List of Church of Scotland parishes
Encyclopedia
The Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....

, the national church
National church
National church is a concept of a Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state. The idea was notably discussed during the 19th century, during the emergence of modern nationalism....

 of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, divides the country into presbyteries, which are subdivided into parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es, each served by a parish church, usually with its own minister
Minister of religion
In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community...

. Unions and readjustments may however result in a parish having more than one building, or several parishes sharing a minister. There are currently 43 presbyteries in Scotland, and around 1500 parishes. In addition, the Church of Scotland has three presbyteries outwith Scotland: the Presbytery of England, the Presbytery of Europe
Presbytery of Europe
The Presbytery of Europe covers the Church of Scotland's congregations in continental Europe.As a Presbyterian church, the Church of Scotland has no bishops. Instead courts of ministers, elders and deacons have collective responsibility for the governance of the church...

 and the Presbytery of Jerusalem. These presbyteries have "gathered congregations" rather than parishes.

What follows is a list those Church of Scotland parishes, congregations and places of worship. Use :Category:Church of Scotland for an alphabetical index of parishes with Wikipedia articles. A complete list of parishes with statistical data will be found in the Church of Scotland Yearbook
Church of Scotland Yearbook
The Church of Scotland Yearbook is a collection of statistical data published annually by the Church of Scotland....

 (known as the Red Book). See also List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries.

Aberdeen City Parishes

Location Dedication Minister Details
Bridge of Don: Old Machar Vacant charge Sunday 10.30am
Sunday 6.30pm (on the first Sunday of the month)
Bridge of Don: St Columba's St Columba
Saint Columba
-Saints:* Columba , Irish Christian saint who evangelized Scotland* Columba the Virgin, also known as Saint Columba of Cornwall* Columba of Sens* Columba of Spain* Columba of Terryglass* Sancta Columba -Schools:...

Rev Louis Kinsey Sunday 10.00am
Sunday 6.00pm
Cove Vacant charge Sunday 10.15am
Craigiebuckler Rev Kenneth L. Petrie Sunday 11am (September to June)
Sunday 10am (July to August)
Denburn charge dissolved parish merged with that of Gilcomston South
Ferryhill Rev John H. A. Dick Sunday 10.00am (July to August)
Sunday 11.00am (September to June)

Sunday 6.00pm (third Sunday in January to May and September to October)

Tuesday 12.10pm (15 minutes) (third Tuesday of month)
Garthdee
(linked with Ruthrieston West)
Rev Dr Benjamin D. W. Byun Sunday 11.30am
Gilcomston South Rev D. Dominic Smart Sunday 11.00am
Sunday 6.30pm

Tuesday 12.45pm (30 minutes) (fortnightly)

Wednesday 7.15pm

Saturday 7pm
High Hilton Rev A. Peter Dickson Sunday 11.00am
Sunday 6.30pm
High Kirk of St Machar
(St Machar's Cathedral)
St Machar
Saint Machar
Machar was a 6th-century Irish Saint active in Scotland.Much of what is claimed to be known about St Machar derives from the Aberdeen Breviary, a work compiled in the late fifteenth to early sixteenth centuries, long after the traditional date of Machar's life...

Rev Alan D. Falconer Sunday 11.00am
Sunday 6.00pm
Holburn West Rev Duncan C. Eddie Sunday 11.00am
Mannofield Rev Keith T. Blackwood Sunday 9.30am
Sunday 11.00am

Sunday 6.30pm

Wednesday 8.00pm
Mastrick Rev Lesley P. Risby Sunday 11.00am
Middlefield Rev Elspeth Harley Sunday 11.00am
Midstocket
(Union of the former St Ninian's and Beechgrove Churches)
Rev Marion Cowie Sunday 10.30am
New Stockethill Rev Ian M. Aitken Woodhill Court: Sunday 10.00am (first Sunday of the month only)
Cairncry Community Centre: Sunday 10.30am
Northfield Rev Scott C. Guy Sunday 10.30am
Queen Street
(union of North Church of St Andrew and Greyfriars John Knox Church )
Rev Graham D. S. Deans Sunday 11.00am
Queen's Cross Rev Scott Rennie
Scott Rennie
Rev. Scott Martin Rennie FRSA is a Scottish theologian, and was Minister of Brechin Cathedral in the Church of Scotland from 4 November 1999 until 2 July 2009. He is currently the minister of Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen....

Sunday 10.00am
Sunday 11.00am (September to June only)

Wednesday 1.15pm (September to June only)
Rosemount Rev A. David M. Graham Sunday 11.00am
Rubislaw Rev Andrew G. N. Wilson Sunday 9.30am (March to May and September to November)
Sunday 11am (March to May and September to November)

Sunday 10.00am (June to August)

Sunday 11am (December to February)
Ruthrieston West
(linked with Garthdee)
Rev Benjamin D.W. Byun Sunday 10.00am
South Holburn
(merger of Holburn Central and Ruthrieston South)
Rev George S. Cowie Sunday 10.30am
St George's Tillydrone St George
Saint George
Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...

Rev James Weir 11.15am
St John's for Deaf People St John
John the Apostle
John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles...

