St Andrew’s Church Kimbolton

The parish church of St Andrew in Kimbolton dates to the 13th century, though there are records of a church here at the time of the Domesday Book.

The South Leightonstone Group is a benefice of seven parishes in the far west of the diocese of Ely, near to Grafham Water and Huntingdon: Barham, Covington, Easton, Kimbolton, Spaldwick, Stow Longa and Tilbrook.

We are part of the Deanery of Huntingdon, in the Diocese of Ely, in the Church of England.

This attractive rural benefice is nestled in the far west of Cambridgeshire, where the flat East Anglian Fen landscape starts to undulate towards the rolling hills of the East Midlands.

The largest village in the Group is Kimbolton, which is situated about 7 miles west of St Neots, and twelve miles from Huntingdon. That makes it about 24 miles from Cambridge and 70 miles (113Km) from London. Kimbolton has the largest population, about 1400. The Church of St Andrew PE28 0HA dominates one end of the historic High Street, with Kimbolton Castle at the other. The castle is well-known as the place where Catherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII lived out her last days. The building is now an independent school, Kimbolton School.