Scarth Hill Mission

We have driven past this small church on many occasions on the way to Ormskirk and Southport, but as it has grown more and more dilapidated in recent years, I decided that it was time to take some photos before it gets completely overgrown or falls down!

Scarth Hill Mission was opened by the Bishop of Liverpool in July 1896 to serve the people of Ormskirk and Bickerstaffe, and closed in 1975 due to dwindling numbers. It has been offered for sale as a property to be developed as a home but never sold.

It is boarded up so I couldn't gain access to the interior.

Fuji XT2, Fuji 10-24mm lens.

Entrance pathway overgrown

Door and Roses

Entrance View in BW

Overgrown Garden looking up to Belltower

Mission in a blue sky

View from the pathway wall BW

Stained Glass Windows overgrown

Gate and Church

Church handle missing BW

Church and blue sky

View from Poppy Lane to the rear

Overgrown gardens view BW

Island Dam, Billinge

I went for a stroll among the flora and fauna around Island Dam at the top of Winstanley and Billinge on bright and breezy Friday afternoon.

There are plenty of Wheat fields in varying states of readiness and fields full of insects and animals.

Fuji XT2, 50-230mm Fuji lens.

Billinge Hill Wheatfield View

Male Damselfly

Dig A Pony (looks like a Beatle)

Meadow Brown Butterfly

Pinks

Ripening Berries

Drying Stalks

Still Green

Thistle and Hoverfly

Waving Wheat

Rooftop Wheatfield View

Winter Hill Wheatfield View