Churches LE67

The Churches and Chapels on this page are:

Coalville - Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, Belvoir Road Wesleyan Methodist, Greenhill Community Church, Yesterday Today and Forever, St James Church of England, James Street Pentecostal Church, Christ Church Church of England, St Wilfrid of York Roman Catholic Church, New Life Church, Marlborough Square Primitive Methodist Church, St David - Church of England.

Ibstock - Ibstock Baptist Church, St Denys Church of England, Melbourne Road - Wesleyan Methodist.

Whitwick - New Swannington Wesleyan Reform Church, Whitwick Baptist, St John the Baptist Church of England, Wesleyan Methodist, Holy Cross Roman Catholic..

Coalville Churches and Chapels

Coalville - Ashby Road - Ebenezer Baptist Chapel - 2nd January 2025

The Ebenezer Baptist Chapel in Ashby Road, Coalville was built in 1881.

The chapel is a substantial brick building, built with local bricks.

The chapel has a back room that is used as a coffee lounge and meeting area.

Coalville - Belvoir Road - Wesleyan Methodist - now Marlene Reid Centre - 20th December 2024

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1881 on the corner of Belvoir Road and Melbourne Street. It included a school building at the rear. The charity MRC Community Action was formed on the 29th July 1996 and the building is now the Marlene Reid Centre.

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1881.

The building is now the Marlene Reid Centre.

Coalville - Charnborough Road - Baptist - Greenhill Community Church - 22nd December 2024

The Baptist Church is much newer than many in Coalville and now uses the name Greenhill Community Church.

Coalville - Gutteridge Street - Yesterday Today and Forever - 2nd January 2025

The YTF Church is relatively new.

Coalville - Highfield Street - St James - Church of England - now St James Business Centre - 2nd January 2025

Declining attendances led to the closure of St James Church. The building was converted into the St James Business Centre that opened in 2014.

Coalville - James Street - Pentecostal Church - 2nd January 2025

Right at the end of James Street is the Pentecostal Church.

Coalville - London Road - Christ Church - Church of England - 22nd December 2024

Built is 1837 but not consecrated until 1840 because George Davenport who had promised the £1,000 endowment was later declared a lunatic. Fortunately the Rev Thomas Webb Minton stepped in with the funds. Christ Church now operates with St Peter's Bardon Hill and St Michael's Ravenstone.

Christ Church was built in 1837.

The church hall.

Coalville - London Road - St Wilfrid of York - 22nd December 2024

The Roman Catholic St Wilfrid of York Church was consecrated in 1961, replacing what had been the temporary church built in 1900, St Saviours.

Coalville - Margaret Street - New Life Church - 2nd January 2025

The New Life Church is in Margaret Street.

Coalville - Marlborough Square - Primitive Methodist Church - 20th December 2024

Marlborough Square Primitive Methodist Church and school room was built in 1902 at the junction with Jackson Street. With the Methodist Union of 1932 it became Coalville Methodist Church.

Front in Marlborough Square.

Side in Jackson Street.

The school room in Jackson Street.

Coalville - Meadow Lane - St David - Church of England - 22nd December 2024

On the eastern side of Coalville is the parish of St David's Broomleys, nestled in the junction of Meadow Lane and Greenhill Road.

Ibstock Churches and Chapels

Ibstock - Chapel Street - Ibstock Baptist Church - 8th January 2025

Ibstock Baptist Church, Chapel Street, Ibstock

The chapel was built in 1856.

Not just a church but a schoolroom as well.

Ibstock - High Street - St Denys - Church of England - 8th January 2025

There is a long drive from High Street through the graveyard to the church.

St Denys from the north

St Denys from the south

Ibstock - Melbourne Road - Wesleyan Methodist - 8th January 2025

Built in 1892 but now closed.

Still there although scheduled for demolition.

Swannington Churches and Chapels

Swannington - Church Hill - St George - Church of England - 4th March 2013

The church was built in 1825 on a site selected by Sir George Howland Beaumont, his wife Lady Beaumont and their guest the poet William Wordsworth who later wrote two sonnets about the church.