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An intimate 12th century church noted for its tympanum and other Norman carvings set in a peaceful conservation village on the edge of Rutland Water.

Claimed to date back to around 520AD, the present tower was built in the 13th century, and most of the body of the church was rebuilt in the 19th century.

St Chad's is a superb Victorian church, built on an ancient site, and has a unique Norman font, and windows and mosaic reredos by Henry Holiday.

‘Fylliog church is an ancient, thoroughly restored in the 20th century, set in a quiet and peaceful location nestled beneath trees beside a flowing river, it is an oasis of calm where the spiritual and divine is easy to feel.

The church is a ‘noble edifice in the early English style of Gothic architecture’from which the view is beautiful, over Worsbrough reservoir to Wortley, Stainborough Park and Worsbrough Park.

After passing the splendid churchyard yew (over 1,000 years old), the latched door in the 14th century porch opens to reveal a church with a wall painting of St Christopher.

You could come here for the setting alone: beautiful green Herefordshire countryside, with the River Wye only a few yards away, and a churchyard full of trees, and snowdrops in the spring.

The churchyard site was an ancient burial ground going back to Anglo Saxon times, a buried Celtic cross, dating back to approximately 750AD, now sits proudly in the entrance porch.

The church was founded in 1796 and is an attractive Grade II listing building.

Christ Church is a splendid Victorian church, built in the decorated style in 1855, when the communities of Brampton and West Melton were growing fast with the expansion of coal mining.

The first place of worship in Swinton was a Norman chapel of ease to Wath church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.

This Victorian neo Gothic church was originally built as the parish church for the village and was donated to the Catholic church by Viscount Feilding and his wife in 1850 when they converted to Catholicism.