A church head has a way round this area (5)

I believe the answer is:
patch
'this area' is the definition.
(patch is a kind of area)
'a church head has a way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'church' could be 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc) and 'ch' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'round' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patch that I've seen before include "Material used to cover a tear" , "Mend with piece of material" , "Mend with extra piece" , "Repair; area" , "Piece of material sewn over a hole" .)
