.adviser@carlislediocese.org.uk or at 07458 016884. Joanna’s working days are Monday to Friday.
Out of Hours Support:
If Joanna is unavailable and you are concerned that an adult is being abused, or at risk, you should report it by contacting Adult Social Care, Cumberland Council. Emergency Out of Hours – 01228 526690
If you are concerned about a child or young person, please contact:
Cumberland Safeguarding Hub on 0333 240 1727 (if it relates to a concern in the Allerdale, Carlisle or Copeland area) or,
Westmorland and Furness Safeguarding Hub on 0300 373 2724 (if it relates to a concern in the Barrow, Eden or South Lakeland area).
If you believe that a child or adult is in immediate danger or requires medical attention, call the emergency services on 999.
Please come and visit St Anne’s, children are welcome and when we know they are coming we try to involve them in the service in some way, we also keep a small amount of toys for the toddlers and young people to play with.
We don’t care whether you believe in God, or Jesus, what matters to us is that you are here and joining in with what we churched folk call “Fellowship”. It can and does make a big difference to village life when we get together to do things within and for our community and we are always looking to support projects that make for a better life for our residents near and far and those who work here.