The village has two churches, the ancient St Bridget's and the more recent St John's. (St John's stands in the main street and is an attractive listed building containing a number of old stone fragments and a thirteenth-century doorway with carved heads which originated at St Bridget's.)

The older church is unlike any other in Cumbria. To reach it you need to take th eminor road opposite the ROyal Oak and, after passing under the railway, turn right along a narrow road for approximately half a mile.

Records show that the church existed in 1160, but the dedication suggests that there are three services annually, in May, July and September. THe interior has a stern simplicity with the barest essentials of furnishings apart from some wall-boards with texts.

In the churchyard some fine modern gravestones contrast with two unusual pre-Norman cross shafts. These in turn provide food for thought with their shape distantly reflected by the top of Sellafield's nuclear towers!

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