Buildwas Holy Trinity Ride & Stride

Ride+Stride is always the second Saturday in September, so it's on Saturday 13th September for 2025.

This is a national event organised by the National Churches Trust (NCT) which Shropshire Historic Churches Trust (SHCT) co-ordinate in the Shropshire region.

Our church will be open 1000 - 1800 on the day. Come and find out more about our fascinating history and our close connections to Ironbridge Gorge nearby, where the Industrial Revolution started. You can also find out more about our conservation efforts of both our churchyard (including our wildflower meadow for our rare slowworms), and our church bell tower: www.buildwaschurchrestoration.org

The full register of churches open on the day is on the SHCT website here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Fkd7_4LMNeKV76RLXlJPuEsLr7ELpfJR

Ride+Stride is the biggest annual event for SHCT and has 2 main objectives:

1. A day of welcome – a type of ‘Open Day’ when our church is open, with light refreshments (tea / coffee / biscuits / cake) and someone available to talk about the history of our church

2. A fundraiser - our church members are sponsored to take part in Ride + Stride, visiting other churches, and we receive 50% of the proceeds from sponsorship (and SHCT keep the other 50% for their great work providing grants for the upkeep / renovation of our churches in Shropshire).

Timings & Tours

Saturday 13 September:

1000-1800

Location & directions

Buildwas Holy Trinity Church, Buildwas, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7DA

Directions:

What3Words location: https://w3w.co/bandstand.bandage.pretty Parking is available in the loop road to the west of the church.

Contact on day:

Nigel Bowen

Telephone number:

+447870883238

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The front door of the church can be reached via our paths from the west (steps) and south (rough path, not wheelchair accessible). Disabled parking is available to the east end of the churchyard (drive up Park View into the village and take the first left, then park behind the village school - the church can then be accessed via a flat concrete path through the churchyard to the church front door - we have ramps into the church).

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

20

Est. tour duration:

1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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