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Reached along a lane that gradually leaves the trappings of the 21st century behind, this church is on a spit of land between two fenland drains that enter the Great Ouse about half a mile away.

A good vantage point from which to enjoy the setting of this church is the bridge over the Great Ouse.

This unusual and rather lovely church gets its character from an eclectic mix of work from the 12th, 15th and 20th centuries.

There's an awful lot of historical water under St Ives bridge and chapel.

St Ives Free Church is one of the oldest nonconformist churches in the country, tracing its history right back to the 1630s when Oliver Cromwell lived in the town for five years.

The tall Saxon tower of St Mary's was not always at the west end of the church as the original nave was dismantled in the late Norman period and the Norman chancel became the nave, with a new chancel added in the late 13th century.

Medieval wall paintings and tomb carvings in a church which has completely escaped modernisation.

A Victorian coastal church and the birthplace of St Non, mother of St David, St Ffraid’s church has fascinating connections both ancient and modern.