Woking is the most culturally diverse town in Surrey, surrounded by beautiful greenbelt land and only 25 minutes from central London by train. It is a place people want to live, with good public services and local facilities. Woking has a large number of thriving churches from a range of denominations.
St Mary of Bethany (SMOB for short) is an evangelical Anglican church on the edge of Woking town centre, located between two residential roads: Mount Hermon Road and York Road. We are affiliated with the Evangelical Alliance and New Wine Network.
The parish contains a mix of family housing, sheltered housing for the elderly, higher density flats and Barnsbury Estate; former council housing. Roughly half the congregation live in the parish; the remainder live elsewhere in Woking and surrounding villages. We have two primary schools within the parish, with whom we have good relationships.