ABOUT

“a wellspring of creativity”

The Guardian

Wainsgate Chapel is a hidden gem – a former Baptist chapel tucked down a quiet track on the hillside just outside Hebden Bridge, in the dramatic landscape of the South Pennines, West Yorkshire.

Today, this Grade II* listed building is alive with a bold mix of arts, heritage, and community activity. Its programme brings together the international and the local, offering high-quality, thought-provoking, and life-affirming experiences for people of all ages.

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MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD

An annual series of music and spoken word events is hosted by Dave Nelson at Wainsgate where musicians, poets, and audiences alike can make the most of the Chapel’s near-perfect acoustic.

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ARTISTS AT WAINSGATE

Wainsgate is home to seven artists with a wide range of practices who exhibit and sell their work widely.

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WAINSGATE DANCES

Wainsgate Dances brings the international and the local together in a bold, wide-ranging programme of dance — uniquely mixing world-class, radical work with the warmth and welcome of a close-knit community.

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HERITAGE

At Wainsgate, we treat heritage as a living conversation between past, present, and future.

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WAINSGATE GRAVEYARD & GROUNDS

Read about the Wainsgate Graveyard and grounds,

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Help keep Wainsgate alive.
Your donation supports the chapel, its wild graveyard, and the bold mix of art, heritage, and community that happens here. Every contribution helps us care for the building, welcome artists and audiences, and imagine Wainsgate’s future together.

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