A former church in Dallowgill, near Ripon, is under consultation to be sold to an academy trust and turned into an education centre for young people.

Dallowgill St Peter, a Church of England church, was built between 1843 to 1846 along Greystone Head. The remote church was closed in May 2017 due to a dwindling congregation.

The Church Commissioners, the body that deals with the sale of churches, published a proposal to sell the site this week.

If agreed, the church would be sold to Delta Academies Trust for an undisclosed fee and changed into a non-residential education centre.

The trust owns a number of schools, secondary and primary, across Yorkshire.

In the plans the church is described as an "annex" to another of the trust's nearby developments.

Just a few minutes north of the church, the academy trust is developing a former primary school into a large outdoor education centre.

The Delta Trust has invested £1.5million into the refurbishment of the former school. The trust described it as the "jewel in the crown of Delta’s outdoor education provision".

The graveyard will not included in the sale of the land. It is the responsibility of Yorkshire Water after being bought in the 1950's for the construction of a reservoir that eventually fell through.

The public have been invited to offer their thoughts before September 7 and send them to closedchurches.reps@churchofengland.org.

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