A warm welcome awaits you here at Crawshawbooth Quakers For spiritual seekers and visitors, you will find us, and a hearty welcome, at the historic building we gather in, tucked within a beautifully peaceful and colourful walled garden on Co-operation Street in Crawshawbooth.
We are a small and friendly group and we meet every Sunday at 11 a.m. with our worship usually lasting around forty-five minutes. During worship, as is the Quaker way, we sit in silence and practise ‘expectant waiting’, opening our hearts and minds to the insights and guidance we find within. If we are moved to, we share our insights so that all might consider the meanings and significance for our individual lives and experiences.
We have recently entered the National Church Awards 2026 and have reached their short list, this is what they said: "Thank you so much for nominating your church for our Church & Community Volunteers Awards this year.
We have had a very strong group of nominations, more than usual, but I am thrilled to tell you that you have been shortlisted in a recent judging round. Congratulations!
Please do share this with your volunteers, community and congregation along with the thanks from everyone here at the National Churches Trust and all our judges for the work you do to reach out, provide services and have fun with your wider community.
This year, the National Church Awards are celebrating the dedication, care and impact of the people who care for the UK’s wonderful church buildings and who share them with others. Whether that is keeping a church, chapel or meeting house well maintained, opening it up for visitors or running a community project from the building, we want to hear about the amazing ways teams are making a difference." #NationalChurchAwards
A place of historical importance
The meeting house at Crawshawbooth is one of the earliest examples of a Quaker meeting house and, as such, it is a Grade II* listed building and of significance to the history of Quaker practice in the Rossendale area. The garden provides a haven for wildlife and a peaceful area for contemplation.
Enriching community
Our refurbished stable was opened in April 2024 when we hosted our first Pendle Hill Area Meeting in six years. It gives greater ease of access to accommodate and embrace the fullest range of diversity in the community. This will enable us to offer a greater interleaving of relationships with individuals and groups in Rossendale so that we can offer a place to meet, share and learn.
In 2025 we opened to the public for the National Garden Scheme as the garden was looking good on the last weekend of July. We also hosted another Open Day in August and had St Nicholas Church Choir sing again in the Meeting House followed by the Water Village Brass Band in the garden.
The founder of Quakers, George Fox in 1656 said: "Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one."
All are welcome to join us, if you want more information please call 07805925431 or use the contact form
We currently do not have a Children's Meeting.
You can find us at:
13 Co-operation Street, Crawshawbooth, ROSSENDALE, Lancashire, BB4 8AG
We meet:
Every Sunday at 11:00am
Accessibility:
✓ Hearing loop
✓ Wheelchair access
Every year on the last Sunday in June, there is no MfW at Crawshawbooth, instead we meet at Chapel Hill Burial Ground at 3pm for our outdoor MfW, next to Chapel Hill Farm at the top of Hurst Lane, Rawtenstall.