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Blanchland got its name from the white habits worn by monks of the Premonstratensian order who founded Blanchland Abbey.

A casualty of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, the only remaining part of the 12th century Premonstratensian Blanchland Abbey is part of the abbey church which today serves the parish of Blanchland.

Sarah Losh (1785-1853), a local landowner, designed St Mary's in 1840, partly in memory of her sister and parents.

St Andrew's, built in 1155AD, nestles in the dale with an ambience that gives a peaceful feeling to all who enter.

St Ives is an early work (1868) by prolific architect Charles Hodgson Fowler, and its style is the plain 19th century reinterpretation of medieval Early English.

This stunning ancient parish church is a place of revelation, hope and encounter where you will find 1000 years of Christianity and 4000 years of human history.

Notched into the summit of the circular mound at the centre of the village of Cumwhitton, St Mary's is an ancient church dating from about 1160AD.

A beautiful 13th century church with a well preserved Ankers House Museum, it houses a copy of the Lindesfarne Gospels.

St Mark's offers breathtaking views over the remote West Allen valley and a fascinating local history and is on the Isaac Tea Trail North Pennines Heritage Walk.

An attractive little country church with a painted altar, fine stained glass and medieval gravestones.

A place of calm in a very busy world.