truckinbob

bookmarking. Thanks

Nepenthe

"bookmarking. Thanks"

Same here. Now that I know how to do so.

Palenque

Once you are actually "on the ground" you will understand a bit better. After you've entered a village church you will see it is normal, un-touristy, informal. They are just open. You'll see other visitors, maybe women doing the flowers, locals -- or not a soul.

Like flanner explained, most will be open all day long just about every day and others will be locked but w/ a note where to get a key.

There will often be one table or announcement board w/ church circulars/church business/congregation news, and another nearby w/ maybe simple guidebooklets/post cards and an honesty box to pay.>

A great description of the Britain's villages churches, which i also love to explore - and to contrast it with similar churches more and more being closed in places like France - due to vandalism and cost of upkeep.

And one thing i love about English churches that do attract a trickle of visitors - the ubiquituous docents or volunteers who will happily tell you all about the church, its history, etc - these mainly OAP it seems are a nice touch.