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Across England and Wales, over 70 historic churches are waiting to be discovered. Some stand proudly in villages. Some stand in fields next to busy A-roads, thousands of travellers passing by them every day without knowing what lies within.

Others take a little bit more effort to find. You might have to cross a stile, get your feet muddy or breathlessly march to the top of a hill. But your reward will be worth it.

There are tiny medieval churches, handsome Victorian buildings and ancient towers; places full of remarkable architecture, curious details, precious objects and stories that have gathered over centuries.

Explore our churches below, find one near you or choose somewhere new to visit. And if you’d like to know more before you go, you can browse all our church guides too.
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Farfield Friends Meeting House, West Yorkshire

This humble Quaker meeting house on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales was founded in 1689, making it one of the oldest in the world.
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St John the Baptist’s, Allington, Wiltshire

The interior of this Norman church near Salisbury was beautifully decorated with stencil and freehand decoration in 1876 and features a trompe l'oeil priest's seat with a painted orange tree.
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Ayshford Chapel, Devon

Grade I listed 15th century private chapel with a wonderful salmon-pink limewash, wagon roof and carved roof bosses
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All Saints’, Ballidon, Derbyshire

13th century church in a bucolic setting, with a curious topsy-turvy carved octagonal 14th century font
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St Helen’s, Barmby on the Marsh, East Riding of Yorkshire

A medieval nave, Georgian tower and porches and a Victorian chancel overlooking flood-meadows — and in the distance, the cooling towers of Drax power-station
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St Andrew the Apostle’s, Bayvil, Pembrokeshire

A modest but evocative late Georgian Anglican church with Gothic windows and a complete set of box pews
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St Twrog’s, Bodwrog, Anglesey

Surrounded by breathtaking panoramic views, this simple church in the centre of Anglesey has remained largely unchanged since the reign of Henry VII.
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St Mary Magdalene’s, Boveney, Buckinghamshire

This medieval church on the Thames was built to serve bargees, and retains an atmospheric 18th and 19th century interior.
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St Mark’s, Brithdir, Gwynedd

An Arts & Crafts jewel-box with Italianate influence situated on Cader Idris and designed by Henry Wilson
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St Mary of the Angels’, Brownshill, Gloucestershire

An interwar church overlooking the Golden Valley borne out of two women's suffering and hope
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St Philip’s, Caerdeon, Gwynedd

St Philip’s, Caerdeon is hard to define. It has been described as rustic Mediterranean, Alpine, of French Basque influence or like an Italian farm building.
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St Mary Magdalene’s, Caldecote, Hertfordshire

A weather-beaten majesty in a deserted medieval village just off the A1
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St Michael’s, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire

Cut in to a steeply sloping rock bank, this ancient church on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path may have prehistoric origins
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Coanwood Meeting House, Northumberland

An unaltered meeting house in a remote setting that powerfully evokes the silence of Quaker worship
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St Mary’s, Derwen, Denbighshire

St Mary's is renowned for its medieval rood screen and loft and medieval arched-braced roof, as well as its fine 15th century churchyard cross.
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Cote Baptist Chapel, Oxfordshire

This Oxfordshire-based, 18th-century Baptist chapel, is an elegant one-story building built of golden Cotswold stone.
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St Denis’s, East Hatley, Cambridgeshire

The nave of St Denis's, East Hatley was built from field stones c.1217. It was extended in the 1300s, and restored by William Butterfield in 1874.
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St Mary’s, Eastwell, Kent

A ruined medieval church with claims of royal connections at the edge of a picturesque lake
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St Mary’s, Fordham, Norfolk

Off the beaten track, this distinctive 'gingerbread' church is unexpectedly lofty. Don't miss the mysterious medieval coffin lids ...
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St Lawrence’s, Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire

St Lawrence's is an almost completely medieval church built at the site of three holy wells. Its bell is possibly the oldest in Pembrokeshire.
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St Michael and All Angels’, Gwernesney, Monmouthshire

This diminutive Grade I listed church dates from the 13th century, and is said to house the oldest bells in Monmouthshire.
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hardmead, Buckinghamshire

