St Mark’s Church began in 1893 with services in the “Mission Room” - a small room built as an Infant School in Mount Street in the Oatlands District of Harrogate.  As the congregation grew, the need for a larger building was met by the erection of a church on Leeds Road - in which we now worship. 

It is believed to have been based on the main features of Fountains Abbey and with the intention of adding a massive tower to the west front - but for financial reasons, and the difficulties of two world wars, the tower was never built.

After almost a century of use, the building was redeveloped in 1997-8 in order to update the facilities and provide a more attractive context for worship and community activities.

The Church was re-consecrated on 7 February 1998 by the Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Revd David Young.

To find out more fully about our history as a church, we invite you to read: "St Mark's Church Harrogate 1893 - 2010" by Prof Gerald Richards - a history of St Mark's available from the Church Bookstall.

• 1893  St Mark's Church begins to worship together
• 1899  Church building opened - Bishop of Ripon
• 1905  Completed building consecrated
• 1929  Parochial Hall opened
• 1992  Disposal of Parochial Hall
• 1997  Church re-ordering started
• 1998  Church building re-consecrated - Bishop of Ripon
• 1999  St Mark's Centenary - Archbishop of York
• 2005  Centenary of Church building consecration