CHURCHES in South Cumbria are set to receive over £200,000 in funding from the government.

The government will distribute up to £42 million from a conservation fund to nearly 5,000 churches across the United Kingdom to ease the cost of essential conservation and maintenance work.

It comes as more than one million people are expected to attend Midnight Mass and Christmas Day services this year.

The Government say they are continuing their support for the conservation of listed places of worship across the country having returned £346 million to listed churches, synagogues, mosques and temples since 2010.

The full list of churches to benefit from the public fund in South Cumbria are:

  • The Church of St Paul, Grange-over-Sands, set to receive £584.60
  • Grange Methodist Church, Grange-over-Sands, set to receive £2,787.18
  • St Mary’s with Holy Trinity, Ulverston, set to receive £18,754.56
  • St. Luke’s, Lowick with Blawith, Ulverston, set to receive £917.50
  • Rookhow Quaker Meeting House, Ulverston, set to receive £16,879.49
  • St Mary the Virgin, Barrow, set to receive £1,176.60
  • Church of St Mary, Dalton, set to receive £31,149.43
  • St Georges Church, Millom, set to receive £2,387.57
  • Holy Trinity Church, Millom, set to receive £998.44
  • St John the Baptist Church, Broughton-in-Furness, set to receive £3,992.60
  • Holy Trinity Church, Ambleside, set to receive £7,503.63
  • St Marys Church, Ambleside, set to receive £424.53
  • St Oswalds Church, Ambleside, set to receive £33,185.51
  • Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ambleside, set to receive £6,507.66
  • St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere, set to receive £1,484.71
  • St Michael and All Angels, Milnthorpe, set to receive £21,537.51
  • St Stephens Church, Kendal, set to receive £1,426.07
  • All Saints Church, Kendal, set to receive £390.80
  • Kendal Friends Meeting House, Kendal, set to receive £31,903.37
  • Kendal Parish Church, Kendal, set to receive £12,848.95
  • St Marks Church, Kendal, set to receive £4,212.25.

The total amount churches in South Cumbria are set to receive is £201,055.96.