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Alton is a picture postcard village in the Staffordshire Moorlands, famous for the theme park just up the road, and just on the fringes of the Staffordshire Peak District.

The villagers are served by three churches; St Peter鈥檚, St John鈥檚 and the Methodist chapel. The Anglican parish is 'Alton with Bradley', comprising St Peter鈥檚 and the smaller St Leonard鈥檚, which is in the hamlet of Bradley just over a mile away.

'A Country Parish' will be written up here on the web month by month through 2008 with photos, interactive comments and audio interviews.
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July '08 - Part 5 of 'A Country Parish'

July... and so far summer has shown little sign of staying around for longer than the odd day - but it hasn't put off the thousands of visitors to Alton Towers.

Villagers have to prepare to face the High St challenge - trying to get across the road before the next coachload comes in... yet relations with the theme park are good.

Visitors from the Far East

There have also been some visitors from the Far East... to look at the church.
Audio country parish 5

Bishop Moon Hing from Malaysia has been in Alton as part of the Lichfield diocese Cross talk project. Mary Fox met him during his visit...