Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath

Blackheath, Greater London

Parish of Blackheath Village · Archdiocese of Southwark

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Sunday Mass

09:30, 11:00, 17:00

Saturday: 18:30 Vigil

Mass times this week

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

  • 09:30

Tue

  • 08:00

Wed

  • 09:30

Thu

  • 09:30

Fri

  • 09:30

Sat

  • 10:00
  • 18:30 Vigil

Sun

  • 09:30
  • 11:00
  • 17:00
What the parish's page says
Sunday Masses Saturday 6.30pm - Vigil Mass Sunday 9.30am - Family Mass and Children’s Liturgy Sunday 11:00am - Sung Solemn Mass Sunday 5:00pm - Quiet Evening Mass Weekday Masses Mon/Wed/Thurs/Fri 9.30am Tuesday 8.00am Saturday 10.00am
Source: WELCOME – Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath. Retrieved 17 October 2026. Source last checked 17 October 2026. Check with the parish for changes and holy days.

About Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath

Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath is a Roman Catholic church in Blackheath, Greater London. It is part of the Archdiocese of Southwark.

Architecture and furnishings

The church was built in 1891 by A E Purdie. The church is in Early English style with stiff-leaf capitals and stiff-leaf corbels to the chancel arch. The exterior is of coursed rubble masonry with freestone dressings and a high pitched, slated roof. The church has a nave, aisles, and apsidal chancel, with a north aisle extension as chapel and south aisle extension as organ chamber. The church has a scissor-truss roof. The church has a bell turret at the north-west angle of the nave. The church contains an elaborate carved reredos and marble columns to the altar. There is a small, octagonal baptistery at the south-west angle. The nave has four bays and the chancel has two.

Visiting

The church is near Blackheath station and just off the 54, 202, 108 and 89 bus routes, with wheelchair accessibility. The parish can bring Holy Communion to the sick and housebound on a regular basis.

Sources for this profile

  1. Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church, Non Civil Parish - 1358959 | Historic EnglandRetrieved 7 October 2026 Source text © Historic England, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Summarised by RomanCatholic.co.uk.
  2. WELCOMERetrieved 26 September 2026

Clergy

  • Parish Priest Rev Paul Kyne BSc (Hons) BTh (Hons)
  • Assistant Priest - Non-Diocesan Fr David Christopher Selvaraj

Find Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath

Map location for Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath

5 Cresswell Park, Blackheath, Greater London, SE3 9RD