At visitation services the archdeacons welcome, encourage, prepare the churchwardens for the coming year and highlight developments of particular relevance.
The services are significant events in the life of the diocese and important occasions when churchwardens dedicate themselves to the service of Christ and his Church at the beginning of their term of office, in the company of others who are taking on the same responsibility.
Any warden that does not attend a visitation service will not legally be admitted as a churchwarden unless special arrangements are made with the Archdeacons’ PAs. They can be reached on respectively:
Here are the dates for 2025.
| Date | Deaneries | Archdeaconry | Venue |
| Monday 2 June | Macclesfield/Cheadle | Macclesfield | St Michael and All Angels, Macclesfield SK10 1HW |
| Thursday 5 June | Great Budworth/Middlewich | Chester | St Mary's, Whitegate CW8 2AY |
| Monday 9 June | Frodsham/Wirral South | Chester | St Berteline, Norton WA7 6QE |
| Wednesday 11 June | Mottram/Stockport/Chadkirk | Macclesfield | St John's, Dukinfield SK16 5PT |
| Monday 16 June | Bowdon/Knutsford | Macclesfield | St Mary Magdalene, Ashton Upon Mersey M33 6GD |
| Wednesday 18 June | Chester/Malpas | Chester | St Peter's, Waverton CH3 7QN |
| Tuesday 24 June | Nantwich/Congleton | Macclesfield | St Mary's, Acton CW5 8LE |
| Wednesday 25 June | Birkenhead/Wirral North & Wallasey | Chester | St Peter's, Rock Ferry CH42 1PY |
Laura Howard 01928 643435 laura.howard@chester.anglican.org (for the Chester Archdeaconry)
Deb Toole 01928 643420 deb.toole@chester.anglican.org (for the Macclesfield Archdeaconry)
More information about Archdeacons' Visitations for Church Wardens