St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust

St Martin’s Low Marple Heritage Trust exists to preserve and make known the artistic heritage of St Martin’s church, a Church of England church in Marple, which lies within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in the Greater Manchester area.

St Martin’s is a parish church in the liberal Catholic tradition of the Church of England. It was founded in 1870 by a local family who, influenced by the Oxford Movement and the ritual revival in the Church of England, wished to establish a church where Anglo-Catholic ceremonial would be observed. To create a worthy setting for this, the church employed prominent architects and designers over a period of fifty years. The church now stands as a treasury of work by artists in the English Arts and Crafts Movement. It is a Grade II* Listed Building, and thus of national significance. The Trust hopes to gain wider recognition of the artistic worth of the church, and to make it more accessible to the local community.

St Martin's Church, Low Marple.

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Keeping Churches Open and in Use

Saturday 7 February 2026

In the Hall, 2.30-4.00, with tea

The National Churches Trust is the independent charity which makes grants to keep churches of all denominations up and running. Jon Hodges, Project Manager of the Trust’s Cherish Project (in Wales, Scotland, and North West England), describes the work of the Trust.