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Please visit the historic church of St John the Baptist, located in the Pennine market town of Penistone, situated along the Trans Pennine trail its accessibility attracts a wealth of walkers and riders alike each year.

The church at Penkridge had already been granted collegiate status by Royal Charter in the 10th century, indicating its importance from early times.

Set on the Llyn Peninsula, St Mary is medieval in origin but the font is the only survivor of this age, a roughly hewn monolith in brown stone, painted white on its inner face, almost sunk into the shaft beneath.

This church closed in 1997 but a community effort resulted in the church reopening in 2009.

Three for the price of one at this important holy site.

John Betjeman, observed that ‘within and without, the church has the charm of old watercolours’.

Founded in the 7th century and hidden deep in the Berwyn mountains, the tiny church at St Melangell’s is home to the earliest surviving Romanesque shrine in northern Europe.

According to Pevsner, ‘the stateliest church of its time in the county’. Reordered in 1722 on an ancient site, it has many interesting features relating to its history from then until today.

A church has stood here since 1115, at the centre of a cluster of buildings, including manor house, guild house and rectory, all still surviving.

A delightful and largely unaltered 19th century village church, built within the graveyard of the original 13th century church.

The church is Saxon/Norman in origin with a very interesting history and as we see it today is a very long low structure combing the nave and the chancel with no side aisles.