Church of St Leonard, Yarpole

Unmissable. The church buildings date from early 14th century but restored and extended to designs by Gilbert Scott. Its detached Bell Tower is one of the oldest timber structures in Britain dating from around 1195/96. It is one of a group of four timber bell towers in the area including Pembridge, Mamble and Kinghton-on-Teme.

A local community making the most of the church, with meetings, presentations and projects. Interesting !

Wonderful community shop and cafe run by volunteers. Very friendly and cafe serves coffee and cakes and sometimes bacon croissants. All in the local church which is used for worship.

What a gem of a place! Great village location good shop and lovely tea rooms upstairs what a beatiful location. Volunteer run and all very friendly and helpful. Age UK run some support for older people needing help with IT.

Interesting place with it's separate bell tower, there's a village shop and café in the church, unfortunately shut when we visited, plants for sale outside and bric-a-brac in.

Lovely place, very peaceful

Nice little village church. Seems to have a thriving village shop based in the church. Like a lot of churches it's a pity they removed all the old pews in favour of chairs.

Just like Alice’s restaurant!…. You can get anything you want 👍👍

Lots of history in a scenic setting.

A shop a church and a post office great

Beautiful little church with seperate bell tower. A café, shop and post-office all under the same roof.
Beautiful Scones but could do with being bigger.

St Leonard's Church is an unusual structure, originally 14th century but rebuilt in the 19th century and reorganized in 2009.
One of the more unique features of St Leonard's is the 12th century detached bell tower. The floor is medieval encaustic tiles and the upper structure is supported by massive oak beams.
The main church was rebuilt by George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s but it is now a multi-use space. In addition to regular worship, there is a cafe on the gallery, a post office and a community shop.