Filey Parish Churches | Filey

Filey Parish is an enthusiastic Church of England family that offers a variety of worship styles from traditional to very informal.

You will find a warm and friendly welcome at all of our churches

as we gather to worship God in fellowship with each other.

We welcome all people

with love, respect and equality.

St. Oswald's Church is CLOSED

Message from John Clarke, Church Warden.

"On Friday 28th August a piece of masonry fell from the ceiling into the Chancel at St Oswald's. Fortunately no one was in the church at the time but it could have caused serious injury to anyone standing underneath it.

This has been reported to the Diocese and we are awaiting an inspection and advice from the diocesan architect before we know how serious the problem is.

To ensure public safety, the Parish Churchwardens and the PCC have made the decision to close St Oswald's until the architect has made his assessment.

The 9am BCP service on Sunday 6th September will go ahead as normal. This is in the South Chapel away from the danger and there is insufficient time to notify parishioners of a change.

In the meantime we are transferring ALL services over to St John's Church, West Avenue and will let you know as soon as we get the all clear from the diocese."

Filey Parish is now "In Vacancy".

As Rev. Phil Maudsley has left to take up his new post as "Ministry Area Leader" for the Penarth Ministry Area in South Wales, Filey Parish is now in the process of recruiting a new Vicar.

During this time of Vacancy, please contact the Parish Office (opening times at the foot of every webpage) in the first instance.

For all urgent enquiries when the Parish Office is closed, please contact the Churchwardens :-

John Clarke (St. Oswald's Church) - 07976 147239

Margaret Clarke (St. Oswald's Church) - 07841 802030

Trevor Yeoman (St. John's Church) - 07802 308526

Scarborough Deanery News

Death of Revd Mary Hollis on 5th August 2026: Revd Mary was known to many in Scarborough and has ministered at many local churches, the hospital and hospice. Her funeral will be on 2nd September at 2pm at St. James Church, with refreshments in the church hall afterwards.

St. James Church are going to be supporting Scarborough Pride on 12th September as part of being an Inclusive Church. If you would like to join us on the march, visit our stall at the Spa or help on the stall please do come along. We are partnering with Burniston Methodist in this.

Contact Revd. Elspeth for more details 07828 871080.

Christian Aid Week 2026

Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to Christian Aid Week this year - the total amount raised was £1343.69 - the result of a magnificent effort. This sum does not include any Gift Aid that is claimed and administered by Christian Aid. Special mention to John for all his work in co-ordinating everything this year. This means that more women like Belinda (see video below) will be able to support their families through urban gardening. Thank you all.