Church of St Peter - Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

St. Peter's Church, a forward-looking church, offering new ways of worship alongside traditional services. The Church of St Peter Harrogate is a parish church in the Church of England, dioceses of Rippon and Leeds.

The Stained glass windows in this church, are not stained glass, they are all paintings on glass. One of the most famous windows features a cartoon from the punch magazine. It shows St Peter standing at the pearly gates, the shrine of honour, asking "Who Goes there? I have no name, I died for my country. Pass Unknown Warrior."

Copied from a cartoon in the Magazine “Punch” – “Who goes there?
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St Peters is a church with a Heart in the Heart of the City.
A caring City centre church, that serves hot breakfast to the homeless every morning, and food parcels to the poor every evening.

"St. Peter's Church (C of E) stands right in the heart of Harrogate. Its geographical parish consists largely of shops and offices, and our ministry extends to the many people who come in to the town each day for work, for shopping, on conferences, or for leisure. We have a fine Victorian church building which is well known for its painted glass windows.
St Peter's welcomes visitors every day of the week.
From Monday to Saturday the doors are generally open from 8.00 am until about 5.30 p.m.. Many people come in to pray, relax or simply to look around. Others visit for special events such as concerts, coffee mornings and a range of mid-week worship services. Of course on Sunday opening hours are even longer, finishing with Choral Evensong from 6.30 - 7.30 p.m.." Text source: (visit link)

From Wikipedia the free encyclopaedia:

"A subscription for the erection of the church was commenced and the foundation stone was laid in April, 1870. The church is of the decorated style of architecture, from a design by Mr. Hirst, of Bristol, and consists of a nave of five bays, 70 feet in length by 27 feet in breadth, with north and south aisles, each 15 feet 9 inches wide; the last bay at the eastern end of the aisle on each side projects outwards to double its former breadth, in the form of a transept, which is gabled outwardly; the chancel will be about 35 feet in length by 22 feet in breadth, terminating in a circular apse, the interior of which will be arcaded." Text Source: (visit link)

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 04/01/1870 Age of Church building determined by?: Church staff member If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Church of England - Anglican. If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:00 AM Street address of Church: Cambridge Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK. HG1 1RW Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]

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