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A simple building of quiet dignity built with local sandstone with a Welsh slate roof.

There are some fascinating items to spot in the parish church of St Andrew, including the old town stocks and the stoutly studded door from Stratton Gaol, with iron nails outlining the word CLINK!

There has probably been a church in Great Salkeld since 880 AD, when the body of St Cuthbert was rested here after being brought from Holy Island.

A traditional sandstone Victorian Methodist Church and attached School Room restored in 2021 as a vibrant worship and community space.

The churchwarden’s records for this church are particularly detailed and enable precise dates to be given to many features in the church.

Founded in the late 12th century under Bishop Puiset of Durham, it was built on land granted by the Diocese to Sherburn Hospital for sick brethren to convalesce.

The church is situated centrally in Keswick and stands out by virtue of its tall spire.

In a high, coastal location and originally whitewashed, the church has been a beacon for pilgrims travelling from the east and west on the pilgrim way for at least 800 years and is still a sanctuary for visitors, walkers, cyclists and nature lovers enjoying the peace of the countryside.

This Grade II* listed church dates from the early 16th century with much reused early medieval stonework from a nearby 9th century church destroyed by the River Eden.

The church of St Edmund King & Martyr, with more than a thousand years of history, stands at the centre of the market town of Kingsbridge.

A 600 year old church with an historic crooked spire and a remarkable collection of Pinwill carvings.