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Coming into Saffron Walden from the west, St Mary's appears over ancient roofs in much the same way that it has for hundreds of years and the immediate approach to the church takes you through the unspoiled heart of the town.

Whilst it is probable that a wooden Saxon church existed on the site of the present church, we can say for certain that in the 11th and 12th centuries there was a Norman church, built of clunch and rubble intermixed with Roman tiles.

At the far end of a rural village street, and feeling a very long way from the industrial estates only a few miles away, Dale Abbey is one of England's most idiosyncratic churches.

As people enter this quiet oasis, their first word is almost always 'wow'!

Grade II listed building dating from the 13th century.

Robert de Basford or de Ashby founded a Cistercian priory at Catesby in c1175 and endowed it partly with income from Basford, it is one of only four churches in England dedicated to St Leodegarius.

Welcome to a hidden treasure with its medieval and Victorian architecture, unique wall paintings by war artist Evelyn Gibbs, the story of Thomas Helwys and the rich history of an area going back to Anglo Saxon times.

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

As at Long Sutton, the tower here almost stands aside from the main body of the church.

‘Standing amidst its beautiful ‘God’s Acre’ where the memorials of the sleeping dead relieve the beautiful sylvan nature of the scene, and amidst typical Worcestershire scenery, few churches can boast of such lovely attributes of beauty' : Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Weekly Messenger, August 1895.