# List of churches in South Lakeland

The following is a list of churches in the former South Lakeland district in Cumbria. This area is now part of the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area.
The following civil parishes have no active churches: Angerton, Blawith and Subberthwaite, Docker, Fawcett Forest, Lambrigg, Mansriggs, Nether Staveley, Preston Richard, Sedgwick, Strickland Roger and Whinfell.
The former district has an estimated 147 churches for 104,000 inhabitants, a ratio of one church for every 707 people.

## Map of medieval parish churches

For the purposes of this map medieval is taken to be pre-1485. It is of note that Cumbria, unlike most parts of England, saw a sustained programme of church building during the 16th and 17th centuries as the more remote parts of the district were settled.

## List

| Name | Civil parish (settlement) | Dedication | Founded | Denomination | Benefice | Notes |
| St Cuthbert, Aldingham | Aldingham | Cuthbert | Medieval | Church of England | Urswick etc | |
| St Matthew, Dendron | Aldingham (Dendron) | Matthew | 1642 | Church of England | Urswick etc | Rebuilt 1795 |
| St James, Arnside | Arnside | James | 1866 | Church of England | | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes, Arnside | Arnside | Mary | 1926 | Roman Catholic | Kent Estuary Catholic Parish | Current building 1977 |
| Arnside Methodist Church | Arnside | | 1876 | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | |
| St Bartholomew, Barbon | Barbon | Bartholomew | Medieval | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | Rebuilt 1893 |
| St Michael & All Angels, Beetham | Beetham | Michael & Angels | Medieval | Church of England | | |
| Storth Village Church | Beetham (Storth) | | | CoE / Methodist | Kendal Circuit | 2006 merger of Methodist church and Anglican mission church |
| St Peter, Field Broughton | Broughton East (Field Broughton) | Peter | 1745 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Own parish 1875. Rebuilt 1892-1894 |
| St Mary Magdalene, Broughton-in-Furness | Broughton West | Mary Magdalene | Medieval | Church of England | Broughton & Duddon | Benefice also includes one church in Copeland |
| Broughton-in-Furness Methodist Church | Broughton West | | | Methodist | SW Cumbria United Area | |
| Holy Innocents, Broughton Mills | Broughton West (Broughton Mills) | Innocents | 1888 | Church of England | Broughton & Duddon | |
| St James, Burton | Burton-in-Kendal | James | Medieval | Church of England | Burton & Holme | |
| St Anthony, Cartmel Fell | Cartmel Fell | Anthony the Great | 1504 | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | |
| Holy Trinity, Casterton | Casterton | Trinity | 1833 | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | |
| St Peter, Far Sawrey | Claife (Sawrey) | Peter | 1869 | Church of England | Hawkshead Benefice | Own parish from Hawkshead 1873 |
| Holy Trinity, Colton | Colton | Trinity | 1578 | Church of England | Egton, Lowick & Colton | |
| St Paul, Rusland | Colton (Rusland) | Paul | 1745 | Church of England | Hawkshead Benefice | Rebuilt 1868 |
| Tottlebank Baptist Church | Colton (Tottlebank) | | 1669 | Baptist Union | | Current building 1697 |
| St Peter, Finsthwaite | Colton (Finsthwaite) | Peter | 1724 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Rebuilt 1873-1874 |
| St Andrew, Coniston | Coniston | Andrew | 1586 | Church of England | Coniston & Torver | Rebuilt 1819 |
| Coniston Methodist Church | Coniston | | | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | |
| Coniston Christian Fellowship | Coniston | | 1986 | Independent | | EA. Meets in Coniston primary school |
| St Catherine, Crook | Crook | Catherine of Alex. | 1620 | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | Rebuilt 1886 |
