St Augustine’s Church

St Augustine’s is one of the three churches in the Skipton Anglican cluster, together with Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, and Embsay Parish Church.  Services are provided every Sunday, with a special Village Service for the whole community, especially families, on key dates in the calendar, such as Palm Sunday and Advent.  A Committee of volunteers drawn from the Village is responsible for monitoring the day-to-day running of the Church, under the chairmanship of the Rector, Adrian Botwright.  Each Monday afternoon, the Rector, or another member of the clergy who take services in the Village, has a “free-for-all” visit to Draughton and serves up tea and companionship from his camper van outside the Church.

Please use this site to access information on Church services - you will find details included on our listing of forthcoming events under the News and Events page.

The office site for Holy Trinity, Skipton may be visited at www.holytrinityskipton.org.uk, and the Rector may be contacted at rector@holytrinityskipton.org

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Latest News

Meeting of the Parish Council – 19 January

The draft minutes from the meeting of the Parish Council  held on Thursday 19 January are now available on the Parish Council Minutes page of this site.

Afternoon Tea Party

The next afternoon tea party will be held on Monday 6 February at 2.30pm in the Village Hall.  All welcome.

Chelker Wind Turbines

The planning authority will decide on the application to build 2  new 75m-high wind turbines at Chelker reservoir at a meeting to be held on Monday 13 February at the District Council offices.  A full text of the Parish Council’s objections to this development may be viewed here:
Submission on turbines 2011 (revised app)
Copies of Kelda’s plans and supporting [...]

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