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The foundation stone of this high Victorian church was laid in October 1882, it was designed by William Knight, the architect of St Andrew’s Church, Mansfield Road, Nottingham.

Very fine misericords and carvings, a wealth of medieval glass, a memorial to 266 miners and a peal of bells which is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales.

We are sited at the top of the hill in Huthwaite and have a beautiful building that is over 120 years old.

A Victorian gem at the southern end of the Pennine Way.

A parish church that serves the complex needs of its local community.

The first recorded reference to a church in Bulwell is in 1171, however there is a strong tradition which suggests that up to four different churches have stood on this same hill since Saxon times.

In 2019 the church celebrated its 150th Anniversary continuing the worship started in Saxon times.

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.