| Holy Trinity, Winster | Crook (Winster) | Trinity | C16th | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | Rebuilt 1874-1875 |
| St Mary, Crosthwaite | Crosthwaite & Lyth | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | Rebuilt 1878 |
| St Andrew, Dent | Dent | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Dent with Cowgill | |
| St John the Evangelist, Cowgill | Dent (Cowgill) | John the Evangelist | 1838 | Church of England | Dent with Cowgill | |
| Dentdale Methodist Church | Dent | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | |
| Dentfoot Methodist Church | Dent (Dent Foot) | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | |
| Holy Trinity, Seathwaite | Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite | Trinity | C16th | Church of England | Broughton & Duddon | Rebuilt 1875 |
| St Mary the Virgin, Penny Bridge | Egton with Newland | Mary | pre-1786 | Church of England | Egton, Lowick & Colton | Rebuilt 1831 |
| St John the Evangelist, Firbank | Firbank | John the Evangelist | 1842 | Church of England | Lune United Benefice | |
| St John the Baptist, Garsdale | Garsdale | John the Baptist | 1861 | Church of England | Sedbergh, Cautley, Garsdale | |
| Garsdale Methodist Church | Garsdale | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | |
| Garsdale Street Methodist Church | Garsdale | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | |
| Hawes Junction Methodist Church | Garsdale (Garsdale Head) | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | Occasional services only |
| St Paul, Grange-over-Sands | Grange-over-Sands | Paul | 1852-1854 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | |
| Grange Fell Church | Grange-over-Sands | | 1906-1907 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | |
| SS Charles Borromeo & Cuthbert, Grange | Grange-over-Sands | Charles B & Cuthbert | | Roman Catholic | Kent Estuary Catholic Parish | |
| Grange Methodist Church | Grange-over-Sands | | | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | |
| Grange United Reformed Church | Grange-over-Sands | | | URC | South Lakes Church | |
| Hope Church Grange-over-Sands | Grange-over-Sands | | 2009 | Newfrontiers | | |
| St John, Grayrigg | Grayrigg | John the Evangelist | pre-C18th | Church of England | Beacon Team | Rebuilt 1837-1838 |
| St Anne, Haverthwaite | Haverthwaite | Anne | 1824-1825 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Own parish from Colton 1866 |
| St Michael & All Angels, Hawkshead | Hawkshead | Michael & Angels | Medieval | Church of England | Hawkshead Benefice | |
| Hawkshead Methodist Church | Hawkshead | | | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | |
| Hawkshead Hill Baptist Church | Hawkshead (Hawkshead Hill) | | 1678 | Baptist Union | | |
| St John, Helsington | Helsington | John the Evangelist | 1726 | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | |
| St Peter, Heversham | Heversham | Peter | Medieval | Church of England | Heversham & Milnthorpe | |
| Hincaster Mission Room | Hincaster | | | Church of England | | Possibly defunct |
| Holy Trinity, Holme | Holme | Trinity | 1839 | Church of England | Burton & Holme | Own parish 1864 |
| St Anne, Ings | Hugill (Ings) | Anne | C16th | Church of England | Staveley, Ings & Kentmere | Current building 1743 |
| St John the Divine, Hutton Roof | Hutton Roof | John the Evangelist | Medieval | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | Rebuilt 1757, 1881 |
| Holy Trinity, Kendal | Kendal | Trinity | Medieval | Church of England | Helm Group | |
| St George, Kendal | Kendal | George | 1754 | Church of England | Beacon Team | Current building & parish church 1841. Commissioners' church |
