St Hilda’s Parish Church is located in the centre of the village of Lucker: the parish itself includes a number of small hamlets including Adderstone, Newham, Newsteads, Belshill and Rosebrough.  There has been a place of worship on this site for centuries – this is the fifth or sixth church building here, and there is an Anglo-Saxon cross base in the woodland behind the church.  The current church building was largely rebuilt in 1874.  It has a delightful apse and some excellent stained glass windows, mostly of women saints.

It is a small church, although over 100 people can be accommodated for weddings and funerals.  The pulpit is a remarkable example of early 20^th century carving: the choir stalls are known to be carved by local workers as an employment project around the same time.

St Hilda’s has a large churchyard with many 18th century headstones, including a number of table graves.  It is a member of the Small Pilgrim Places Network, offering a quiet space for contemplation in natural surroundings.  A recent habitat survey has logged over 100 plant species in the churchyard, and a total of 18 bird species have been recorded in or on the immediate margins of the churchyard.  Two of these, house sparrow and song thrush, are on the Red List of Conservation Concern.  There is an active biodiversity management plan in place.

Visitors are encouraged to spend time in the church and churchyard and the church is open during daylight hours.