St Augustine's is a magnificent 19th century building. Designed by George Frederick Bodley it is Grade 1 Listed and is hugely significant in the northwest. Known locally as the 'Miners Cathedral' it stands as the gift of Edward Heywood.
For more information visit on this building visit www.explorechurches.org/church/st-augustine-pendlebury
Saint Luke's is a Roman Catholic Church constructed in 1969. It stands as a good example of a modernist church.
Prestwich is not mentioned in the Domesday Book but there is evidence of a church on the site from at least 1200. The tower was built in about 1500 by the 1st Earl of Derby, and the body of the church was rebuilt during the early part of the 16th century. In 1872 a new chapel, the Birch Chapel, was added to the south of the chancel and to the east of the existing south Lever chapel; the Lever Chapel was rebuilt two years later.
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.
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