St Peters Parish Church

I was very privileged to attend the wedding of my good ski friend and fellow Unilocaler Lesley B to her fiancé Andrew at St Peter’s church last Saturday.
St Peter’s has been her local church since living in the area and I’ve attended Sunday services here — I’ve always been made to feel welcome by the local congregation.
The church building is postcard perfect for what you imagine a pretty English parish church would look llke. The Lord was smiling on Lesley on Saturday — the rain cleared up and the sun came out just as the service ended and it was time for photos.
The inside is lovely too with exposed wooden beams.
The wedding service was a joyful occasion shared with friends and family. The cupcake reception immediately after the service was a novel idea and helped to keep the guests entertained, fed and watered as the photos were taking place.
The electric keyboard was of good quality. I was lucky to be asked to provide some piano music when the when register was signed.
The regular members of the church made us guests feel most welcome. It feels like an active local church.
Congratulations to Lesley and Andrew!

Wow. St Peter’s Church is actually incredibly awesome. I think it’s actually maybe called St Peter Bolton-​Le-​Moors Church. I don’t know.
This is a huge, majestic church just on the edge of Bolton’s town centre. It’s a fantastic contrast to the tackiness of the town centre just a few metres away. The church is surrounded by a pleasant graveyard and grassy area.
Inside, the church is fantastic. The roofing is all wooden, with exposed beams. It’s bursting with character and actually better than Manchester Cathedral in my opinion.
Great church. So big that I kept having to go back and back and back to take a picture of it.

A large town-​centre church right in the middle of Bolton. It’s certainly a landmark building — peering as it does over the A666 St Peter’s Way — and as you might expect, it has a lot of history behind it too. Although not as big as some of the Cathedrals in the area (notably Liverpool), it is still a large space that inspires and raises one’s spirits — or at least it does mine! If you care to visit there is plenty of car-​parking conveniently just outside the church — and if you’re in Bolton it’s certainly worth exploring.