St Helen's Church

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St Helen's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Churchtown in Lancashire, England. Historically, it was the parish church of Garstang; today, as Garstang is split into more than one ecclesiastical parish, St Helen's parish is Garstang St Helen. It is in the Diocese of Blackburn. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage. St Helen's is known as the "cathedral of The Fylde". ()

Coordinates: 53°52'44"N, 2°47'24"W

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St Helen's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Plough at Eaves, Beacon Fell, St Michael's, Old St John the Baptist's Church.

3.4 miS
Nightlife, Restaurant
The Plough at Eaves, Preston
86 min walk • The Plough at Eaves is a public house on Eaves Lane in Eaves, Lancashire, a hamlet of Woodplumpton. It is owned by Thwaites Brewery. Dating to 1625, when it was a free house, it is believed to be the oldest pub in Lancashire. At one time the pub was named the Plough at Cuddy Hill, or the Cuddy Pub.
5.4 miE
Park
Beacon Fell, Goosnargh
137 min walk • Beacon Fell is a fell in the civil parish of Goosnargh in Lancashire, England. The high ground, which rises to 266 m, has been a country park since 1970.
1.6 miSW
Church
St Michael's
42 min walk • St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the village of St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England. It is a typical late Medieval church and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster.
6 miNW
Church
Old St John the Baptist's Church
154 min walk • Old St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Pilling, Lancashire, England. It stands 100 metres to the south of the new church, also dedicated to St John the Baptist.
6.1 miSE
Church
Goosnargh Village Hall, Goosnargh
155 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in Goosnargh, a village north of Preston in Lancashire, England. The church dates from the Middle Ages; it was enlarged in the 16th century and restored twice in the 19th century.
1.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Greenhalgh Castle, Garstang
48 min walk • Greenhalgh Castle is a castle, now ruined, near the town of Garstang in Lancashire, England. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, had the castle built in 1490 to provide defence for his estates around Garstang.
3.8 miN
Church
St Peter's Church
98 min walk • St Peter's Church is in the village of Scorton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.
6 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St John the Baptist's Church, Preston
153 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is in Church Lane, Broughton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Martin, Fulwood, and St Peter, Fulwood.
5.3 miS
Church
St Anne
135 min walk • St Anne's is a church in the village of Woodplumpton in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn, and the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Garstang. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
6.1 miNW
Church
St John the Baptist's Church
155 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is in the village of Pilling, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.3 miN
Church
St Luke's Church
84 min walk • St Luke's Church is in the village of Winmarleigh, Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe.