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Free North Church

This impressive Gothic church was designed by local architect Dr Alexander Ross and completed 1893.

Inverness, Highland

Opening times

The church is open on Wednesday evenings. During the summer it is open a couple of days a week to the general public. In the winter it is open for our warm hub, Mondays and Fridays 10am to 2pm. We also open for special events.

Address

Bank Street
Inverness
Highland
IV1 1QY

Seating capacity is 1,400, making it not only the largest church in Inverness but it also has the tallest steeple, which stands at over 50 metres. The church is a significant and iconic part of the built heritage of the Highland Capital. It is the last heritage church building in the city centre still in use for its original ecclesiastical purpose. The attractive front elevation faces the River Ness and is the backdrop for many tourist photos.

  • Captivating architecture

  • Enchanting atmosphere

  • Famous connections

  • National heritage here

  • Social heritage stories

  • Spectacular stained glass

  • Bus stop within 100m

  • Café within 500m

  • Dog friendly

  • Parking within 250m

  • Steps to enter the church or churchyard

  • Train station within 250m

  • Walkers & cyclists welcome

  • Free Church of Scotland

  • Large Grant, £5,000, 2023

  • Our Large Grants fund urgent repairs and essential community facilities such as toilets and kitchens to help keep churches open.

  • Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant, £10,000, 2023

  • Wolfson Fabric Repair Grants are awarded for urgent repair projects, based on our recommendation, to help keep churches open.

Contact information

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Inverness Cathedral

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Killearnan Parish Church

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Located on the Black isle near Milton of Redcastle, there has been a church here since 1223AD

St Mary

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Built by the 14th Lord Lovat in 1826, altered in 1881 by Peter Paul Pugin and is reputedly the first Roman Catholic Church to have been built in Scotland post Reformation.