Rev John R. Osbeck Sunday 11.00am (first, third and fifth Sunday of the month only)
St Mark's St Mark Vacant charge Sunday 10am (July and August)
Sunday 11am (September to June)
St Mary's St Mary Rev Elsie J. Fortune Sunday 11.00am
St Nicholas' Uniting Kirk St Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...

Rev Stephen Taylor Sunday 9.30am (June to September)
Sunday 11.00am
St Nicholas' Kincorth South St Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...

Rev Edward C. McKenna Sunday 10.00am
Sunday 6.30pm
St Stephen's
(Powisgate and Causewayend)
St Stephen
Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen The Protomartyr , the protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches....

Rev Maggie Whyte Sunday 11.00a
Sunday 7.30pm (September to June only)
Summerhill Vacant charge Sunday 11.00am
Torry St Fittick's St Fittick Rev Iain C. Barclay Sunday 9.30am (June to August only)
Sunday 11.00am
Woodside Rev Markus Aufferman Sunday 11.00am

Outlying Parishes

Location Dedication Minister Details
Bucksburn Stoneywood Rev Nigel Parker Sunday 9.45am
Sunday 11.00am
Cults Rev Ewen J. Gilchrist Sunday 10.30am
Dyce Rev Manson Merchant Sunday 9.30am (second and last Sundays of the month)
Sunday 11.00am

Sunday 6.30pm (first and third Sundays of the month)
Kingswells Rev Dolly Purnell Sunday 11.00am
Newhills Rev Hugh Wallace Sunday 10.30am
Sunday 6.00pm
Peterculter Rev John A. Ferguson Sunday 10.30am

Presbytery of Abernethy
Presbytery of Abernethy
The Presbytery of Abernethy is one of the forty-six presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, being the local presbytery for the area of Abernethy. The current clerk is the Rev James A.I. MacEwan, who is minister of Abernethy Church. The presbytery represents and supervises twelve Church of Scotland...

Presbytery Clerk: Rev James A.I. MacEwan
Location Dedication Minister Details
Abernethy
(linked with Cromdale and Advie)
Rev James A. I. MacEwan Sunday 9.30am (family service)
Sunday 12.00noon (traditional service) (held in Old Kirk from last Sunday in June to end of August)
Alvie and Insh Rev Ron C. Whyte Alvie Church: Sunday 7.00pm
Insh Church: Sunday 9.30am
Aviemore St Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

Rev Ron C. Whyte Sunday 11.15am
Boat of Garten and Kincardine
(linked with Duthil)
Rev David W. Whyte Boat of Garten Church: Sunday 10.00am
Kincardine Church: Sunday 6.00pm (and on the second Sunday from March to November)
Cromdale and Advie
(linked with Abernethy)
Rev James A. I. MacEwan Cromdale Church: Sunday 10.30am (except first Sunday of the month)
Advie Church: Sunday 10.30am (first Sunday of the month only)
Dulnain Bridge
(linked with Grantown-on-Spey)
Rev Morris Smith Sunday 12.00noon
Duthil
(linked with Boat of Garten and Kincardine)
Rev David W. Whyte Sunday 11.30am
Grantown-on-Spey
(linked with Dulnain Bridge)
Rev Morris Smith Sunday 10.30am
Kingussie St Columba
Saint Columba
-Saints:* Columba , Irish Christian saint who evangelized Scotland* Columba the Virgin, also known as Saint Columba of Cornwall* Columba of Sens* Columba of Spain* Columba of Terryglass* Sancta Columba -Schools:...

Rev Helen Cook Sunday 11.00am
Laggan
(linked with Newtonmore)
Rev Catherine Buchan Sunday 10.00am
Newtonmore
(linked with Laggan)
St Bride Rev Catherine Buchan Sunday 11.15am
Tomintoul linked with Glenlivet and Inveravon Rev Sven S. Bjarnason Tomintoul Church: Sunday 11.15am
Inveravon Church: Sunday 9.30am

Presbytery of Angus

Presbytery Clerk: Rev Michael S Goss
Location Dedication Minister Details
Aberlemno
(linked with Guthrie and Rescobie)
Rev Brian Ramsay Sunday 10.30am
(times change monthly with Guthrie and Rescobie)
Arbirlot
(linked with Carmyllie)
currently vacant Sunday 11.00am
Arbroath: Knox's
(linked with Arbroath: St Vigeans)
Rev Dr Nelu Balaj Sunday 10.00am
Arbroath: Old and Abbey St Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...

Rev Dr Valerie L. Allen Sunday 11.00am
Wednesday 7.00pm
Arbroath: St Andrew's St Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

Rev Dr W. Martin Fair Sunday 10.00am (July and August only)
Sunday 11.00am

Sunday 8.00pm (first Sunday of the month)

Wednesday 10.30am
Arbroath: St Vigeans St Vigean/St Fechin Rev Dr Nelu Balaj Sunday 11.30am
Arbroath: West Kirk Rev Alasdair G. Graham Sunday 11.00am
Barry
(linked with Carnoustie)
Rev Michael S. Goss Sunday 10.00am (July and August only, July in Carnoustie Church)
Sunday 11.00am (September to June)
Brechin: High Kirk
(Brechin Cathedral)
Rev Roderick G Graham Sunday 10.30am
Other times as advertised

