The church was opened for worship in 1869, although a Methodist community was worshipping in the town some 20 years earlier. The building has seen a few changes over the years, most recently in 2008 when major building work was carried out to refurbish the interior, build a much improved entrance porch and an extension at the back.
In 2025, the entrance doors and windows were changed to make them double glazed. The glass of these have small circular etching marks on the inside panel. These circles need to be counted to ascertain the final co-ordinates.
P = the total number of circles on the two windows
R = the total number of circles on the two doors
M = P x 4, minus 7
C = R x 43, plus 17
The cache is at N51° 43.M W000° 49.C
The total co-ordinates add up to 54.
The container is a small bison tube, cable-tied to prevent it from falling. Please bring your own pen or pencil. Parking is usually possible within 100 yards of the cache.
Geocaching Etiquette. geocaching.com states under 'Help Center' in Paragraph 1.7: 'We like to keep things fun for everyone, so we have a few rules we encourage everyone to follow. Sign both the logbook and log your find online to get your smiley. Geocache owners love reading about your experience'. There are more rules, but this is the first one. This cache owner requests that if on the rare occasion geocachers are unable to sign, an explanation is given in their log. A photo of the cache, if possible should then be sent through the messaging system.
If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here: http://churchmicro.co.uk/
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html
CONGRATULATIONS to George_Roper for being the FTF!