| St Thomas, Kendal | Kendal | Thomas | 1835-1837 | Church of England | Kendal St Thomas | |
| Hallgarth Community Church | Kendal | | | ? | | |
| Holy Trinity & St George, Kendal | Kendal | Trinity & George | 1793 | Roman Catholic | Kendal Catholic Parish | Current building 1835-1837 |
| Stricklandgate Methodist Church | Kendal | | 1787 | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | |
| Fellside Methodist Church | Kendal | | | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | |
| Sandylands Methodist Church | Kendal | | | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | |
| Kendal United Reformed Church | Kendal | | C17th | URC | South Lakes Church | |
| Parr Street Evangelical Church | Kendal | | | FIEC | | Affinity |
| Heron Hill Free Church | Kendal | | | Independent | | |
| Kendal Salvation Army | Kendal | | | Salvation Army | | |
| Kendal Quaker Meeting | Kendal | | | Quakers | Kendal & Sedbergh Quakers | |
| King's Church Kendal | Kendal | Jesus | | Newfrontiers | | |
| St Cuthbert, Kentmere | Kentmere | Cuthbert | Medieval | Church of England | Staveley, Ings & Kentmere | |
| All Saints, Killington | Killington | All Saints | | Church of England | Lune United Benefice | |
| St Cuthbert, Kirkby Ireleth | Kirkby Ireleth | Cuthbert | Medieval | Church of England | | |
| Kirkby Marshside Methodist Church | Kirkby Ireleth | | late C18th | Methodist | SW Cumbria United Area | Current building 1870 |
| St John the Evangelist, Woodland | Kirkby Ireleth (Woodland) | John the Evangelist | 1698 | Church of England | Broughton & Duddon | Rebuilt 1822, 1864-1865 |
| St Mary the Virgin, Kirkby Lonsdale | Kirkby Lonsdale | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | |
| St Joseph, Kirkby Lonsdale | Kirkby Lonsdale | Joseph | 1966 | Roman Catholic | | |
| Kirkby Lonsdale Methodist Church | Kirkby Lonsdale | | | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | |
| St Oswald, Grasmere | Lakes (Grasmere) | Oswald of N'umbria | Medieval | CoE / Methodist | Grasmere & Rydal | |
| Holy Trinity, Langdale | Lakes (Chapel Stile) | Trinity | Medieval | Church of England | Loughrigg Team | Current building 1858, own parish 1863 |
| Jesus Church, Troutbeck | Lakes (Troutbeck) | Jesus | 1562 | Church of England | Windermere & Troutbeck | Rebuilt 1736 |
| St Mary, Rydal | Lakes (Rydal) | Mary | 1823-1825 | Church of England | Grasmere & Rydal | |
| Little Langdale Mission Chapel | Lakes (Little Langdale) | | C19th | Church of England | Loughrigg Team | |
| St Mary, Ambleside | Lakes (Ambleside) | Mary | 1850-1854 | Church of England | Loughrigg Team | Earlier chapel of St Anne, own burial rights C17th |
| Mater Amabilis, Ambleside | Lakes (Ambleside) | Mary | | Roman Catholic | Windermere Parish | |
| Our Lady of the Wayside, Grasmere | Lakes (Grasmere) | Mary | | Roman Catholic | Windermere Parish | |
| Ambleside Baptist Church | Lakes (Ambleside) | | | Baptist Union | | |
| Ambleside Methodist Church | Lakes (Ambleside) | | | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | Shares a building with St Mary's Anglican church |
| St John the Evangelist, Levens | Levens | John the Evangelist | 1828 | Church of England | | |
| Levens Methodist Church | Levens | | | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | |
| St Mary, Longsleddale | Longsleddale | Mary | 1712 | Church of England | Beacon Team | Current building 1863 |
| SS Mary & Michael Priory Church, Cartmel | Lower Allithwaite (Cartmel) | Mary & Michael | Medieval | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Survived Dissolution by being deemed a parish church |
| Cartmel Methodist Church | Lower Allithwaite (Cartmel) | | C19th | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | Current building 1871-1872 |
| St Mary, Allithwaite | Lower Allithwaite (Allithwaite) | Mary | 1864-1865 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | |
| St John the Baptist, Flookburgh | Lower Holker (Flookburgh) | John the Baptist | 1777 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Own parish 1879. Rebuilt 1897-1900 |
| St Luke, Lowick | Lowick | Luke | 1577 | CoE / Methodist | Egton, Lowick & Colton | |
| All Saints, Lupton | Lupton | All Saints | 1867 | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | |
| St Peter, Mansergh | Mansergh | Peter | 1726 | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | Rebuilt 1880 |
| Holy Ghost, Middleton | Middleton | Holy Spirit | 1634 | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | Rebuilt 1879 |
| St Thomas, Milnthorpe | Milnthorpe | Thomas | 1837 | Church of England | Heversham & Milnthorpe | |
| Christ the King, Milnthorpe | Milnthorpe | Jesus | 1947 | Roman Catholic | Kent Estuary Catholic Parish | Current building 1970 |
| M:OASIS | Milnthorpe | | | Methodist | Kendal Circuit | Previously Milnthorpe Methodist, gave up building 2014 |
| Trinity Church Milnthorpe | Milnthorpe | Trinity | 2016 | FIEC | | Affinity. Plant from Parr Street Evangelical, Kendal |
| St Mark, Natland | Natland | Mark | Medieval | Church of England | Helm Group | Rebuilt 1735, 1825, 1909-1910 and renamed |
| St Stephen, New Hutton | New Hutton | Stephen | C18th | Church of England | Helm Group | Rebuilt 1829 |
| St John the Baptist, Old Hutton | Old Hutton & Holmescales | John the Baptist | 1873 | Church of England | Helm Group | |
| St John the Evangelist, Osmotherley | Osmotherley | John the Evangelist | 1873-1874 | Church of England | Ulverston | |
| St James, Staveley | Over Staveley | James | 1865 | Church of England | Staveley, Ings & Kentmere | Replaced dilapidated St Margaret's (medieval) in village centre |
| St Michael & the Holy Angels, Pennington | Pennington | Michael & Angels | Medieval | Church of England | Pennington, Lindal, Bardsea | Rebuilt 1826 |
| Swarthmoor Methodist Church | Pennington (Swarthmoor) | | 1864 | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | |
| St Patrick, Preston Patrick | Preston Patrick | Patrick | 1509 | Church of England | Rainbow Parish | Rebuilt 1852 |
| Preston Patrick Quaker Meeting | Preston Patrick | | 1691 | Quakers | Kendal & Sedbergh Quakers | |
| All Saints, Satterthwaite | Satterthwaite | All Saints | C16th | Church of England | Hawkshead Benefice | Current building c. 1840. Own parish from Hawkshead 1881 |
| St Andrew, Sedbergh | Sedbergh | Andrew | Medieval | Church of England | Sedbergh, Cautley, Garsdale | |
| Sedbergh Catholic Meeting | Sedbergh | | | Roman Catholic | Kendal Catholic Parish | Meets in St Andrew's Anglican church |
| New Street Methodist Church, Sedbergh | Sedbergh | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | |
| Sedbergh United Reformed Church | Sedbergh | | | URC | South Lakes Church | |
| Brigflatts Meeting House | Sedbergh (Brigflatts) | | 1652 | Quakers | Kendal & Sedbergh Quakers | |
| Holy Trinity, Howgill | Sedbergh (Howgill) | Trinity | 1838 | Church of England | Lune United Benefice | |
| St Mark, Cautley | Sedbergh (Cautley) | Mark | 1847 | Church of England | Sedbergh, Cautley, Garsdale | |
| Cautley Methodist Church | Sedbergh (Cautley) | | | Methodist | Sedbergh Circuit | |
| St John the Baptist, Skelsmergh | Skelsmergh & Scalthwaiterigg | John the Baptist | 1871 | Church of England | Beacon Team | |
| Holy Trinity, Brathay | Skelwith (Clappersgate) | Trinity | 1836 | Church of England | Loughrigg Team | |
| St Thomas, Crosscrake | Stainton (Crosscrake) | Thomas | Medieval | Church of England | Helm Group | Rebuilt 1874 |
| St Mary, Staveley-in-Cartmel | Staveley-in-Cartmel | Mary | 1537 | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Restored 1897 |
| Hebron Hall | Staveley-in-Cartmel (Backbarrow) | Hebron | 1913 | Gospel Hall | | |
| St Oswald, Burneside | Strickland Ketel (Burneside) | Oswald of N'umbria | 1602 | Church of England | Beacon Team | Rebuilt 1881 |
| St Luke, Torver | Torver | Luke | 1849 | Church of England | Coniston & Torver | Rebuilt 1884 and dedicated to St Luke |
| St Mary, Ulverston | Ulverston | Mary | Medieval | Church of England | Ulverston | Mostly rebuilt 1864-1866 |
| St Mary of Furness, Ulverston | Ulverston | Mary | 1824 | Roman Catholic | Ulverston & Dalston | Current building 1893-1895 |
| Ulverston Methodist Church | Ulverston | | late C18th | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | Current building 1818 |
| Bethany Christian Church | Ulverston | Bethany | | Gospel Hall | | |
| Ulverston Grace Baptist Church | Ulverston | | 1992 | Independent | | Affinity. Plant from Free Grace Baptist, Lancaster |
| Croftlands Community Church | Ulverston | | | Independent | | |
| Emmanuel Christian Centre | Ulverston | Jesus | 1876 | CCI | | Previously Churches of Christ then Assemblies of God |
| All Saints, Underbarrow | Underbarrow & Bradleyfield | All Saints | Medieval | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | |
| St Paul, Lindale | Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel (Lindale) | Paul | Medieval | Church of England | Cartmel Peninsula | Rebuilt 1828 |
| Holy Trinity, Bardsea | Urswick (Bardsea) | Trinity | 1843-1853 | Church of England | Pennington, Lindal, Bardsea | Benefice also includes one church in Barrow-in-Furness |
| SS Mary Virgin & Michael, Urswick | Urswick | Mary & Michael | Medieval | Church of England | Urswick etc | Benefice also includes one church in Barrow-in-Furness |
| Urswick United Reformed Church | Urswick | | | URC | SW Cumbria United Area | |
| St Thomas, Selside | Whitwell & Selside | Thomas | 1709 | Church of England | Beacon Team | Rebuilt 1838 |
| St Mary, Windermere | Windermere | Mary | 1847-1848 | Church of England | Windermere & Troutbeck | Own parish 1856 |
| Our Lady of Windermere & St Herbert | Windermere | Mary & Herbert of D | | Roman Catholic | Windermere Parish | |
| Windermere Methodist Church | Windermere | | | Methodist | South Lakes Circuit | |
| Carver Uniting Church, Windermere | Windermere | | | Methodist / URC | | |
| Windermere Community Church | Windermere | | | Assemblies of God | | Moved into Heathwaite Mission building 2001 |
| St Martin, Windermere | Windermere (Bowness) | Martin of Tours | Medieval | Church of England | | Own parish 1348 |
| Lakes Christian Centre | Windermere (Bowness) | | 1924 | Independent | | EA. Began in Langdale |
| St Paul, Witherslack | Witherslack, Meathop & Ulpha | Paul | 1669-1671 | Church of England | Two Valleys Team | |

## Defunct churches

| Name | Civil parish (settlement) | Dedication | Founded | Redundant | Denomination | Notes |
| St John the Baptist, Blawith | Blawith & Subberthwaite | John the Baptist | 1862-1863 | 1988 | Church of England | |
| St Margaret of Antioch, Low Wray | Claife (Low Wray) | Margaret the Virgin | 1845 | | Church of England | |
| All Hallows Chapel, Kendal | Kendal | All Saints | | | Church of England | |
| St Margaret, Staveley | Over Staveley | Margaret the Virgin | Medieval | C19th | Church of England | Replaced by St James's (see above) |
| St Leonard, Swarthmoor | Pennington (Swarthmoor) | Leonard of Noblac | 1882 | | Church of England | |
| Graythwaite Mission Room | Satterthwaite (Graythwaite) | | | | Church of England | |
| Holy Trinity, Ulverston | Ulverston | Trinity | 1829-1832 | 1976 | Church of England | |
| Sandside Gospel Hall | Kirkby Ireleth | | | 2010 | Gospel Hall | |