There are three churches in the Poppletons.
The oldest is St Everilda’s in Nether Poppleton. Church services there are on Sunday morning at 8.30 and Wednesdays at 10.30. Both services are normally Communion services. The Vicar is Reverend Simon Biddlestone who can be contacted at revsimonbiddlestone@hotmail.com or (01904) 868581. To arrange marriages, baptisms or funerals, or for any other matter, you can contact Simon or the church office.
The Church office number is 07380 954043. email:poppletonparish@gmail.com
All Saints Church, Upper Poppleton on the Green is also a Church of England establishment and has been on the original site since the 11 century but the building was replaced in the 19 century with a more modern and functional church. Services on Sundays are at 10.30am with Evensong on the 1st Sunday of the month at 6.00pm. The Vicar is Reverend Simon Biddlestone who can be contacted at revsimonbiddlestone@hotmail.com or (01904) 868581. To arrange marriages, baptisms or funerals, or for any other matter, you can contact Simon or the church office.
The Church office number is 07380 954043. email:poppletonparish@gmail.com
The Methodist Church is in Upper Poppleton with a prominent position on the Green.
On 13th July 1757 John Wesley preached to a crowd of villagers on the Green at Upper Poppleton. They flocked to hear him that evening and although, as he said, it was “violently hot”, they listened eagerly. That night he wrote in his diary. “Preached at Poppleton where the poor gladly received the Gospel. The rich heard it and even seemed to approve. God give them to understand and practice it.”
His prayers were answered when two farmers became trustees of a new chapel in York and a Methodist group was formed in Poppleton. Initially meeting for services in a barn, eventually, in 1817, they built a small chapel with a front door and two windows looking out on to the Green. In 1889 a bigger chapel was built alongside the original one and forms the chapel in use today. In the early 20th Century, the original chapel was demolished and a hall and school room were built alongside the chapel. Further extensions were completed in the 1970s and 1980s and in 2021 a new hall was built at the rear of the church with a new garden looking out onto open country.
This was phase 1 of the Ruach development project to update the 
premises and lower the floors throughout to pavement level to allow easy access to all users. For information about services, Ruach and other activities on the premises use the following address.