Exclusive: Ruined St Luke’s Church, Cheetham Hill, a very special tour for 2026
In association with the North West Heritage Trust, a third of the fee goes to the Trust.
£20, under 12s free
Two tours every last Sunday of the month at 1.30pm and 3pm.
Sunday 26 April, Sunday 31 May, Sunday 29 June, Sunday 26 July, Sunday 30 August, Sunday 27 September.
Imagine this as a tour.
A ruined church, an overgrown graveyard, a gloomy crypt.
A church that overflows with significance, where one of the world's most famous composers, Felix Mendelssohn, played the organ. A church and graveyard that provided a key scene in the Granada production, Prime Suspect, with Helen Mirren.
Now add to the mix one of the most colourful nineteenth century characters, Thomas Witlam Atkinson. He was a bigamist, an explorer, a romantic, a dreamer and a complete rogue. The overgrown tombs in the graveyard include other individuals with fascinating stories.
There has scarcely been a more intriguing, interesting, and haunting location for a tour than St Luke one full of dramatic silhouettes, a fabulously gloomy crypt and accounts of incredible individuals.
There will be music and projections. This will be very very special.
There are two tours on the last Sunday of every month from Sunday 26 April.
Tickets are £20, under twelves free.
Due to the ruined nature of the site accessibility is limited. For the crypt section of the tour there are steep steps which makes that part of the tour impossible for wheelchair access and those with mobility issues.
All guests must wear sturdy footwear.
Please be aware there are no toilets on the site.
Tours last approximately seventy five minutes.
St Luke's lies 1.2 miles (1.9km) north of Victoria Station on Cheetham Hill Road. The 135 bus at Victoria Station/Corporation Street takes people to a stop at Bignor Street opposite St Luke. The return bus stop is adjacent to the site. There is limited parking along Smedley Lane.
A third of the ticket price will go to Heritage Trust North West, a remarkable charity that looks after thirty important properties in the North West of England. Read all about the trust here.
A ruined church, an overgrown graveyard, a gloomy crypt.
A church that overflows with significance, where one of the world's most famous composers, Felix Mendelssohn, played the organ. A church and graveyard that provided a key scene in the Granada production, Prime Suspect, with Helen Mirren.
Now add to the mix one of the most colourful nineteenth century characters, Thomas Witlam Atkinson. He was a bigamist, an explorer, a romantic, a dreamer and a complete rogue. The overgrown tombs in the graveyard include other individuals with fascinating stories.
There has scarcely been a more intriguing, interesting, and haunting location for a tour than St Luke one full of dramatic silhouettes, a fabulously gloomy crypt and accounts of incredible individuals.
There will be music and projections. This will be very very special.
There are two tours on the last Sunday of every month from Sunday 26 April.
Tickets are £20, under twelves free.
Due to the ruined nature of the site accessibility is limited. For the crypt section of the tour there are steep steps which makes that part of the tour impossible for wheelchair access and those with mobility issues.
All guests must wear sturdy footwear.
Please be aware there are no toilets on the site.
Tours last approximately seventy five minutes.
St Luke's lies 1.2 miles (1.9km) north of Victoria Station on Cheetham Hill Road. The 135 bus at Victoria Station/Corporation Street takes people to a stop at Bignor Street opposite St Luke. The return bus stop is adjacent to the site. There is limited parking along Smedley Lane.
A third of the ticket price will go to Heritage Trust North West, a remarkable charity that looks after thirty important properties in the North West of England. Read all about the trust here.