All age family worship on the first Sunday every month

Presbytery of Annandale and Eskdale

  • Annan: Old Parish Church
  • Annan: St. Andrew's Parish Church
  • Applegarth, Sibbaldbie and Johnstone Parish Church
  • Brydekirk Parish Church
  • Canonbie United Parish Church
  • Dalton Parish Church
  • Dornock Parish Church
  • Gretna: Old, Gretna: St. Andrew's and Half Morton and Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church
  • Hightae Parish Church
  • Hoddam Parish Church
  • Kirkpatrick Juxta Parish Church
  • Kirtle-Eaglesfield Parish Church
  • Langholm, Eskdalemuir, Ewes and Westerkirk Parish Church
  • Liddesdale Parish Church
  • Lochmaben Parish Church
  • Lockerbie: Dryfesdale, Hutton and Corrie Parish Church
  • Middlebie Parish Church
  • Moffat: St. Andrew's Parish Church
  • St. Mungo Parish Church
  • The Border Kirk
  • Tundergarth Parish Church
  • Wamphray Parish Church
  • Waterbeck Parish Church

Presbytery of Ardrossan

  • Isle of Arran
    • Brodick Church
    • Corrie Church
    • Kilmory Church
    • Lamlash Church
    • Lochranza and Pirnmill Church
    • Shiskine Church
    • Whiting Bay and Kildonan Church
  • Ayrshire mainland
    • Barony St John's Church, Ardrossan
    • Park Church, Ardrossan
    • High Church, Beith
    • Trinity Church, Beith
    • St Margaret's Parish Church, Dalry
    • Trinity Church, Dalry
    • Fairlie Parish Church, Fairlie
    • Auld Kirk, Kilbirnie
      Kilbirnie Auld Kirk
      Kilbirnie Auld Kirk is a Church of Scotland congregation on Dalry Road , Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Although the building dates back to the 15th century, the present congregation was formed in 1978 by the amalgamation of Glengarnock Parish Church and the The Barony Church.- History...

    • St Columba's Church, Kilbirnie
    • Fergushill Church, Kilwinning
    • Mansefield Trinity Church, Kilwinning
    • Old Abbey Church, Kilwinning
    • Clark Memorial Church, Largs
    • St Columba's Church, Largs:
    • St John's Church, Largs
    • Cumbrae Parish Church, Millport
    • New Trinity Church, Saltcoats
    • North Parish Church, Saltcoats
    • St Cuthbert's Church, Saltcoats
    • Ardeer Church, Stevenston:
    • High Kirk, Stevenston
    • Livingstone Church, Stevenston
    • Overton Church, West Kilbride:
    • St Andrew's Church, West Kilbride

Presbytery of Argyll

  • Kilarrow Parish Church
    Kilarrow Parish Church
    Kilarrow Church is a Church of Scotland parish church, overlooking and serving Bowmore on the Isle of Islay.The "Round Church", as it is often known, was built in 1767. It has a highly unusual circular design, more reminiscent of some churches built in the 1960s...

     (The Isle of Islay
    Islay
    -Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...

    's famous round church)
  • Kilchoman Linked with Kilmany and Portnahaven
  • Kilmany Linked with Kilchoman and Portnahaven
  • Portnahaven
    Portnahaven
    Portnahaven is a village on Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.It is located at the southern tip of the Rinns at the southern end of the A847 road. Its harbour is sheltered by the island of Orsay and its smaller neighbour Eilean Mhic Coinnich. The Rinns of Islay lighthouse, built by Stevenson...

     Linked with Kilchoman and Kilmany
  • Lismore Parish Church

Presbytery of Ayr

  • Alloway Kirk
    Alloway Kirk
    The old Alloway Kirk is a ruin in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland , celebrated as the scene of the witches' dance in the poem Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns....

  • Kingcase Parish Church
    Kingcase Parish Church
    Kingcase Parish Church is located in South Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland and within the presbytery of Ayr....

  • Kirkoswald Parish Church
    Kirkoswald Parish Church
    Kirkoswald Parish Church is located in the small village of Kirkoswald , South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a parish church in the Church of Scotland....

  • St. Andrews Parish Church Park Circus http://www.standrewsayr.org.uk

Presbytery of Dumbarton

  • Alexandria
  • Arrochar linked with Luss
  • Baldernock
  • Bearsden: Baljaffray
  • Bearsden: Cross
  • Bearsden: Killermont
  • Bearsden: New Kilpatrick
    New Kilpatrick
    New Kilpatrick, is an ecclesiastical Parish and former Civil Parish in Dunbartonshire. It was formed in 1649 from the eastern half of the parish of Kilpatrick , the western half forming Old Kilpatrick...

  • Bearsden: Westerton Fairlie Memorial
  • Bonhill
  • Cardross
  • Clydebank: Abbotsford
  • Clydebank: Faifley
  • Clydebank: Kilbowie St Andrew's
  • Clydebank: Radnor Park
  • Clydebank: St Cuthbert's linked with Duntocher
  • Craigrownie linked with Rosneath: St Modan's
  • Dalmuir: Barclay
  • Dumbarton: Riverside
  • Dumbarton: St Andrew's
  • Dumbarton: West Kirk
  • Duntocher linked with Clydebank: St Cuthbert's
  • Garelochhead
  • Helensburgh: Park
  • Helensburgh: St Columba
  • Helensburgh: The West Kirk
  • Jamestown
  • Kilmaronock Gartocharn
  • Luss linked with Arrochar
  • Milngavie: Cairns
  • Milngavie: St Luke's
  • Milngavie: St Paul's
  • Old Kilpatrick
    Old Kilpatrick
    Old Kilpatrick is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.The village is on the north bank of the River Clyde immediately to the north of the Forth and Clyde Canal, three miles from Clydebank on the road to Dumbarton. The Great Western Road runs through Old Kilpatrick, and the next village to...

