Open Doors - Leicester’s Church, Denbigh

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and favourite of Elizabeth I, began building Leicester's Church in 1578. It was dedicated to St David and was apparently part of Leicester’s plan to transfer the See from St Asaph to Denbigh. In 1584, work was suspended and the structure remained incomplete on his death in 1588. 

The church was originally conceived as a ten-bay arcaded rectangular church. The imposing ruins are the remains of the first and probably the most ambitious Protestant church to be started after the reformation. 

The 2025 Denbigh Open Doors Weekend launches Friday 19th September 2025 with an evening lecture exploring property deeds at the Theatr Twm o'r Nant. Over the following two days, Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st September 2025 from 10am to 5pm more than thirty historically important sites in the locale will be open to the public, supplemented by talks and guided tours. A booking service for the sites, talks and guided tours that have a limited number of places will be available through Denbigh Library, closer to the start of the weekend. Further information will be available on:  https://darganfoddinbych.cymru  https://twitter.com/OpenDoors_D  https://www.facebook.com/opendoorsdenbighshire/

22 Bull Lane, Denbigh, LL16 3LY ///What3Words:  (Eng) ///innocence.micro.fuss  (Cym) ///maerea.chwiliais.plethiad

Getting there - From in front of the Library in High Street turn left and walk up Bull Lane to the Town Walls entrance, turn left and follow the road round to the Church.

Nearest bus stops: 150m up the High Street. Bus services 51, 52 to Denbigh.