A fine, medieval, rural church with connections to the Gunpowder Plot and the Franklin expedition to the Northwest Passage
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Free Chapel, Hodgeston, Pembrokeshire

Inside this unassuming village church with its curiously tall tower are elaborate clues to its grand history.
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St Lawrence’s, Hutton Bonville, North Yorkshire

A tiny church with ancient origins sitting in timeless melancholy at the edge of the East Coast Mainline
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St Mary’s, Kenderchurch, Pontrilas, Herefordshire

This 12th-century church on a hill, with several Jacobean oak fittings, has been linked to St Cynidr, the first Bishop of Glasbury, Powys.
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Old St Matthew’s, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire

An iconic 18th-century tower that's a landmark in our history, and in LGBT history
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St Anno’s, Llananno, Powys

Within the little church of St Anno, on the banks of the river Ithon, is one of the great treasures of Welsh craftsmanship.
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St Peulan’s, Llanbeulan, Anglesey

A 12th-century church perched on a mound at the bottom of an ancient causeway
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St Peter’s, Llancillo, Herefordshire

This tiny church in the Border Country is probably the most difficult of all our buildings to find — but the search is worth it.
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St Oudoceus’s, Llandawke, Carmarthenshire

A hidden church built over a stream with an Ogham stone, medieval effigy, and colourful 19th-century history
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St Doged’s, Llanddoged, Conwy

Founded to protect the remains of 6th-century St Doged, this medieval church was furnished to appeal to potential dissenters on the cusp of the Victorian era.
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St Eloi’s, Llandeloy, Pembrokeshire

At Llandeloy/Llan-lwy, Arts & Crafts architect John Coates Carter created a building to symbolise a personal journey through life and faith.
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St Tyfrydog’s, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey 

Associated with an intriguing local legend, St Tyfrydog's is charming Gothic church with surviving medieval features and characterful late Georgian furnishings
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St Ellyw’s, Llanelieu, Powys

Deep in the Black Mountains in a large and ancient churchyard, this church is renowned for its 14th century rood screen and blood-red loft.
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St Baglan’s, Llanfaglan, Gwynedd

An ancient church on the shore of the Menai Strait and in the of shadow of the Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) mountain range
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St Mary the Virgin’s, Llanfair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire

An astonishing expression of the Arts & Crafts movement in the Usk valley, with 16 stunning sgraffito panels by Heywood Sumner
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St Bigail’s, Llanfigael, Anglesey

An unassuming roadside church with a complete late Georgian interior
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St Michael & All Angels’, Llanfihangel Rogiet, Monmouthshire

You'll find this medieval church, with 13th-century effigies and a connection to the inventor of self-raising flour, in a rural setting close to the intersection of the M4 and M48
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St Brothen’s, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd

13th-century walls, a 15th-century roof that will make your jaw drop, and connections with David Lloyd George and Clough Williams-Ellis
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St Cadoc’s, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire

A secluded medieval church, linked to Rolls Royce, with stained glass by three Victorian makers at their very best
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St David’s, Llangeview, Monmouthshire

Ancient church in an almost circular churchyard, with a 15th century rood beam and loft, and a wealth of 18th-century woodwork
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St James’s, Llangua, Monmouthshire

This medieval church was once dedicated to local 6th-century saint Ciwa, and has retained two wonderful wagon roofs.
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St Jerome’s, Llangwm Uchaf, Llangwm, Monmouthshire

Grade I listed church with one of the finest medieval screens in South Wales and dazzling Pre-Raphaelite floor tiles
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Old Church of St Afran, St Ieuan & St Sannan, Llantrisant, Anglesey

A 14th-century nave and chancel, with a 17th-century extension - the first church in Wales which we rescued
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St Mary’s, Long Crichel, Dorset

Medieval church with striking reticulated ceilings, set in the dramatic chalk landscape of the Cranborne Chase — with important links to 20th century literature and the gay rights movement
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St David’s, Manordeifi, Pembrokeshire

Medieval church on the Teifi flood meadows, with a 13th-century carved font and full set of Georgian box pews
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St John the Baptist’s, Matlock Dale, Derbyshire

