Welcome to the Stanwick Group of Churches web-site
The Stanwick Group of Churches is a united benefice which comprises the Church of England parishes of Forcett, Aldbrough St. John and Melsonby in beautiful, rural North Yorkshire within the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds.

The picture above shows the towers of Stanwick (nearest) and Forcett (distant with blue clock) churches taken on the field walk from Aldbrough to Stanwick. This was the route the people of Aldbrough had to take to walk to church before the present church building was erected in Aldbrough in 1890.
You will find a map of the area covered by the parish in the page of links to the parish. There are also links to other sites of interest including the village web-sites for some of the villages in our benefice.

This site has been created mainly as an additional information source for the people of the parish but we hope that if you are from outside the area you will get a flavour of an area that is pleasant to live in both in terms of its scenery and its inhabitants.

See our Calendar pages for details of church services in the parish this month. Next month's calendar should be available by 20th of this month