Find a church

The first thing the visitor sees at Holy Trinity is unusual: a 13th century west porch, properly called a galilee that stands in front of the west tower.

The Grade I church is built in a mixture of styles from Norman to the 17th century.

St Peter's is an outstanding example of the decorated style of architecture, with its warm red sandstone and distinctive shingled spire and clay tiled roof, an unusual feature in the Lake District.

The church is thought to date from the reign of Henry III.

A whitewashed village church with links to a 6th century saint and the story of a running hare.

St Mary's is thought to have been built around 1130 and many Norman elements remain including a spectacular south doorway and a delightful font with a cat with a mouse.

Step through a 12th century doorway into an oasis of calm where worship, history, wood and stones have tales to tell.

The church is probably the most impressive in Wensleydale with a battlemented tower, nave and chancel.

St Catherine's is a place of great tranquillity set in an idyllic secluded position on the edge of Sacombe Park with parts of the church being over 800 years old.

The medieval church of St Hilary.

A magnificent medieval church boasting carved angels and tie beam roof; Olaudah Equiano, former slave and prominent abolitionist got married here in 1792.

A long flight of steps leading up to it from the town square gives great presence to this distinguished looking limestone building whose walls are topped with a parapet of intricately pierced stonework.