St. James, Shirley, Southampton

St. James, Shirley, Southampton

Shirley is a bustling suburb of Southampton. St. James’ church sits opposite a busy park and is on a quite busy road. I found it locked with no indication of how I might get to take a look inside. The parish office is opposite but that wasn’t open. There is nothing about visiting on the church website (www.shirleyparishchurch.org.uk), although there is a lot of other useful information there. The banner on the wall says ‘try praying’ which is a bit ironic when you can’t get inside to do so! As my school reports often said ‘could do better.’