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The picture postcard village of Lacock is indelibly linked with the pioneering photographer William Henry Fox Talbot, whose family home was Lacock Abbey.

The only remaining 'Five Mile' chapel which has been used for worship since 1661.

This beautiful church, consecrated on 5th May 1863, is a fine example of the work of Victorian Louth Architect James Fowler.

A tiny Norman church nestled in the beautiful Swainswick and Woolley valley where the Battle of Lansdown was fought in 1643, it is even mentioned in the Domesday Book.

This village church in its impressive and beautiful rural setting is always open and it is the focal point of the village and has been significant in the lives of local people since first established in the 12th century.

St Nicholas is built of chalk and ironstone and has some interesting scorch marks on the walls, believed to be the result of the church being ‘fired’ by marauding Danes.

Lacock Abbey is packed with history, starting first as an abbey and nunnery, then became a Tudor family home.

The core of the Grade I church is 14th century with later additions.

A gem not to be missed.

Alabaster nobles and wall paintings in a rural idyll.

Situated on rising ground, the church is a spacious cruciform stone building.