From the church so small its congregation sits outside to the chapel balanced half way down a cliff: Britain's tiniest - and loveliest - places of worship 

St Govan's Chapel in Bosherston, Pembrokeshire, is balanced precariously on the edge of a cliff making it quite tricky to access down a set of steep steps 

Canna Rhu Church sits by the water on the island of Canna in the Small Isles, Inner Hebrides. The islands (Canna and its neighbour, Sanday) were left to the National Trust for Scotland by their previous owner, the Gaelic folklorist and scholar John Lorne Campbell in 1981, and are run as a farm and conservation area

At Bremilham Church in Wiltshire (left) - which started out life as a turkey house - the interior is so small the congregation sit outside during it's annual service, while Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy once graced St Mary's in Mundon, Essex (right), with his presence 

The beautifully diminutive St Trillo's Chapel in Rhos-On-Sea, Conwy, has seats for just six people

Constructed around 1080, the Norman Chapel in Durham Castle, Durham, is the oldest building in the city and features an unusual array of carvings both religious and decorative

St Beuno's Church, Minehead, Somerset, is said to be the smallest church in England and seats about 30 people. It has been designated by English Heritage as a listed building

Some have been attended by well-known historical figures, such as St Mary of the Angels in Stroud, Gloucestershire, which was visited by Mother Teresa

A secluded chancel is all that is left of Old Church of St Mary The Virgin in Basingstoke, Hampshire, after the rest was demolished in 1885. It features Medieval tiles, traces of 18th century wall paintings and many memorials. A lancet window dates from its foundation around 1190

It's believed that St Mary's church in Lead, Yorkshire, was once the chapel to a large manor house that no longer stands. The tiny building is near to Towton, the site of the bloody War of the Roses battle and it's said the stream you cross to access the church ran red with the blood of the ten thousand men who were killed

St. Tanwg's in Gwynedd, Wales, became a Grade II listed building in 2001 and is surrounded by overgrown grass

There is no electricity in St. Mary's church in North Marden, West Sussex. The principal feature of the church is the elaborate Norman south doorway. The church is accessed through a farmyard

St. Hubert's church in Hampshire dates from 1053. It adjoins the site of the old Manor House of Idsworth, of which only the stables, coach house and walled garden remain. The house was demolished when the railway was built in the mid 19th century

Services and other events are only very rarely held in 14th century St. Andrew's in Frenze, Norfolk

St Swithun-Upon-Kingsgate is built above the medieval Kingsgate, which is one of the principal entrances to the city of Winchester in Hampshire. The east window has some fragments of medieval stained glass, most likely depicting the Annunciation, which were brought in 1961 from St Peter's Chesil

A simply Medieval church in Llangwyfan, perched on the tiny Welsh island of Cribinau. It originally stood at the end of a peninsula between two bays but erosion over the years cut it off forming it into an island

Hoselaw Chapel among the green fields of the Borders only fits 50 people inside and overlooks Hoselaw Loch, an important wildlife reserve

Dating from the 13th century the Church of the Holy Cross in Ceredigion, Wales, was restored in 1853 and again after storm damage in 1917. The small, enclosed churchyard contains a number of graves

Church of the Good Shepherd in Lullington, East Sussex, was built from the remains of the chancel of an earlier church that was destroyed by fire, generally believed to have occurred at the time of Oliver Cromwell. It measures a mere 16 feet square and seats 20 people