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At the annual meeting of the Preston District Congregational Union in 1871, strong representations were made as to the necessity of building a chapel in Grange over Sands with services starting eventually in a room at the Liberal Club 1889, thanks to a grant from the Union.

Building by Wilson & Tait completed 1911.

St Wulfram's slender and graceful spire, distinctively flanked by its four spirelets, would very likely have been the tallest in England when it was built in 1280-1300, and it is still one of the most elegant.

This church is well known because of its associations with the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth, who lived in nearby Dove Cottage and is buried in the churchyard.

Grayingham church is dedicated rather unusually, to St Radegund, who was a German princess who was born early in the 6th century and went on to to establish the monastery of the Holy Cross at Poitiers.

The skyline of Greasbrough is dominated by the pinnacled tower of St Mary’s.

From the 13th century, established under the Abbey of Winchcombe, to the current day, the church has been and still is the centre of the community in Great Alne.

Cosy and intimate, St Lawrence was built around 1140 by monks of Louth Park in Lincolnshire.

This Grade I church is near the Kennet and Avon canal.

Enjoy our Grade II* listed church which is one of only a handful with a full set of 18th century box pews and a famous story of a bigamous marriage!

St Mary’s church is the largest of the four churches in the benefice and, dating back to the mid 13th century but with recently added facilities, it boasts a wealth of interesting features and artefacts.

The church dates from around 1300 but it is the intervention of the Spencer family of nearby Althorp that transformed the medieval building. Sir John Spencer (d1522) rebuilt the chancel and commenced the funerary chapel that lies adjacent to it.