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Tucked away in a quiet and modest part of the village, St John's church is handsome from the outside, being built of a mixture of stone and flint, but it is the inside that makes this church the gem of this part of Dorset.

St Mary’s church gleams a golden hue in the setting sunlight which takes your breath away, even without its once high spire it dominates the village scape and stands out above everything else in the Steeple Ashton vale.

The Grade I church is set back behind cottages in a little close of its own.

Ghostly painted tales in a rural church.

A Dorset gem saved by the ghost of Thomas Hardy.

St Mary's is a fine village church first built by the monks of nearby Barlynch Priory in the early 13th century on the site of an old Saxon church (the manor was held in the 11th century by King Harold's mother, hence Regis).

A church built to serve the expanding needs of the local population during the Second World War, with the foundation stone being laid in March 1941.

The core of the Grade I church is 14th century with later additions.

A medieval manor house complete with a moat (and now in the care of the National Trust) shares an idyllic location with this little church, which is recorded as early as 1349.

Late Arts & Crafts church designed by John Coates Carter.

It's not often you see white clapperboard on a Welsh church and the Norwegian Church has a unique story to tell, as well as an intimate connection with one of the world's most favourite childrens authors: Roald Dahl.

This small and simple Grade I church has a Norman south doorway and an Early English chancel and bellcote.