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Medieval 14th century church with nationally significant wall paintings and a rich historic and social heritage linked to the Paston Family of Paston Letters fame.

A church is known to have stood on this site since before the compiling of the Doomsday Book in which Patcham was registered as Piceham.

The small Dales town of Pateley Bridge is the main centre of Upper Nidderdale and hosts the last of the traditional agricultural shows of the year, the ‘Nidderdale Show.’

Reached along tiny, winding flower filled lanes (or by footpath), this medieval church sits on a south facing slope looking over a tiny valley to the slopes of the Sugar Loaf mountain.

The respected critic and historian Nikolaus Pevsner was much taken with St Patrick's; 'For sheer architectural beauty few parish churches in England can vie with Patrington'.

Like Barfreston, only a few miles to the south east, Patrixbourne has an important Norman church.

There are two distinct reasons for coming here. The rare medieval wooden effigies and the association with the great nonconformist missionary William Carey (1761–1834).

Welcoming, relaxed church with activities for all ages, built about 1840 of brick with stone dressings in the style of the end of the 13th century.