Westbury's rich diversity of churches...

Westbury, in case you haven't noticed has a very high number of Christian Worship places for such a relatively small town. We have a church for almost every faction of Christianity, from Anglican to Catholic, Baptist to Jehova's Witnesses.

Where you are stood now, you can actually see 2 if not 3 churches. Directly over the road you have Westbury's only Catholic Church...St.Bernadette's. In the 1670s there was one Catholic in the parish, Giles Adlam, a fuller, but by 1683 there were said to be none. In the 1930s Westbury Catholics went by coach to worship in Trowbridge but by 1938 they were building their own church in West End. This was completed in December 1938. During the Second World War Italian prisoners of war attended mass here. There is no resident priest but the congregation and its sacristan are served from Trowbridge.

And to your right...Westbury's Methodist Church. John Wesley preached in Westbury in 1748 and 1749, attracting good numbers, but it was not until around 1809 that a Methodist chapel was built in the Warminster Road. The cost was ££400 and the sum was raised by voluntary subscriptions. By 1904 the original chapel was too small for the congregation and a new site was bought at the end of Station Road. No building was allowed during the First World War and it was not until 1926 that the new chapel, in the form of a basilica with attached schoolroom, was opened. The earlier chapel became a masonic hall. In 1995 work started to update the premises and provide a coffee bar, kitchen and toilets while in the church itself the communion area was refurbished. Lots of community events are held here and there is an active presence from the community.

If you have time, why not check out some of Westbury's other churches, some of them even have Church Micros... 

The Cache...

You are looking for a samll magnetic nano, please use discretion here as the area is frequented by muggles, teenagers and dog walkers especially during the day. I would not recommend trying to park opposite the cache as it is an extremely busy junction, but the curch has a small car park adjacent, or alternatively there is ample parking on the high street. You may need tweezers to extract the log.

Happy Caching!!