St John the Baptist Church

TIDESWELL I love medieval cathedrals and The Cathedral of the Peak in Tideswell is a great one. With construction starting around 1360, it is one of the oldest still standing in England! We had a great chat with a local gal too (Ann) after the visit who was such a wonderful person. Just a great visit!

What a stunning church in a lovely village. Definitely worth the visit and highly recommended if you love your churches.

Lovely historic church, known as the 'Cathedral of the Peak'. Have visited several times and photos taken 4th May 2024 as the church was holding a craft sale, to coincide with the Tideswell Food Festival. Usual unique historical features including stain glass, memorials and local history. Free entry but donations welcome for essential maintenance needed.

Beautiful old church with lots of historic carving, murals and statues. Prides itself as an inclusive Church. Lots of evidence of it being church with relevance a church for the community. Give it a visit.

Wonderful small but famous cathedral. The wood cavings through out are most moving to this 1000 year old church. They are trying to raise £ 500,000 + to keep this building up to scratch a well worth but mammoth task. Please go and see for your self.

Known as the 'Cathedral of the Peak' it is technically a parish church, but what a treat, but with the surviving Medieval furniture and architecture as well as the 19th century restoration, which for once complemented the existing structure and the wood carvings and brasses alone are worth the trip.

What a beautiful church. They were dressing it in advance of the Easter service, and it looked wonderful. I hope they manage to persuade the powers that be to let them heat it!

The church is St John the Baptist a church of England establishment and is not a Baptist church. I joined an enjoyable tour of the tower that took us up the 136 steps to the roof, visiting the clock mechanism and the bells on the way.