About Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity is in the South Shore area of Blackpool, it is close to the promenade by South Pier. This map shows how to find us, this page can also be used to generate directions from anywhere in the UK.
Basic Directions
If you're travelling along the Promenade look out for South Pier, if you're travelling North the turning for Dean Street is the first road after the Pier. If a more inland approach is taken Dean Street is reached off Lytham Road. Again, if travelling North along Lytham Road you will pass over a bridge, the turning for Dean Street is the second road on the left just after the Zebra Crossing.History
It is known that the first Church dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built in 1836 on the present site. The first church is described as "a modest building" of an early English type, nestling among the sandhills with long lancet windows, high square pews and deep West gallery. The building accommodated about two hundred and fifty people. | A photo of the church showing the original building (left) and half of the new 1880's building. |
 | A photo taken inside the church looking across the sanctuary. |
The Grade 2 listed status of the building comes from the two large windows in the South Transept; these can be seen in the photo looking across the sanctuary. The idea embodied in the East window is the building of the Temple of God. The lower lights represent the dedication of Solomon?s Temple (II Chronicles, 6). The middle lights are figures of the four men associated with English Church building; St Edmund the Confessor (Westminster Abbey); William the Englishman (Canterbury Cathedral); William of Wykeham (Winchester and New College, Oxford); and Sir Christopher Wren (St. Paul's Cathedral). The upper lights represent the Holy City, the New Jerusalem. The West window shows the idea of the Temple and Church music. The lower lights show David bringing up the Ark of God from the House of Obededom to the City of David. In the middle lights four of the great Church musicians are shown; St Gregory, whose name is associated with bringing music to the Psalms in the Christian Church; St Dunstan, the first Anglican builder of organs; Marbeck, a great composer; and Purcell another great composer of the Wren period. The upper section represents the Adoration of the Heavenly Host.
There are many other beautiful stained glass windows in the Church, the ones in the South Nave have an interesting story. They depict the four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and were originally in Rawcliffe Street Methodist Church. The last service was held there on the 25th July 1971, and in 1972 the church was demolished. Fortunately, these windows were saved from destruction and given to the Church by our Methodist friends.
 | The Burgess Memorial Lady Chapel. |
The latest inspection by the Diocesan Architects has highlighted a lot of work that needs completing urgently to maintain the building for the future. In addition to the maintenance work the opportunity to re-order the church to make the space more useful and relevant to the local community is being taken. This is currently the subject of a lot of planning and preparations within the church. The latest updates can be found on our building work page.