Welcome

to the website of the Benefice of Stow, Condicote & The Swells in the beautiful Cotswolds, where we always look forward to welcoming worshippers and visitors.

Tick tock! A campaign is underway to save St Edward’s clock. London may have Big Ben but Stow has Little Ed! And Little Ed – our town clock – is in desperate need of a facelift and an update to his clockworks!

The clock sits proudly on our church tower but it’s looking a little sad. It would be wonderful if, in this 550 Anniversary year of our town charter, we could restore some civic pride in the town square by restoring our beautiful clock. Work to update the clock face and mechanism will cost around £32,000 with experts needing to abseil down the church tower to remove the clock face for repairs.

The ladies of Closely Knit – who meet for a knit and a chat in the church from 10am on Saturday mornings – have chosen to knit for Little Ed this year. They say ‘Our church clock is at the heart of our town and is loved by residents and visitors. We are determined to help restore our clock to its former glory.’

We hope that townspeople, shops, businesses - and anyone who loves Stow and the Cotswolds - will support the campaign to give 'Little Ed' an update for the 21st Century.

You can donate at https://givealittle.co/c/StowClock.

Or leave a cheque (payable to ‘PCC Stow on the Wold’) in the red safe just inside the church door, in an envelope marked ‘Clock Fund’.

If you are a UK taxpayer, just use one of the Gift Aid envelopes available in the church and fill in your details (please mark it ‘Clock Fund’) – it increases the donation by 25%.

Thank you for your support. Tick tock for our clock!