A charming Arts & Crafts chapel built into a cliff face overlooking the Derwent Valley World Heritage Site
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St Dogmael’s, Meline, Pembrokeshire

Diminutive light-filled church designed for Gothic romanticist Sir Thomas David Lloyd in 1864
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Tuxlith Chapel, Milland, West Sussex

We pulled this 800-year-old chapel in the woods back from the brink of ruin
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St Mary’s, Mundon, Essex

Wonderful medieval church with a timber-framed skirt, in a desolate landscape that inspired The War of the Worlds
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Biddlestone Roman Catholic Chapel, Northumberland

Counted among the most remote of our places of worship, this Gothic Revival chapel is set in sweeping landscapes of Northumberland National Park.
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St John the Baptist’s, Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire

A distinctive Victorian chequerboard church of limestone and knapped flint with traces of an earlier, medieval building
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St Mary’s, Penllech, Gwynedd

Set on the Llŷn Peninsula, St Mary's has medieval origins, and a beautifully simple rustic late Georgian interior.
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St Beuno’s, Penmorfa, Gwynedd

Medieval glass, 19th century woodwork, and a stone and slate lychgate, all on the 6th century site of St Beuno's cell
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St Decumanus’s, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire

An ancient church with a majestic tapering tower, medieval effigies and Baroque monuments, all in the shadow of an oil refinery
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Old St Peter’s, Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire

The medieval tower is all that remains of the old church, as the rest of the building was moved to a better location in 1877
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St Helen’s, Skeffling, East Riding of Yorkshire

A mid-fifteenth-century church in Holderness with medieval carvings and Georgian monuments
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St Andrew’s, South Huish, Devon

A noble medieval ruin not far from beaches of South Milton Sands
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St Andrew’s, South Runcton, Norfolk

A richly detailed rebuilding of a ruined, roadside Norman church, and one of the first Victorian churches in Norfolk
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St Leonard’s, Spernall, Warwickshire

A church with a medieval nave and a Neo-Norman chancel with a distinctive wheel window
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St John the Baptist’s, Sutterby, Lincolnshire

A tiny church in a fold in the Lincolnshire Wolds that was once set to be demolished, but is now restored and loved by people all over the world
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St Giles’s, Tadlow, Cambridgeshire

A 13th-century church on the spur of a chalk ridge that had the full treatment from one of the most prized architects of the Victoria era
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St Mary’s, Tal-y-Llyn, Anglesey

Small but perfectly formed church in an ancient circular churchyard overlooking Llyn Padrig (Padrig Lake)
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St Mary’s, Temple, Corsley, Wiltshire

An early 20th-century private chapel built in the Arts & Crafts style, set in a chocolate box village
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Chapel of Ease, Thornton-le-Beans, North Yorkshire

A small, simple chapel of 1770 in a village with a curious name
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St Michael’s, Tremain, Ceredigion

Gothic revival church (one of the first in Wales) designed by architect John Jones (a bard known as 'Talhaiarn') and built in distinctive Pwntan sandstone
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Castle Chapel, Urishay, Herefordshire

Dating from the 12th century, Urishay chapel is the earliest purpose-built castle chapel in Herefordshire, and it was so very nearly lost forever.
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Strict & Particular Baptist Chapel, Waddesdon Hill, Buckinghamshire

Founded in 1792 by local farmer, Francis Cox, whose name appears on the date plaque over the south door, and whose funerary monument is within the chapel
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St Peter’s, Wickham Bishops, Essex

A 12th-century church with four centuries of wall-paintings, and home to a stained-glass artist
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St Andrew’s, Wood Walton, Cambridgeshire

An medieval church in the Cambridgeshire Fens, a landmark for hundreds of commuters on the East Coast Mainline
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St Deiniol’s, Worthenbury, Wrexham

With its finely-jointed brickwork, sandstone dressings and Classical proportions, St Deiniol's is a picture of stately elegance. The interior is sumptuous arrangement of decorative plasterwork, stained glass, and a complete set of 18th-century box pews.
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St Cynhaearn’s, Ynyscynhaearn, Gwynedd

At the end of an ancient causeway, you'll find this church that was built on an island in the now-drained lake of Llyn Ystumllyn
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