     Bowling
  • Renton: Trinity
  • Rhu and Shandon
  • Rosneath: St Modan's linked with Craigrownie

Presbytery of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright


Presbytery of Dundee

  • Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)
    Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)
    Dundee Parish Church is located in the east section of Dundee's "City Churches", the other being occupied by the Steeple Church. Both are congregations in the Church of Scotland, although with differing styles of worship....

  • Steeple Church
    Steeple Church
    The Steeple Church occupies the western part of the historic "City Churches" building in Dundee, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. It has lively, vibrant worship and attracts some university students....

  • Stobswell Parish Church
  • St Luke's & Queen St Church, Broughty Ferry

Presbytery of Dunfermline

  • Culross Abbey
    Culross Abbey
    Culross Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Culross, Scotland, headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Culross. It is still used as the local parish church by the Church of Scotland.-History:...

  • Dunfermline Abbey
    Dunfermline Abbey
    Dunfermline Abbey is as a Church of Scotland Parish Church located in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. In 2002 the congregation had 806 members. The minister is the Reverend Alastair Jessamine...

  • Dalgety Parish Church http://www.dalgety-church.org.uk
  • Aberdour St Fillan's
  • Inverkeithing Parish Church
  • North Queensferry Church

Presbytery of Dunkeld and Meigle

  • Dunkeld Cathedral
    Dunkeld Cathedral
    Dunkeld Cathedral stands on the north bank of the River Tay in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Built in square-stone style of predominantly grey sandstone, the cathedral proper was begun in 1260 and completed in 1501...

  • Pitlochry Church

Presbytery of Edinburgh
Presbytery of Edinburgh
The Presbytery of Edinburgh is one of the forty-six presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, being the local presbytery for Edinburgh. Its boundary is almost identical to that of the City of Edinburgh Council area .The current Clerk is the Reverend Dr. George J. Whyte...

  • Barclay Viewforth Church
  • Blackhall St. Columba's Church
  • Broughton St Mary's Parish Church
  • Canongate Kirk
  • Colinton Parish Church
    Colinton Parish Church
    Colinton Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The church building is located in Dell Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland....

  • Davidsons Mains Parish Church
  • Drylaw Parish Church
  • Duddingston Kirk
    Duddingston Kirk
    Duddingston Kirk is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland, located adjacent to Holyrood Park in Duddingston Village, on the east side of the City of Edinburgh. Regular services are held at the Kirk, conducted by the minister, Rev Dr James A. P...

  • Gilmerton New Charge
  • Greenside Parish Church
  • Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk
  • High Kirk of Edinburgh (St Giles Cathedral)
  • Holyrood Abbey Church (Dalziel Place)
  • Kaimes Lockhart Memorial Church
  • Liberton Kirk
  • Liberton Northfield Parish Church
  • London Road Church
  • Marchmont St Giles Church
  • Mayfield Salisbury Church
    Mayfield Salisbury Church
    Mayfield Salisbury Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in Edinburgh, Scotland, approximately 2 miles south of the city centre...

  • North Leith Parish Church
    North Leith Parish Church
    North Leith Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, within the Presbytery of Edinburgh. It is serves part of Leith, formerly an independent burgh and since 1920 a part of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.-Building:...

  • St Andrew's and St George's West Church
  • St Catherine's Argyle Church
  • St Cuthbert's Church
  • St Serf's Church, Inverleith
  • St Stephen's Comely Bank Church
  • South Leith Parish Church
    South Leith Parish Church
    South Leith Parish Church or Kirk is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. It is the principal church and congregation in Leith, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its kirkyard is the burial place for John Home, author of Douglas, and John Pew, the man from whom the author Robert Louis Stevenson reputedly...

  • Tron Moredun Church

Presbytery of Falkirk

  • Falkirk Old & St. Modans Parish Church
    Falkirk Old Parish Church
    Falkirk Old & St. Modan's Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Falkirk, central Scotland. The medieval Old Parish Church is located in the centre of Falkirk, and may have been founded as early as the 7th century. The medieval church was largely rebuilt in the 19th century,...

  • St. Andrew's West
    St. Andrew's West
    St. Andrew's West Parish Church is the largest church in Falkirk, Scotland, founded in 1843 and situated in the town centre on Upper Newmarket Street and known for its conservative evangelical preaching, aligning itself with the Forward Together group and the Evangelical Alliance...

  • Erskine Church
  • Grahamston United Church

Presbytery of Glasgow 

Outwith the city

Within the City

Presbytery of Gordon

  • Skene Parish Church
    Skene Parish Church
    Skene Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland at Skene, in the Presbytery of Gordon. The parish has two places of worship, Skene Church at Kirkton of Skene and Trinity Church at Westhill. The current minister is Rev. Iain U...

