THE Church of St Mary's will finally open its doors officially with a dedication from the Bishop of Buckingham.

The new St Mary's Church, Glory Mill Lane, Wooburn Green, will have the special ceremony on Shrove Tuesday, next week.

Derek Burden, vicar of St Paul's Church, Wooburn Green, and the new St Mary's, said: "We have had several services there for the last two or three weeks.

"We are having about 30 to 40 people for every Sunday service."

When the original church, on Boundary Road, Wooburn Green, closed the congregation numbered only three or four because of the state of the church.

It was largely made of corrugated iron and was very cold.