St Martin's is a small, friendly church community on the Old Dean in Camberley, Surrey. . We believe that God is calling us to be a growing church at the heart of the community of the Old Dean.   This means that we strive to grow closer to God in worship and relationship, closer to each other as friends and as a caring people, and closer to the community that we serve, seeking to tell and demonstrate the love of God to all. Our vision is to be a church that shows grace and acceptance to all. There are no perfect people here, so do come just as you are, and you'll fit in - we have an informal feel.

Whether you visit us in person or just online, we extend a warm welcome to all, and want to help you feel at home with us, to help you feel the presence of God at St Martin's and enable you to make a difference in the world.

With password access, you can Listen Again to some of the talks from recent services, here - click and then scroll down!

Our ministry team is led by the Revd. Bob Peck and the Revd. Martin James. With our usual pattern of services on Sunday mornings, you can join us for the family all-age service, or for communion, or as many do, attend both. Occasionally, we just have one "Family Communion" service, and when this happens, it will be noted on this page, and under 'What's On'.

Coffee and doughnuts are served in the church hall in the half-hour break between the regular morning services, or following the family communion service; it's a chance to meet people for a chat. When we have two Sunday services, the start times are 10:00am and 11:15am; if there is only the one service, this will begin at 10:00am.   Our next sunday with a single service is on 17 June (date to be confirmed).

The prayer life of the church is very important to us, in 2012, we will be concentrating on building up our prayer life with God. Through prayer walking, prayer meetings, our home groups and through personal prayer.

The church building is used throughout the week, both for church events, and for other community users. Many of these are shown within the links to the left. We look forward to meeting you very soon.

The Hall may be available for outside hire on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and various evenings too.   There is a large hall with a small kitchen, this is available for weekend afternoon and evening bookings. We charge £20/hour.   We also have a small room with access to a kettle, mugs and a sink for daytime and evening hire at £12/hour.  

Please contact the church office to enquire about hiring the facilities.

For a wider area map, click here.

St. Martin's Church, located at
231 Upper College Road
(Junction of Upper College Ride & Kingston Rd)
Old Dean, Camberley, Surrey,
England GU15 4HE

Tel: 01276 23958

You can reach the church office by telephoning 01276 23958 (leave a message with your details, if no reply).

Alternatively, you can send us an e-mail message, please use the most appropriate address below.
Office email:       click here   (office @ stmartinolddean.com)
Vicar's email:       click here   (vicar @ stmartinolddean.com)
Churchwarden's email: click here   (wardens @ stmartinolddean.com)
Website Email:         click here   (webadmin @ stmartinolddean.com)

Postal address
St Martin's Church Office,
Upper College Ride,
Old Dean, Camberley
GU15 4HE

The church office is manned weekday mornings, Monday to Friday, usually between 10am and noon, but times may vary slightly each day.

The area now occupied by the Old Dean Estate was heathland for many centuries, and part of Bagshot Heath. It was an area known as a haunt of Highwaymen such as William Davies - known as the Golden Farmer - and Claude Duval. The land remained largely undeveloped due to a sandy topsoil making it unsuitable for farming. In the book "A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain", written between 1724 and 1726, Daniel Defoe described the area as 'barren and sterile!'

Most of the estate was built in the 1950s for residents of heavily bombed outer London and Surrey-areas, made homeless after World War II, and later expanded by the authorities to be used as an overspill estate. Many of the roads on the estate reflect this, being named after the London boroughs which paid for the expansion (some of the others are named after places on the common).   Examples include Kingston Road, Mitcham Road and Wimbledon Road. See how the Old Dean area looked, and view some more pictures around Camberley, by clicking here

The Parish of St Michael's, Camberley once extended from Blackwater to the top of Jenkin's Hill and from the railway line to Barossa Common. St George, the daughter church, was situated on the junction of Knoll Road and St George's Road.

St Martin's Hall and the Curate's house were built as part of the Old Dean Estate and dedicated in 1961. The hall was used for services as well as many other activities from early 1962 until the church was built.
St George was closed in 1967 and proceeds from the sale of its land together with local contributions enabled St Martin's Church to be built during the late 1970's. The church building was completed in 1979. The church remained a daughter church of St Michael's for several years after it was built, despite considerable church growth.

During Neil Cornell's tenure, in 1993 St Martin's, Old Dean became a separate parish and the church was consecrated in September. The Garden of Remembrance was consecrated in 2001

This year, 2012, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary. There have been a number of special events over 21st and 22nd April to celebrate this, including a concert by "Heaven's Jukebox" and a commemorative service with the Bishop of Guildford attending. There will be a display on St Martin's history at Surrey Heath Museum, later in the year.