  • Ellon Parish Church (including Slains)

Presbytery of Greenock and Paisley

Official Website
  • Laigh Kirk, Paisley
    Laigh kirk, Paisley
    The Laigh Kirk, Paisley was a congregation of the Church of Scotland and the original Burgh church of Paisley.-History:The Laigh Kirk was founded in August 1738 by the Burgh of Paisley and by the Presbytery of Paisley as the parish church for the whole burgh, in response to the burgeoning...

  • Paisley Abbey
    Paisley Abbey
    Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in west central Scotland.-History:...

  • The Mount Kirk, Greenock

Presbytery of Hamilton

Presbytery Clerk: Rev. Shaw J. Paterson

Official Website

Presbytery of Inverness

  • Barn Church, Culloden
    Barn Church, Culloden
    The Barn Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland at Culloden, in the Presbytery of Inverness. Although the congregation is relatively young, and only received full status as a parish church in its own right in the late 1980s, the building is of considerable historical interest...

  • Crown Church, Inverness
    Crown Church, Inverness
    Crown Church is a parish church in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, located at the junction of Midmills Road and Kingsmills Road near the city centre. The first minister was the Reverend William Todd, renowned for his fervent evangelical preaching. Originally built for the Free Church of...

  • Old High St Stephen's, Inverness
    Old High St Stephen's, Inverness
    Old High St Stephen's Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland. The congregation was formed on 30 October 2003 by a union of the congregations of Inverness Old High and Inverness St Stephen's...

    - see Inverness
    Inverness
    Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

     buildings and history; also Old High St Stephen's, Inverness and Old High Church at the Inverness Riverside Churches website

Presbytery of Kincardine and Deeside

  • Aberluthnott linked with Laurencekirk
    Laurencekirk
    Laurencekirk is a small town in the ancient county of Kincardineshire, modern county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road. It is the largest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns area and houses the local secondary school; Mearns Academy, which was awarded the...

  • Aboyne - Dinnet linked with Cromar
  • Arbuthnott, Bervie & Kinneff Parish Church
    Arbuthnott, Bervie & Kinneff Parish Church
    Arbuthnott, Bervie and Kinneff is a united Parish. The Rev Dennis Rose of Boghall Church, Bathgate preached as Sole Nominee on June 27th 2010 and was elected minister of the parish...

  • Banchory-Devenick and Maryculter-Cookney
  • Banchory Ternan East Church
    Banchory Ternan East Church
    Banchory Ternan East Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, a member of the Presbyterian Church. The church building is located in Station Road, Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland...

     http://www.banchoryeastchurch.org
  • Banchory-Ternan West
  • Birse and Feughside
  • Braemar and Crathie
  • Cromar linked with Aboyne - Dinnet
  • Drumoak (H) and Durris
  • Dunnottar Parish Church
    Dunnottar Parish Church
    Dunnottar Parish Church is a traditional church in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the Mearns.- Future :The Rev Rosslyn Duncan is due to become minister of Stonehaven South Parish Church when its current minister, Rev...

  • Glenmuick (Ballater)
  • Laurencekirk linked with Aberluthnott
  • Mearns Coastal Parish Church (Johnshaven
    Johnshaven
    Johnshaven is a coastal village along the North Sea located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is accessed off the A92 coast road that connects Fife and Stonehaven, where it joins the A90 and continues northward to Aberdeen and beyond...

     & St Cyrus
    St Cyrus
    St Cyrus is a village located in the extreme south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.-General information:...

    )
  • Mid Deeside (United churches of Torphins, Kincardine O'Neil and Lumphanan)
  • Newtonhill
    Newtonhill
    Newtonhill is a farming village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has been popular with farm workers and tradesmen for decades for its cheap housing and location, just six miles south of Aberdeen.-Facilities:...

  • Portlethen
    Portlethen
    Portlethen is a town located approximately 7 miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland along the A90. The estimated population is currently 7,327.To the east of Portlethen lie three fishing villages: Findon, Downies and Portlethen Village .Although Portlethen has been granted official town status, it...

  • Stonehaven: Fetteresso
  • Stonehaven: South
  • West Mearns

Presbytery of Kirkcaldy


Presbytery of Lanark

  • St Nicholas' Parish Church, Lanark
  • Lesmahagow: Abbeygreen Church
    Abbeygreen Church
    Abbeygreen Church is a reformed, evangelical congregation of the Church of Scotland in the town of Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire. It lies opposite the Glebe Park on Abbeygreen. The neighbouring church, the Old Parish Church of Lesmahagow was built, in its present form, in 1803 at the site of the...

  • Lesmahagow Old Parish Church
    Lesmahagow Old Parish Church
    Lesmahagow Old Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland within the Presbytery of Lanark. It is the largest church in the South Lanarkshire town of Lesmahagow....


Presbytery of Lochaber

  • Acharacle linked with Ardnamurchan
  • Ardgour & Kingairloch linked with Strontian linked with Morvern
  • St Munda's Glencoe linked with Duror (of Appin)
  • Fort Augustus linked with Glengarry
  • Duncansburgh MacIntosh (Fort William) linked with Kilmonivaig
  • Kilmallie
  • Nether Lochaber linked with Kinlochleven
  • North West Lochaber

Presbytery of Lothian

  • Abbey Church, North Berwick
  • Aberlady Parish Church
  • Bolton Parish Church united with Saltoun, and linked with Humbie and Yester
  • Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church
    Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church
    Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland...

