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Mount Zion Chapel
Welcome to the website of Hawes Junction (Mount Zion) Chapel.  Regular services are no longer held, but the "Friends of Hawes Junction Chapel" are committed to keeping the building open for special events and for community use  The chapel features in a new "Faiths Trail" published by
the Churches Trust for Cumbria, and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day.


We are delighted that our new extension is now completed and paid for, and we thank all who have contributed to the work.  The extension has won an award from the Yorkshire Dales National Park (details to follow).  We still need funds to maintain the building in good condition, and we will arrange a programme of events for 2012.  
Details of the last 2011 event is  >> here >>.
The 2011 walks were a bit damp, so there were not many pictures!
Pictures of the walk at Kilnmire, Ravenstonedale in 2010  >>>>>>>
Here are some pictures of the railway service:




Please click here for other events: >>>>>>
The events for 2012 will be published here in March.

Pictures of the work on the extension are on the following page:
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Click here>>>> for a brief history of the chapel.

picture of extension at the chapel Pictures of the opening are here >>>>>

Mount Zion Chapel was built in 1876, the same year in which the Midland Railway Company opened the famous Settle to Carlisle railway, in fact Reuben Alton laid the foundation stone on the very day of the first passenger train on the new line.  From the chapel windows can be seen Garsdale (formerly Hawes Junction) station, and the "Dandrymire" viaduct.  For more than a hundred years, a regular congregation met weekly in the chapel, and there was a thriving "Sunday-School". There is no longer a Methodist Society here, and the chapel would have closed, but a group of friends who are interested in the history of the chapel decided to keep it open for occasional special events.  We are delighted at the support which we have received from so many people, including many who have had links with the chapel in the past.  Their generosity has paid for this extension.