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St Kentigern built his church here in 560, later leaving it to St Asaph.

Welcome to Clitheroe United Reformed Church, we hope we can give you a warm welcome!

An ancient and beautiful church in the heart of our city, recently renovated internally, and a wonderful venue for church services and community activities.

An ancient place of worship in a stunning setting overlooking the Vale of Clwyd, the Snowdonia Range and the coastline towards the Great Orme, set within a churchyard full of wild flowers in the spring and summer, close to the Clwydian Way walking route and a network of more local footpaths.

Our church was formed September 1881 as a member of the Congregational Union until 1972, when it became a church in the United Reformed Church.

The present site was established as a place of worship in the Middle Ages, and a medieval church is mentioned in records going back as far as 1253 and 1291.

The medieval church at Llangynwyd had a rood screen with a carving of the Crucifixion which was so powerfully carved that it was believed to be capable of performing miracles.

The first Christian converts were baptised in the River Derwent in 627 AD by St Paulinus, one of the second batch of Roman missionary monks sent by Pope Gregory to convert Britain.

There has been a church on this site since at least 762, but the present building dates from the second half of the 15th century.

Appealingly simple.

From BC to AD, where quite old meets really quite old, the church and megalith have a history that spans the millennia; come and stand in the shade of living history.