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Lovely dressed Hamstone, with a stone and tiled roof and a painted early Victorian interior.

Do not miss this gem between York and Harrogate, listed in Domesday book of 1086, with fascinating headstops with strange faces staring at visitors from every angle.

A hauntingly romantic landmark for sailors.

The church that was once a fort.

In mid Victorian days, interest in health and in travel coincided with the building of Harrogate around its new Spa, Mary Anne Fielde donated her house to be the Vicarage, and her garden for a church and a school to be built.

With a history reaching to the dawn of Christianity in Craven, this magnificent building tells a thousand year story with mediaeval piety and Tudor jerry building.

St Marcella was the site of a holy well where Marcella, of Celtic descent, offered meditation and simple refuge for travellers around 900 years ago.

St Mary's was built by the nearby abbey (of which the gatehouse remains at the top of the village street).

A beautiful 13th century church nestled along the banks of the River Alwen in a landscape that inspired William Wordsworth.

St Wilfrid's church, is a wonderful example of the work of Temple Moore and his son in law, Leslie Moore which stands proud in the centre of town.

Wheatley Lane Methodist Church is situated in the Pendleside area of Lancashire.

Well worth seeking out if you are visiting Knaresborough, the spire is visible from miles around, but at street level this Victorian Gothic gem is hidden behind an archway.