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Alton is a picture postcard village in the Staffordshire Moorlands, famous for the theme park just up the road, and just on the fringes of the Staffordshire Peak District.

The villagers are served by three churches; St Peter’s, St John’s and the Methodist chapel. The Anglican parish is 'Alton with Bradley', comprising St Peter’s and the smaller St Leonard’s, which is in the hamlet of Bradley just over a mile away.

'A Country Parish' will be written up here on the web month by month through 2008 with photos, interactive comments and audio interviews.
And... please leave your thoughts and comments on the messageboard. See the link for that on the right-hand side of this page.

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June '08 - Part 4 of 'A Country Parish'

This month the hedgerows look and sound like summer has arrived at last, and in the village there’s been a lot of activity getting ready for the annual village fete. It’s organised by the parish churches of Alton and Bradley.
It’s always a tense time - not least because of weather worries – and this year there was almost disaster because of apathy in the Maypole team.
Hear how it all turned out; and see the photos…

Book

Tony Heritage, a retired ceramics designer who has lived in Alton for forty years has written a book about the history of the village.
What makes if unique is that it’s written and painted by hand – hear more…