St Margaret's Benefice

The Benefice of St Margaret at Cliffe 

with Westcliffe and The Langdons

Part of the Dover Deanery, in the Diocese of Canterbury, Kent.

Welcome to our little corner of England!

  • We are here to serve, connect and support everybody in the villages and hamlets surrounding
    St Margaret's.

  • We strive to be a welcoming and friendly Benefice and look forward to meeting you on your faith journey.

News in brief...

  •  Check Dover Food Bank logopng  for their 'most wanted' page by clicking on their logo

  • Want to be part of our Churchyard Green Team?  Get some fresh air and do a really useful job by helping our team who are doing a superb job in St Margaret's Churchyard - contact outreach@stmargaretsbenefice.org.uk

  • You can now make a donation to St Margaret's Church by texting 'STMARGS' followed by a number between 1 - 20 to 70085, to donate that amount directly to support us in all we do, for example, text 'STMARGS5' to donate £5.  We can also accept donations by card reader which is in the church.  Find out more on our News page.

  • for more news, go to our News... page. I know, it's seamless!

Following our Summer daily opening, when we welcomed so many lovely visitors, we have decided to continue to open St Margaret's Church during the day.  We have been touched by the comments received, and how much having that space of quiet contemplation has been valued by all. 
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We are delighted to tell you that last year,

St Margaret's Church was once again the SECOND largest contributor to Dover Food Bank in their entire collection area, with

1.2 tonnes of food donated!

Only Tesco donated more – we beat all the other supermarkets! So an enormous THANK YOU to everyone who drops a tin or two in the box – you make a real difference.

Pentecost - the joyful celebration of the gifts we have been given

There was not a better way to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the Christian Church, than to have The Bishop of Dover, Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, take our Pentecost service at St Margaret's.  With joyful music and thoughful worship, we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit and welcomed its guidance in our lives.  We are deeply grateful for +Rose giving us her time and leadership - one week Westminster Abbey, the next St Margaret of Antioch -  but we are all one church with our focus on Jesus Christ.  The sun shone and the church was full of conversation and warmth as we mingled afterwards - a wonderful birthday party!

Welcome!