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'The last Norman church built in Derbyshire, in 1923'.

The present church of St Peter, originally dedicated to St Peter & St Paul, is the fourth stone church to occupy this site.

This lovely Catholic Church is light and airy and a wonderful contrast to the busy city.

Opened in 1930 by Archbishop Downey of Liverpool, who described the building as ‘a miracle of beauty’.

The church building, designed by John Mark Mansell Jenkinson, the second generation of a Sheffield firm of architects, was opened in 1971.

Despite its sudden expansion in the 1950s with the arrival of the car industry, Leyland remains a pleasant Lancashire town of Victorian terraced cottages and suburban greenery.

The church was founded in 1894 to serve the growing and close-knit population in the area, serving the people who worked in the local industries, which included coal mining, the gas works, the brickworks and the BICC (British Insulated Callender Cables).

St Augustine’s promises a warm welcome to all visitors, whether they are looking in on their parish church or have a special interest in stained glass.

Located in an attractive conservation area and arguably the most prominent of all the buildings, St John's was built between 1851 and 1853 and listed for its architectural and historic merits.

St Saviour’s is the memorial church to Parkin Jeffcock, a mining engineer who was killed during rescue operations after the Oaks Colliery Disaster in 1866.