Garstang Quaker Meeting House - come and see one of Garstang's hidden places of worship
Garstang Quaker Meeting House, Calder House Lane, Bowgreave, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1ZE
Most people in Garstang will know about the churches and could tell you where to go, but did you know that there is another two hundred year old Quaker Meeting House just off Calder lane in Bowgreave. Hidden away and out of sight from theroad, it sits in a little oasis of green and quitness surrounded on two sides by the burial ground, notable for the conformity of all the headstones.
Garstang Quakers were more recently involved in the town gaining Fairtrade stausand to mark that we will be hostinga Faittrade exhibition along with other examples of recent Quaker work.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 13 September:
- Open 1100-1630
Location & directions
Garstang Quaker Meeting House, Calder House Lane, Bowgreave, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1ZE
- Contact on day:
- William Taylor
- Telephone number:
- +447711574201
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Limited on site parking. There is a short walk up a cobbled lane to reach the site.
Additional information
This year the open event will end with the arrival of the Fairtrade Heritage in Garstang. Starting in Cherestanc Square, the walk will take in Fairtrade markers around Garstang, journeying through Bowgreave to the Quaker Meeting House in Calder House Lane for fairly traded refreshments before heading back towards the town along the canal tow path. The event links the Quaker heritage with the significant Fairtrade heritage of Garstang. The Quakers were early promoters of fair trade and it is of particularly apt that Garstang became the World's First Fairtrade Town in 2000.
