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Welcome to St Andrews, the oldest wooden church in the world and the oldest 'stave built' timber building in Europe.

Grade II* listed building, with a 12th century nave and 14th century chancel, with works by Peter Gaspar Scheemakers.

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.

Grosmont sits within yards of the Wales/England border, here formed by the River Monnow. The church is cruciform, with an unusual octagonal tower.

The oldest church in Guildford, built around 1040 using local chalk with a flint jacket.

The village church of St Winwaloe is said to be one of the oldest in Cornwall and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

St Weneppa, Gwennap is founded on a Celtic monastery thought to date from the late 5th century.

Likely the Minster Church founded by King Cnut in 1020, St Botolph boasts the oldest working door in the country.

It is believed that Holy Trinity is one of the 'four voices of four hamlets round... the merry, merry bells of Yule' found within the poem 'In Memorium AHH' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Holy Trinity has Saxon origins but the current building was built in the 11th and 12th centuries. In 1859 the church was extensively altered by Victorian architect James Fowler.

The church stands in the grounds of the Hall, which was and still is the home of the Heneage family and the chancel and north chapel contain an unparalleled and virtually unbroken sequence of family monuments dating from the 15th century.

Providing stability and hope for over one hundred years, this Victorian city church which maintains an important link with the Duke of Wellington's regiment.

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