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Christchurch is a welcoming, busy and loving church and community centre in the heart of Ilkley.

In the late 1200s the Archbishop of Canterbury established a college here for a master and six canons (priests), which accounts for the large size of this church, and also accounts for the timber framed houses opposite, which were where the master and his canons lived.

All Saints stands proudly in the centre of town with a unique and important heritage story to tell that began nearly 1400 years ago.

A Saxon church with a rood screen linked to Thornton Abbey, the church has been the centre of village life for nearly 1000 years and is home to a family of bats and several swarms of honey bees.

For many years, people have worshipped on the site of St Peter's, in the small, rural village of Trusthorpe and visitors have often remarked on the atmosphere or spirit of the place.

A little brick built Anglican church standing by the side of a quiet country lane.

Nestled in the quiet North Yorkshire village of Bolton Percy, All Saints is an old church with a long history and a big heart.

A fashion parade of effigies.

The Queen of the Marsh.