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Fine example of a rural parish Kirk, with outstanding views across open countryside.

Above the porch door is a chiro stone lozenge found on site in the 1860s which dates from 350-400AD, the Christian faith has been here for more than 1600 years!

Follow in the footsteps of the ancient monks who built their priory here nearly 1,400 years ago, and explore the wild coastal beauty of Holy Island.

Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, is the site of a monastery founded by St Aidan in 635 AD. It marks the establishment of Christianity in the northeast and is still a centre of pilgrimage today.

St Elwyn is located next to the estuary of Hayle near to three miles of golden sand and it has an imposing presence above the town.

Built in 1862 the church has been sympathetically enhanced by each generation adding stained glass, the 1899 organ, ad 1923 electricity.

Ancroft Church is dedicated to St Anne, the mother of Mary so the granny of Jesus. Follow the trail quiz and climb to the top of the tower to see the sea.

There is no record of first consecration but there is documentary evidence that in 1170 Thomas Beckett confirmed income to the Priory of Tywardreath.

Originally built between 1856 and 1859 by the Monteith family of Carstairs, in 1907 it was all but destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt between 1908 and 1910.