Facilities and features
Accessibility
Frequent buses from Windermere and Ambleside stop nearby. Regular (but less frequent) bus services run from Keswick and Kendal / Lancaster.
Of course! Everyone is welcome!
Key available during services and events.
Stock Lane Car Park 300 metres from the church is the first car park on your right when approaching Grasmere from the south. Disabled parking available. Payable every day, 8am to 8pm including bank holidays. https://www.visitlakedistrict.com/plan-your-visit/travel/stock-lane-car-park-p1220041
300 metres away, in the old phone box opposite Sam Read bookseller.
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Our Building
Grade I listed, dating from the 14th century. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1245157?section=overview
St Oswald's aims to be a warm and welcoming space. A small area with sofas available in the Langdale Aisle.
Two windows on the south side from the 1890s by Henry Holiday, a window on the north side from about 1926 by Shrigley and Hunt. Medieval glass in the windows on the south side of the chancel.
Second hand books and greeting cards for sale at the back of the church.
Music and Worship
Practice at 5pm on Thursdays. All welcome. Further details about ringing available on the website.
Concerts throughout the year. Details available on the website.
Recently restored historic organ. Commissioned in memory of nurse Nellie Taylor who was killed in France in the first world war.
Groups, Courses and Activities
Term time. Held at Rydal Hall. Details available on the website.
Parish lunches held at the village hall throughout the year. See the Parish Magazine for details.
Help for Visitors
Guides to the church and the organ are available in several languages at the back of the church for purchase or loan.
The church is usually open from 9am to 5pm, sometimes a little earlier or later.
Everyone is welcome!
Rooted in Grasmere Valley, shaped by weather prayer and time, St Oswald’s church has served generations as a place simply to rest before God. The rector and church wardens humbly receive written prayer requests entrusted to this church.
Bikes may be left in the church yard, though no racks exist yet.