Matlock Moor Methodist Church

Open day and exhibition telling the story of Matlock Moor Methodist Church (1903) designed by local architect Davis M Wildgoose and built by the family firm of J W Wildgoose and Sons on land donated by Walter Statham, owner of Brickyard Farm. The building is typical of local Wildgoose chapels in late-Victorian style. It was sensitively refurbished in 2018, retaining original furnishings and features including "chapel hat pegs".

The exhibition on Saturday and Sunday will tell the story of the chapel, formerly Primitive Methodist, and display many objects associated with the Primitive Methodist Church.

The event also includes a talk on Friday about the adjacent brickyard, closed at about the time the chapel opened, and the sequence of kilns long since lost to view which were uncovered in a spectacular excavation in 2024. The speaker was instrumental in ensuring that the site was fully explored in advance of housing development and closely followed and photographed the course of the excavation.

Light refreshments will be available at all events, including soup-and-a-roll at lunchtime on Saturday. On Sunday there will also be refreshments after the Sunday service starting at 10.30am and lasting about an hour.

Timings & Tours

Friday 19 September:

Talk 1930-2030

Saturday 20 September:

Exhibition 1100-1500

Sunday 21 September:

Sunday worship 1030-1130 then refreshments until 1230

Location & directions

Quarry Lane, Chesterfield Road, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5LG

Directions:

The church is located on the Chesterfield Road out of Matlock below Matlock Golf Club. The X17 bus from Wirksworth to Sheffield stops outside the door. It is advised that you park in Upper Lumsdale (signposted Highfields School) which is about 200 yards to the south west.

Contact on day:

Christine Piper

Telephone number:

+441629584429

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Note that visitors should park in Upper Lumsdale DE4 5LB but people can be set down outside the church. It is currently not advisable to park on Chesterfield Road outside the church.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:

50

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