Anchor Church

Anchor Church
Anchor Church near Ingleby
Map showing the location of Anchor Church
Map showing the location of Anchor Church
Anchor Church within Derbyshire
LocationIngleby, Derbyshire, England
Coordinates52°50′30″N 1°29′51″W / 52.84167°N 1.49750°W / 52.84167; -1.49750
GeologyKeuper sandstone
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameAnchor Church
Designated9 January 1967
Reference no.1096534
Ingleby Anchor Church, from an engraving dated 1823

Anchor Church is the name given to a series of caves in a Keuper Sandstone (Triassic conglomerate) outcrop, close to the village of Ingleby, Derbyshire, England. The caves have been extended by human intervention to form a crude dwelling place, complete with door and window holes.

The sandstone outcrop once formed part of the banks of the River Trent and the caves were formed by the action of the river on the rock.[1] The course of the river has altered and left the caves opening onto a backwater pool.[2] It has been designated as both a Regionally Important Geological Site, and as a Local Wildlife Site.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference walk was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Photographs in and around Anchor Church, derbyphotos.co.uk, accessed July 2009