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Very fine misericords and carvings, a wealth of medieval glass, a memorial to 266 miners and a peal of bells which is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales.

We are sited at the top of the hill in Huthwaite and have a beautiful building that is over 120 years old.

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.

A Victorian gem at the southern end of the Pennine Way.

A vibrant, busy church.

A parish church that serves the complex needs of its local community.

The first recorded reference to a church in Bulwell is in 1171, however there is a strong tradition which suggests that up to four different churches have stood on this same hill since Saxon times.

In 2019 the church celebrated its 150th Anniversary continuing the worship started in Saxon times.

St Mary Magdalene, Leinthall Starkes is known locally as'the church in the field' due to its location half a mile outside the current village down a long sloping grass track.

Robert de Basford or de Ashby founded a Cistercian priory at Catesby in c1175 and endowed it partly with income from Basford, it is one of only four churches in England dedicated to St Leodegarius.

St Martin’s, dubbed the ‘hidden gem’ in Marple, is a simple Pennine sandstone building in the Arts & Crafts style, with windows and artefacts from that era.