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A dramatic Victorian confection.

The magnificent pinaccled tower of St Giles, built around 1480, dominates the surrounding village and is reputed to be the best tower in the Mendips.

St Mary Magdalene, Leinthall Starkes is known locally as'the church in the field' due to its location half a mile outside the current village down a long sloping grass track.

There is no record of first consecration but there is documentary evidence that in 1170 Thomas Beckett confirmed income to the Priory of Tywardreath.

A remarkable building with wonderful stained glass depicting many events in the life of Christ.

A Moravian congregation was established at Leominster in 1750 with the church being built in 1759, consecrated in 1751 and has served the neighbouring community ever since.

An outstanding Grade I listed Norman church of unusually large proportions.

The site and dedication are Norman.

Although there has been a church on this site for over 600 years, the building has been altered several times and what you see today is essentially a 14th century tower with a Victorian nave and apse.

St Athernase has a commanding hilltop position over the town and, thankfully, since its construction in the 12th century, waves of neglect and 'improvement' have not harmed its most distinctive Norman feature: the elaborate 12th century chancel and apse at the east end.

A local landmark, the church is set on the end of a limestone ridge at the gateway to the Lake District National Park with beautiful views across the Kent Estuary to Morecambe Bay.

Ghosts of old landscapes can be detected here: to the north of Leverington is a track called 'Roman Bank'.