  • Dunbar Parish Church
  • Humbie Parish Church
    Humbie Parish Church
    Humbie Parish Church is a church in the small village of Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland. It is part of the Church of Scotland, and is a linked charge which joins the parishes of Bolton & Saltoun, Yester and Humbie....

     linked with Yester, Bolton and Saltoun
  • Lasswade and Rosewell Parish Church
    Lasswade and Rosewell Parish Church
    Lasswade and Rosewell Parish Church serves the communities of Lasswade and Rosewell, Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.-Lasswade:...

  • Prestonkirk Parish Church
    Prestonkirk Parish Church
    Prestonkirk Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church at East Linton, in the parish of Traprain, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, close to Preston Mill, Smeaton, Phantassie, and the River Tyne.-Building:...

  • St. Andrew Blackadder Church, North Berwick
  • St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington
    St. Mary's Collegiate Church
    The Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of Scotland parish church in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.Building work on the church was started in 1380, and further building and rebuilding has taken place up to the present day...

  • St. Nicholas Buccleuch Church, Dalkeith
  • Saltoun Parish Church
    Saltoun Parish Church
    Saltoun Parish Church is a church in East Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland. It is part of the Church of Scotland, and serves the parish of Bolton and Saltoun, which includes the villages of Bolton, East Saltoun and West Saltoun....

     united with Bolton, and linked with Humbie and Yester
  • Yester Parish Church
    Yester Parish Church
    Yester Parish Church is a church of the Church of Scotland in the village of Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. The village forms part of Yester Parish, and is a linked charge which combines the parishes of Bolton & Saltoun, and Humbie.- History and design :...

     linked with Humbie, Bolton and Saltoun

Presbytery of Melrose and Peebles

  • Ashkirk linked with Selkirk
  • Bowden
  • Caddonfoot linked with Galashiels: Trinity
  • Carlops linked with Kirkurd and Newlands linked with West Linton: St Andrew's
  • Channelkirk and Lauder
  • Earlston
  • Eddleston linked with Peebles: Old
    Old Parish Church of Peebles
    The Old Parish Church of Peebles is the main church in Peebles, Borders, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Dedicated on 29 March 1887, it lies at the end of the High Street....

  • Ettrick and Yarrow
  • Galashiels: Old and St Paul's
  • Galashiels: St John's
  • Galashiels: Trinity linked with Caddonfoot
  • Innerleithen, Traquair and Walkerburn
  • Kirkurd and Newlands linked with Carlops
  • Lyne and Manor
  • Melrose
  • Newtown linked with St Boswells linked with Maxton and Mertoun
  • Peebles: St Andrew's Leckie
  • St Boswells linked with Maxton and Mertoun linked with Newtown
  • Skirling linked with Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho
  • Stobo and Drumelzier linked with Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho
  • Stow: St Mary of Wedale and Heriot
  • Tweedsmuir linked with Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho
  • West Linton: St Andrew's linked with Carlops

Presbytery of Moray

  • Aberlour
  • Alves and Burghead
  • Bellie
  • Birnie and Pluscarden
  • Buckie North
  • Buckie: South & West
  • Cullen and Deskford
  • Dallas: St. Michael's Church
  • Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman
  • Dyke
  • Edinkillie
  • Elgin: High
  • Elgin: St. Giles' and St. Columba's South
  • Enzie
  • Findochty
  • Forres: St. Laurence
  • Forres: St. Leonard's
  • Keith: North, Newmill, Boharm & Rothiemay
  • Keith: St. Rufus, Botriphnie and Grange
  • Kinloss and Findhorn
  • Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown
  • Lossiemouth: St. Gerardine's High Church
  • Lossiemouth: St. James
  • Mortlach and Cabrach
  • Portknockie
  • Rafford
  • Rathven
  • Rothes
  • Speymouth
  • St. Andrew's-Lhanbryd and Urquhart

Presbytery of St Andrews

  • Balmerino Parish Church
  • Ceres Parish Church
  • Gauldry Church
  • Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews
  • Hope Park Church, St Andrews
    Hope Park Church, St Andrews
    Hope Park Church in St Andrews, Fife is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.-Building:The current building, by Peddie & Kinnear, was completed in 1865...

  • Martyrs' Church, St Andrews
  • St Leonard's Parish Church, St Andrews
  • St Athernase Church
    St Athernase Church
    St Athernase Church is a Romanesque church located in Leuchars, Fife, United Kingdom. It remains in use as a Church of Scotland parish church and the current minister is the Reverend Caroline Taylor....

    , Leuchars
    Leuchars
    Leuchars is a small town near the north-east coast of Fife in Scotland.The town is nearly to the north of the village of Guardbridge, which lies on the north bank of the River Eden where it widens to the Edenmouth estuary before joining the North Sea at St Andrews Bay. Leuchars is north-east of...

  • St Monans Parish Church
  • Wormit Church

Presbytery of Stirling

  • Dunblane Cathedral
    Dunblane Cathedral
    Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland.-History:...

  • The Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling
    The Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling
    The Church of the Holy Rude is the second oldest building in Stirling, Scotland, after Stirling Castle. The church was founded in 1129 during the reign of David I as the parish church of Stirling....

