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'St John’s is clearly well cared for and well maintained; all concerned are to be commended for their care of one of the region’s most important historic buildings'.

It is unusual enough to see a church with both a tower and a steeple (there are only three in England) but this church is unique in having them placed at the same end.

A priest and two churches are recorded in Domesday Book for Collingham, however, the present stone church was largely built in the 13th century .

A place of welcome and peace, where a sense of both spirituality and history enfolds the visitor.

A quintessential country church standing alongside the village street from where you can look out across country that rolls away to the southern county border.

When it opened its doors in 1904 it was declared to be ‘a church built by miners for the miners’.

Nestled in beautifully maintained grounds with the Welsh hills as a backdrop and the Afon Carno gently flowing nearby, St John the Baptist is a haven of peace and tranquillity.