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It is believed that St Wilfrid's history goes right back to its foundation by St Wilfrid of Ripon before 700AD.

Early Quaker meetings in Kendal held at private houses. In 1687 a Friend bought the plot and building on the present site. This wonderful Grade II* listed building has a fascinating story to tell and like many other Meeting Houses, it’s well worth a visit!

Built in 1833 by William Carus Wilson, Founder of the Clergy Daughters School, as school chapel and parish church with a strong connection with local heritage and Bronte sisters.

The church of St Leonard is only 48 feet long and twenty feet wide and is a welcome haven to many walkers, cyclists, climbers, cavers, and passers by who explore the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Ampleforth Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks who seek God according to the Gospel and the Rule of St Benedict.

In the heart of a beautiful Lakeland Valley, St Cuthbert’s church stands as a sentinel which dominates the landscape as a refuge, as a place of pilgrimage.

With a history dating back over a thousand years, one of the largest parish churches in the country and one of England's Greater Churches.

Built to the architect Billings unique design in 1854, our church has many beautiful features.

Standing alone in a valley, surrounded by its quiet churchyard with a backdrop of woodland, St Gregory's looks ancient, and it is.

Discover our fascinating church and its surrounding literary landscape with connections to the Brontes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; what might St. Oswald’s inspire in you?