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The parish church of St Leonard is in an isolated and striking position on the slope of a hill overlooking the Arrow Valley.

This archetypal medieval church is set in the heart of the village. It abuts a clearly later square tower (1633) topped by a good spire and on the south side a chapel, refashioned in 1621, juts into the churchyard.

This tiny chapel ‘outside the gate', may well have been built as a chantry chapel in memory of Robert de Tattershall (the grandson of Hugh the Breton who founded Kirkstead Abbey) who died in 1212 and whose effigy it is thought to be, lies beside the altar.

Wortley is a small village between Sheffield and Huddersfield, and the imposing parish church in the centre of the village serves what is essentially a rural community. The parish covers about 35 square miles and includes several small hamlets.

St Leonard's is the first ‘Actors' Church', as England's first purpose built theatre was nearby, and several important Elizabethan theatre folk, including James and Richard Burbage, are buried in the medieval crypt.

Prominent because of its position and its slender, continental style spire, St Luke's stands on a small green hill and is known locally as 'the church on the hill'. The church's most spectacular feature is the decorated roof over the chancel, and it is blessed with a fine organ.

The last bomb site in Liverpool, St Luke's is testament to the brave people who lived and died during the May Blitz of 1941; as such it carries with it the legacy of those who formed the congregation and community for over a century before the start of the Second World War.

This church was consecrated by the Bishop of London on St Luke's Day, 18th October 1824 and was built because the original parish church (now known as Chelsea Old Church) was regarded as too small for the increasing population.

St Luke's Church, founded in the 12th century, is an old Catholic church, shared with the Orthodox since the 17th century. Offered to the town's Orthodox in the 19th century, the church still has a Catholic and an Orthodox altar. The church is exceptionally well preserved as it did not suffer major damage in the 1979 earthquake.

St Macartan's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of Clogher. The present cathedral was built in 1295, along with a small chapel or oratory. In 1622 the cathedral was found to be completely ruined and was rebuilt. The present cathedral dates mainly from 1744 when it was rebuilt by the architect James Martin.