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<p>The most recent survey of church attendance was published in 2018, and the table
below contains figures aggregated from 2014-18 using average weekly attendance figures
at all age services. These figures are collected each year during four weeks in October.</p><p>The
figures in the table below include adult and child attendance at Sunday and midweek
church services and fresh expressions, but not attendance at services for schools.
Special local services such as memorials to commemorate flooding – can lead to fluctuations
in the figures.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother
Valley*</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire*</p></td><td><p>82,600</p></td><td><p>82,800</p></td><td><p>77,600</p></td><td><p>75,500</p></td><td><p>75,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Church
of England</p></td><td><p>975,300</p></td><td><p>959,900</p></td><td><p>921,700</p></td><td><p>893,900</p></td><td><p>870,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>More information can be found in the annual Statistics for Mission report:
<a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media/18763" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/media/18763</a></p><p>Parish
boundaries do not coincide with constituency or county boundaries. Figures in the
table are based on reasonable approximations as follows:</p><ul><li>The Rother Valley
figure refers to the parishes in the Deanery of Laughton along with the parishes of
Whiston and Wickersley.</li><li>The Yorkshire figure refers to the Dioceses of York,
Leeds, and Sheffield.</li></ul>
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