The Hempnall Group of Parishes

Welcome!

Welcome to the Hempnall Group of Parishes

We are a group of 6 rural parishes (with 8 churches) in the beautiful Norfolk countryside, who enjoy living, working and worshiping together.
The Group was founded in 1964. This was a pioneering and visionary step taken by Bishop Launcelot Fleming to revitalise and enrich the church in an area of thinly populated villages.

This has been our experience. Since then, the parishes have grown together and continue to share resources and benefit from opportunities for collaboration in numerous ways. We have discovered that can do more together than we can alone.

This is abundantly evident in these difficult times, where a network of practical support and help has emerged in our villages. Thank you to those who have a share in this. We all have different needs and there are those who can assist. Let’s continue to cope with this crisis with a spirit of kindness and loving service to those around us. Please don’t hesitate to contact someone to help or just for a chat.
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Life Events

If you are interested in having your child baptised, would like to be married in one of our groups churches or require help with a funeral please contact:

Contact our Administrator

Mrs Frances Atherton on 01508 498157 or by email: hempnallgroup.office@btinternet.com

What We're Doing

SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION

In the Hempnall Group of Parishes we take safeguarding seriously. If You have a concern about the safety of someone or the actions of a person working with children or vulnerable adults, please speak out and stay safe.

To register a concern please click here
To contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer please call Lorraine Zima 01508 498289 or email: lorraine.zima@gmail.com
To contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team call 01603 882345 or email: safeguarding@diocesdeofnorwich.org

If you think someone is in immediate danger, call the police on 999

For more information on our Safeguarding Commitments please here

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ALL OTHER ENQUIRIES

For all other enquiries please contact our Group Administrator

Mrs Frances Atherton on 01508 498157 or by email: hempnallgroup.office@btinternet.com

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Events

Next Up...

Eco Church Festival Evensong

Sun, 10 May, 2026, 1:30pm @ Norwich Cathedral

Celebrating creation care at Norwich Cathedral on 10 May

Everyone is invited to a special afternoon at Norwich Cathedral on Sunday 10 May to celebrate the ways we are already caring for the natural world and to consider how else our communities might come together for its healing and well-being.

The afternoon begins at 1.30pm with an invitation to picnic in the Cathedral Cloister or Garth (or else to buy lunch from Bread Source in the Refectory) and to wander around the stalls set up there by various environmental organisations, picking up ideas, being inspired by each other. The afternoon will culminate with Festal Evensong at 3.30pm which will start inside the Cathedral but end outside it!

It would be great if the Hempnall Group and the Brooke Benefice were represented by a really good crowd of people! If you’d like to come and would like a lift (or are able to offer one) please contact Susanna Gunner susanna.gunner@gmail.com or John Ash johnrvash@gmail.com