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History
St Michael's Burgh-by-Sands
Postcode: CA5 6AW
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Opening Times: Open all year (including Christmas and New Year)
Summer 0900 – 1700.
Winter 0900 – 1600 (or dusk if earlier).
The above times may occasionally vary.
There will be other times when the church is stewarded informally, when access to facilities will also be available.
Parking: Roadside and village green car park
Refreshments available when the church is stewarded
WC: (with level access and baby changing unit) available when church is stewarded
Level access into the church.
Churchyard provides a pedestrian through-route avoiding main road
Cycle racks on site
Drinking water facility outside church at east end from Easter to 31 October
Free entry
Burgh-by-Sands Parish has fifteen art display stands available for hire for art exhibitions and similar events. The boards link together either in pairs or longer lengths to form a strong and effective display area. Picture hooks are also available. Delivery and collection of the stands is arranged and is charged according to the distance travelled. For full details of terms and conditions, size and current hire costs please see the download below.
Church Safeguarding contact please visit the Safeguarding page.
Art Display Stands for Hire
Grade I Listed, 12th century and one of only a small number of fortified churches in Cumbria, the church represents many layers of history, built on the site of the Roman Fort of Aballava, alongside the line of Hadrian’s Wall. It suffered turbulent times during cross-Border warfare and later at the hands of the notorious Border reivers – and there are many visible architectural features in the church today from those days. The powerful Plantagenet King Edward I (known as Longshanks) lay in State in St. Michael’s, following his death nearby on Burgh Marsh in July 1307. The Royal Court came to Burgh Church, with the King’s heir, to pay homage and for ten days during that time Burgh Church was at the centre of events which shaped the life of the Nation.Take a ‘Walk Through Time’ along the churchyard path, which features a granite time-line of significant events down the centuries. Stand in the atmospheric medieval tower where villagers sheltered during Border warfare, and see the Norman carvings of creatures and the interesting illustrated historical display panels.