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St Luke’s now has a brand new home: a place of welcome, hospitality and hope for the people of the Isle of Dogs.

There are interesting features of many periods in this unassuming village church, which had a thatched roof until 1869.

We warmly welcome visitors at Rye Lane Baptist Chapel; it is a Grade II listed building which boasts historical features in a fine Victorian nonconformist building.

A lovely 12th century village church.

The church did have substantial Saxon elements until 1866 and some of the Saxon and later work can still be seen inside, it is the features inside which draw visitors to the church.

A low, simple building in a large round churchyard, St Margaret's, as it stands today, dates from the 14th century, but there was almost certainly a much earlier church here.

An important parish church, 14th century with many later changes clearly visible inside and out, in a fine setting between the River Eden and the North Pennines.

Its pre Norman tower alone would make this church special, but what makes it both unique and mysterious is its two storey sanctuary.