St Michael in the Hamlet
Liverpool’s Cast-Iron Landmark — Restored by Community.
Welcome to the St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Heritage & Restoration Project.
For over two centuries, St Michael-in-the-Hamlet with St Andrew has been one of Liverpool’s most distinctive landmarks — a pioneering cast-iron church shaped by generations of local people.
Today, with the support of our community and the generosity of those donating through our GoFundMe campaign, we are working with heritage partners to secure the long-term future of this remarkable Grade I listed building. Our aim is to preserve and repair its unique architecture, improve access for all, and reopen the space for worship, heritage, learning and community life — so that St Michael’s can continue to belong to everyone, for generations to come.
Every September St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Church participates in the National Heritage Open Days festival - England's contribution to the European Heritage Days and the country's largest heritage festival.
HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Church has recently received an Eco Church Silver award.
Eco Church is an award scheme for churches who take the environment seriously and want to demonstrate that the gospel is good news for God’s earth. There are currently over 25 Eco Church awarded churches in the diocese of Liverpool and more than 70 churches have already registered.
ECO CHURCH SILVER
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION 2023
During the summer of 2022 a survey was carried out (by Ian Simpson, Heritage & Conservation) in order to learn about what various stakeholder groups concerned with St. Michael’s Church think about the building, its heritage, how it can be developed and what sort of uses can be found for it in addition to its primary function as a Place of Worship and in keeping with its status as a Grade I Listed Building. The survey report can be accessed by clicking here.
INTERACTIVE HERITAGE DOCUMENT
Our interactive heritage document has been designed specifically to help educate you about the significance of St. Michael-in-the-Hamlet Church.
The document includes detailed information from a number of contributors including our specialist conservation architects, ‘Finlason Partnership’ and stone and slate specialist, Terry Hughes. Contained within the document, is a range of video footage along with other unpublished photographs through various stages of restoration/repair, computer model extracts and other insightful information.
You are encouraged to navigate and interact with the document, along the way, learning about the churches history, its significance within the global construction industry and also the restoration works being done to ensure the building remains for generations to come.
Click the image above right to view our interactive heritage document…
Famous Names
The Graveyard
St Michaels Bees
SUPPORT
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Church has in recent years undertaken extensive restoration work, which is ongoing. We have been assisted in this by our architects, Finlason Partnership, and by the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool, of which we are part. We are grateful for funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund, National Churches Trust, All Churches Trust, Garfield Western Foundation, and also for gifts received individually and anonymously.
St Michael-in-the-Hamlet with St Andrew has always belonged to the people of Aigburth.
If you’d like to support our restoration journey, you can donate through our GoFundMe page below.
Every contribution — big or small — makes a difference.
Want to support the restoration?
Just click the donation button below to donate through GoFundMe. Thank you!