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The exterior of St Mary's successfully blends elegant Perpendicular lines with rustic stone, partly fieldstone and partly a type of deep golden green sand known as carstone, which came from a nearby quarry known as The Butts.

There is evidence of a church on this site in Saxon times, consecrated on the 29th September 998, of which nothing now remains.

St Leonard, now embedded in the suburbs of Nottingham, is a medieval church which has adapted to the needs of each generation.

A medieval 700 year old parish church containing decorated and perpendicular styles and much pre Reformation fabric.

Records from the 12th century mention a church at Ticehurst, but the present building is thought to have been built by Sir William de Etchingham after completing nearby Etchingham church in the 1370s.

Do visit this church, built in 1903, and enjoy the feel, integrity and scale of the building.

Beautiful building offering a glimpse of history and a quiet space for prayer.

A 13th century church considerably extended in the 14th century in the perpendicular style and restored in 1870 by Slater and Carpenter with pew ends carved by the then incumbent, the Revd JH Holdich.

The original chapel was built around 1746 by Richard Smedley, a mining magnate from Risley, on land given by the Earl of Stamford.

The church is significant to the community as it stands at the heart of Gatley village overlooking and next to the village green and civic war memorial.

This modern brick church is the post war successor to St John’s, which was destroyed by enemy fire on 8th May 1941; the altar cross which was made into a processional cross for the new church.

In 1722 a fine early Georgian church was erected to the design of Thomas Eayre of Kettering (1691-1757), surveyor, clock maker, and bell founder (the bells here are by him as well).