  • Lecropt Kirk
    Lecropt
    Lecropt is a rural parish lying to the west of Bridge of Allan, Scotland.The population of the parish of Lecropt is estimated to be around 75, consisting entirely of isolated farms and houses, as well as the Keir Estate owned by the landed Stirling family...

  • Parish of Balfron
    Balfron
    Balfron, is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated near Endrick Water on the A875 road, 18 miles west of Stirling and 16 miles north of Glasgow. Although a rural settlement, it lies within commuting distance of Glasgow, and serves as a dormitory town.-History:The name...


Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer

Due to the rural nature of the Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a registration county in the Southern Uplands of south west Scotland. Until 1975, the county was one of the administrative counties used for local government purposes, and is now administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway...

 area there is a high number of linked parishes, where a minster is shared between two or more parishes.
  • Ervie Kirkcolm linked with Leswalt
  • Glasserton
    Glasserton
    ‘’’Glasserton’’’ is a parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is thought that the name derives from the Saxon for “bare hill”. It is located near Whithorn and includes the village of Monrieth, the area called Kirkmaiden and two mansions, namely Glasserton Park and Physgill, together with...

     and Isle of Whithorn
    Isle of Whithorn
    Isle of Whithorn is one of the most southerly villages and seaports in Scotland, lying on the coast, north east of Burrow Head, about three miles from Whithorn. Whithorn, , is a former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, with which the Isle of Whithorn is frequently incorrectly amalgamated or...

     linked with Whithorn: St Ninian's Priory
  • Inch linked with Stranraer: Town Kirk
  • Kirkcowan
    Kirkcowan
    Kirkcowan is a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.It is situated in the north of the Machars peninsula, about 7 miles south south west of Newton Stewart....

     linked with Wigtown
  • Kirkinner
    Kirkinner
    Kirkinner is a small village located in the Machars, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland....

     linked with Sorbie
  • Kirkmabreck linked with Monigaff
  • Kirkmaiden
    Kirkmaiden
    Kirkmaiden is a civil parish in the Rinns of Galloway, the most southerly in Scotland; the present Church of Scotland parish has the same name as and is approximately coterminous with the original pre-Reformation parish....

     linked with Stoneykirk
  • Leswalt
    Leswalt
    Leswalt is a name of unknown origins. Possible derivations for its name include llys gwellt meaning grass court or perhaps lios uillt meaning fort of the glen - referring to Lochnaw Castle.- Leswalt Parish :...

     linked with Ervie Kirkcolm
  • Mochrum
    Mochrum
    Mochrum is a small agricultural parish in Wigtownshire on the west of the Machars peninsula, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It has a population of about 125 which is considerably lower than the population of about 150 years ago. It lies 3.1 km north of the small fishing village of Port...

  • Monigaff linked with Kirkmabreck
  • New Luce
    New Luce
    New Luce is a quiet picturesque village in the Scottish unitary council area of Dumfries and Galloway. It has a shop, pub and two bridges. In the summer it has a popular gala day. The coast to coast walk, the Southern Upland Way, passes close to the village. New Luce is surrounded by good walking...

     linked with Old Luce
  • Old Luce
    Glenluce
    Glenluce is a village in the Scottish area of Dumfries and Galloway.Located on the A75 road between Stranraer and Newton Stewart it is in the traditional county of Wigtownshire. Glenluce Abbey is nearby at ....

     linked with New Luce
  • Penninghame
  • Portpatrick
    Portpatrick
    Portpatrick is a village hanging on to the extreme south-westerly tip of mainland Scotland, cut into a cleft in steep cliffs.Dating back historically some 500 years, and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, its position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the...

     linked with Stranraer: St Ninian's
  • Sorbie
    Sorbie
    Sorbie is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.It is located mid-way between Wigtown and Whithorn on the A714 road. Formerly served by the Wigtownshire Railway branch of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway, Sorbie once boasted a creamery some of whose produce was exported...

      linked with Kirkinner
  • Stoneykirk
    Stoneykirk
    Stoneykirk is a small village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It sits in the heart of the Rhins of Galloway, south of Stranraer. The the A716 runs through part of the village. The village developed around the village's church , with a number of small cottages...

     linked with Kirkmaiden
  • Stranraer
    Stranraer
    Stranraer is a town in the southwest of Scotland. It lies in the west of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland...

    : High Kirk
  • Stranraer: St Ninian's linked with Portpatrick
  • Stranraer
    Stranraer
    Stranraer is a town in the southwest of Scotland. It lies in the west of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland...

    : Town Kirk  linked with Inch
  • Whithorn
    Whithorn
    Whithorn is a former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in Scotland, Candida Casa : the 'White [or 'Shining'] House', built by Saint Ninian about 397.-Eighth and twelfth centuries:A...

    : St Ninian's Priory linked with Glasserton and Isle of Whithorn
  • Wigtown
    Wigtown
    Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It lies south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. It has a population of about 1,000...

     linked with Kirkcowan

Presbytery of West Lothian

  • St. Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow
    St. Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow
    St. Michael's Parish Church is one of the largest burgh churches in the Church of Scotland. It is one of two parishes serving the West Lothian county town of Linlithgow, the other being St. Ninian's Craigmailen...

