Banbury Circuit is principally rural, covering three counties; North Oxfordshire, South Northamptonshire and South Warwickshire. The town of Banbury is a market town with one central larger church and four smaller churches surrounding it, one of which is an LEP. These are Marlborough Road in central Banbury, Easington, Fairway and St. Francis (LEP)

Surrounding Banbury are a number of rural Chapels, they are Adderbury, Chacombe, Cropredy, Greatworth, Hinton, Hornton, Shipston on Stour and Wigginton.

There is huge growth in new housing around Banbury and many of the villages and alongside Banbury Christians Together we seek to address the growing needs of our communities.

As the Methodist Church we are part of a world-wide movement that has been around since it was founded by the Wesley brothers in the 18^th Century, we are connected strongly with links to Northampton Methodist District and nationally.

The circuit seeks to encourage, enable and support its churches to respond to God’s love in Christ in the communities where they are. It does this through worship, study, prayer and mutual support, sharing their faith and through service. Individual churches are encouraged to do this in their own communities, where many play an important role in the life of the village.

The circuit employs a full-time Children and Families worker based at Hinton church and we have a volunteer lay Pioneer worker based in one of the many new housing estates surrounding Banbury.