The heart of the Community

Your Chapel

Welcome. Everyone is encouraged to visit the Chapel regularly and make proper use of it. Its future depends on the community showing that it is still valued.

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Tin Chapel seen from the lane after rain

Current Status

Limited opening

Outside of services and special events, visitors may enter the Chapel between 11:40 and 12:00 daily. The side door remains unavailable pending inspection of the south-west gutter (vertical).

Opening: Open today
Access: Entrance via the front door is now restored.
Next Service: September Showdown, 20 September 2026 at 07:00
Last updated: 13 September 2026

Noticeboard

Recent Notices

13 September 2026Update to pothole situation

New information has come to light regarding the appearance of the pothole (not a sinkhole) immediately adjacent to the front door of the Chapel.

6 September 2026Attendance Reconciliation

The recorded number present at Sunday observance on 12 May 2021 has been amended following a review of CCTV footage from the time.

2 July 2026Request for help

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Featured Records

TC-R-2026-04

Yard Surface Outside Front Door, July 2026

Date: 8 July 2026 Compiled by: Glyn, Committee Chair (and builder) ---

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TC-R-2026-01

Minutes Of Meeting Held, 6 July 2026

Location: Tin Chapel Present: Glyn (Chair); Geoff (Caretaker); Stephen (Council representative); Tony (member of the public) Apologies: None recorded Minute taker: Geoff

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TC-R-2026-02

The Bell Tower

The bell tower is one of the oldest surviving parts of the Chapel and remains its most recognisable feature from the lane. Unlike the blue-painted corrugated walls of the Chapel the bell tower looks, from a distance, to have green finish. This contrast has often led visitors to assume the tower was added later but this is not the case. The exposed roof and frame have taken the full force of rain, wind and air, leaving the surface with the familiar green patina associated with aged copper-based sheeting. Today the bell tower remains an important part of the Chapel’s character even though it hasn't been used since the Jenkins family (last house on right, number 14) registered noise complaints against the chapel in May 2017. The bell was ringing freely for 100 years before they moved into the village but it's not worth the fight.

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Mrs Jackson’s clown

TC-A-0011 / Photograph / c. 1951

Thank you to Mary J for providing this photo of a clown that her parents had arranged to attend her birthday party at the chapel in the early 1950s.

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Governance

Officers and Representatives

Caretaker (& website)

Geoff Thomas

Responsible for maintaining all aspects of the chapel on a 24/7 basis. You should direct all queries to me in the first instance.

Chair of the Committee

Glyn Huffmorton

We are grateful to Glyn (of Huffmorton Construction Ltd.) for his willingness to stand for Chair for another year. We are still looking for a deputy to help him out.

Council Representative

Stephen Shurman

One of three councillors that have direct oversight over the Chapel. The other two haven't done anything to justify their photos adding to this page.

Your Chapel

Limited opening

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Mrs Jackson’s clown

Officers and Representatives

Geoff Thomas

Glyn Huffmorton

Stephen Shurman