  • Whitburn South Parish Church

Presbytery of England

  • Crown Court Church
    Crown Court Church
    A Scottish Presbyterian congregation was first established in London during the reign of King James I of England and VI of Scots, following the Union of the Crowns in 1603...

    , London WC2
  • St Columba's Church, London
    St Columba's Church, London
    St Columba's Church is one of the two London congregations of the Church of Scotland. The church building is located in Pont Street, Knightsbridge, near Harrod's department store....

     SW1
  • St Andrew's, Liverpool - see also Church of Saint Andrew, Liverpool
    Church of Saint Andrew, Liverpool
    The Church of Saint Andrew, Liverpool, is a ruined church in Rodney Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building, and is on its Buildings at Risk Register.-History:...

  • Corby, St Andrew's NN17
  • Corby, St Ninian's NN18
  • Jersey, St Columba's
  • Guernsey, St Andrew's in the Grange
  • Newcastle, St Andrew's

Presbytery of Europe
Presbytery of Europe
The Presbytery of Europe covers the Church of Scotland's congregations in continental Europe.As a Presbyterian church, the Church of Scotland has no bishops. Instead courts of ministers, elders and deacons have collective responsibility for the governance of the church...

  • English Reformed Church, Amsterdam
    English Reformed Church, Amsterdam
    The English Reformed Church is one of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam, situated in the centre of the city. It is home to an English-speaking congregation which is affiliated to the Church of Scotland and to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands...

  • St Andrew's Church, Brussels
    St Andrew's Church, Brussels
    St Andrew's Church in Brussels is a congregation in membership of both the Church of Scotland and the United Protestant Church in Belgium Services are conducted in English...

  • St Andrew's Church, Gibraltar
    St Andrew's Church, Gibraltar
    St Andrew's Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar and is part of the Presbytery of Europe. The church was opened in 1854...

  • The Scots Kirk, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Scots Kirk, Lausanne
    The Scots Kirk is situated at 24 Avenue de Rumine, Lausanne. It is one of two congregations of the Church of Scotland in Switzerland, the other being the Scots Kirk in Geneva, and is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Europe....

  • St Andrew's Church, Lisbon, Portugal
    St Andrew's Church, Lisbon, Portugal
    St Andrew’s Church is the only congregation of the Church of Scotland in Portugal. It seeks to provide English-speaking Reformed Christian worship and pastoral care to a multinational community....

  • St. Andrew's Scots Church, Malta
    St. Andrew's Scots Church, Malta
    St. Andrew's Scots Church, Malta, is a joint congregation of the Church of Scotland and the Methodist Church of Great Britain. For Church of Scotland purposes it is part of the Presbytery of Europe. It is the only Reformed Church in Malta...

  • The Scots Kirk, Paris
    The Scots Kirk, Paris
    The Scots Kirk is situated at 17, rue Bayard, near the Champs-Elysées in Paris. It is the only congregation of the Church of Scotland in France. The church building is modern but somewhat inconspicuous from the street. The nearest Paris Métro station is Franklin D. Roosevelt.-History:The origins of...

  • St Andrew's Church, Rome
    St Andrew's Church, Rome
    St Andrew's Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Rome, Italy, belonging to the Church's Presbytery of Europe. The current minister is Rev. William B. McCulloch....


Presbytery of Jerusalem

  • St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem
    St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem
    St Andrew’s Church, Jerusalem, was built as a memorial to the Scottish soldiers who were killed fighting the Turkish Army during World War I, bringing to an end Ottoman rule over Palestine. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.-Foundation:...

  • St Andrew's Church, Tiberias, Galilee

Other Church of Scotland buildings and institutions

  • Trinity College, Glasgow
    Trinity College, Glasgow
    Trinity College, Glasgow, Scotland, is the Church of Scotland's College at the University of Glasgow. It provides special supervision of candidates for the ministry through a Principal and a College Council...

  • St Mary's College, St Andrews
    St Mary's College, St Andrews
    St Mary's College of the University of St Andrews, in Fife, Scotland - in full, the New College of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - was founded in 1538 by Archbishop James Beaton, uncle of Cardinal David Beaton on the site of the pedagogy or St Johns College .St Mary's College was...

  • New College, Edinburgh
    New College, Edinburgh
    New College was opened in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and from the 1930s has been the home of the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh...

  • Christ's College, Aberdeen
    Christ's College, Aberdeen
    Christ's College, Aberdeen was one of three colleges in Scotland founded by the Free Church of Scotland for the training of ministers following the Disruption of 1843. The other two were New College, Edinburgh and Trinity College, Glasgow....

  • Church of Scotland Offices
    Church of Scotland Offices
    The Church of Scotland offices are located in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland at 121 George Street. These imposing buildings are popularly known in Church circles as "one-two-one". They were designed in a Scandinavian-influenced style by the architect Sydney Mitchell and built in 1909-1911 for...

    , 121 George St, Edinburgh
  • General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland
    General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland
    The Assembly Hall is located between the Lawnmarket and The Mound in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the meeting place of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.-History:...

  • St Ninian's Centre, Crieff
    St Ninian's Centre, Crieff
    The St Ninian's Centre in was a conference centre owned by the Church of Scotland which was located in Crieff, Perthshire in Scotland, UK. It was converted from the former Crieff West Parish Church in 1960...

     (now closed)

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