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St Luke’s Church is Grade 2* listed, which puts it among the top 10% of buildings in
England. Prominent because of its position and its slender, continental-style spire, it
stands on a small green hill beside Liverpool Street – and is known locally as “the church
on the hill”. About 45 people worship there on Sunday mornings, and most newcomers
find them friendly and welcoming. Inside the church’s most spectacular feature is the
decorated roof over the chancel, and it is
blessed with a fine organ. Just down the hill
is the Parish Hall, which is home to a huge
range of community groups and activities –
and to cups of tea after every service!
St Luke’s Primary School, highly praised
for its academic standards and caring ethos,
is on Eccles New Road, just across the
motorway.
Address-
Corner of Liverpool Street / Derby Road,
Salford, M6 5YD
Service times-
Sunday 10:00 - Parish Communion
Monday 5:30pm Evening Prayers
Tuesday (3rd in month) 7:15pm - Taize Prayer
Tuesday (3rd in month) 8:00pm - Bible Study
Wednesday 10:00am - Holy Communion
Wednesday 5:30pm - Evening Prayers
Contact details-
Team Rector: Revd. Daniel Burton
Salford All Saints Team Ministry
email:
Team Vicar: Revd. Charlie Gorton
Tel: 0161 736 5819
email:
Team Assistant Curate: The Revd. Caroline Hewitt
Tel: 0161 745 2678
email:
You can now find us on Facebook @ Salford All Saints Team Ministry
How to book baptism/ weddings-
Vicar’s ‘surgery’: Wednesdays 6:15 - 7:15pm
Activities-
Monday to Friday - Scallywags Nursery - email:
Monday 2:00pm - Ladies Group (1st Mon of the month)-
Monday 7:30pm -S.L.A.D.S. - Drama Group- email:
Tuesday 2:00pm - 4:00pm Tea Dance @ The Moorland, Tel: 0161 736 5129
Tuesday 6:30pm - Brownies (Girls aged 7 - 10 yrs)
Wednesday 10:00am - Drop-in -
Wednesday 7:30pm - S.L.A.D.S. Drama Group
Thursday 10:00am - Healthy Hearts & Hips
Thursday 6:00pm - Zumba Dancing
Thursday 6:30 - 8:30pm - Cubs (Boys & Girls aged 8 - 10 yrs)
Parish Hall bookings-
Contact Christine Allmark, Hall Warden, on 0161 281 7423
A brief history of the building-
The church, designed by the famous Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott, was
opened in 1865. In 1878 a chapel in memory of Edward Tootal, one of the early
benefactors, was added to the East end of the north aisle. The church was redecorated
and reordered in the 1920s, but since then it has remained largely unchanged. It is
richly endowed with stained glass, and the windows in the Tootal Chapel (now known as
the Lady Chapel) are undoubtedly the best. They are fine examples of the early work of
Charles Eamer Kempe, and display exceptional vitality and originality of design. Equally
rich are the church’s links with history. There are visible signs of this in the memorial
plaques on the walls to local heroes of the South African War and First World War and
the remarkable War Memorial built into one of the window bays on the south wall. There
is, however, no visible sign of the part the church played in a life that has had an
enormous impact on today’s world. In 1879 a local girl called Emmeline Goulden married
reforming lawyer Richard Marsden Pankhurst at St Luke’s – and became the famous Mrs
Pankhurst.
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View the Parish Boundaries
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