Good Friday service held beneath giant crosses on south Shropshire landmark

It's the fourth year that the church team has placed the crosses on the hill.

The crucifixes are visible for many miles around and will be the focus of Easter services at the church.

Mike Barnbrook, on behalf of the church team, said the idea is to create a talking point and communicate the Christian message of Easter that Jesus was crucified on the cross.

This year, the Good Friday service was conducted by St Margaret's new priest, Rev Giles Tulk, who said around 50 people made the journey up the hill to attend the service beneath the three crosses, which started around noon.

“This was my first year as I arrived just after last Easter. We had about 50 people who made the journey up the hill and there were a couple of Land Rovers on hand to help those who struggle with the walk.

“It was quite windy up there and it was quite heavy rain for the first 20 minutes but that went leaving us with just the wind for the last 10 minutes."

He said they sang Easter hymns and said prayers before heading back to church for some hot cross buns.

“It is just something a bit different," he added. "The idea is to help people reflect what happened on Good Friday. Its a way of engaging people in Good Friday.”

He said churches in the parish had been putting on a lot of events over the Easter period to remind people of the Easter story.

“It's all visible ways of helping people relate to the bible stories for the week,” he said.