Activities
Church Life includes getting out and about into the community and the surrounding area. You are welcome to join us for any of these events.
If there’s a church-based event that’s missing from here please let us know!
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Walkers will meet outside St. Peter’s Church at 9.30am, unless otherwise stated, from where we would normally travel together by car to the starting point.
You will need strong footwear, full waterproofs, a packed lunch and something to drink. Each walk could be up to 8 miles in length, so you do need to be reasonably fit to take part.
For more details contact
Jane Heath on 01204 695329.
Forthcoming Walks (2026):
(updated 3rd January 2026)
January 4th
To be confirmed
February 7th
March 7th
April 4th
May 2nd
June 6th
July 4th
September 5th
October 3rd
November 7th
December 5th
Treasure Hunt – (Dave Moffoot)
A gentle 2 mile cultural walk around Bury town centre
Social (Details tba)
(Bring & share food)
Rufford and Mere Sands Wood (Janet Ainsworth/Joanne Locke)
7 miles easy
Houghton Tower/Riley Green (Kath and Brian Taylor)
8.5 miles easy
Pleasington (Janet Ainsworth/Joanne Locke)
7/8 miles moderate
Bridgewater Canal and Pennington Flash (Ian and Carolyn Gibbs)
7.6 miles easy
Heysham (Dave Moffoot)
6 miles
Kendal /Scout Scar return (Kath and Brian Taylor)
7.5 miles moderate
Barrowford to Barley (Kath and Brian Taylor)
8.25 miles moderate
Wigan area (Carolyn and Ian Gibbs)
Route TBC
Hurst Green, The Tolkien Trail (Brian Johnson)
7 miles easy
Local walk to coincide with Smithills Christmas Market – leader TBC
St. Peter's Art Group
St. Peter’s Art Group meets fortnightly on Monday afternoons in the Parish Centre, from 1:30-3:30pm. The group takes a break for the summer and starts meeting again in September.
Further details can be obtained from the Parish Office or from Ruth Robinson, the group’s co-ordinator.
The galleries on the right show some of the group members being creative, and the results of their work.
