The most prominent church in the suburb is St Helen's Church, a Gothic revival church built from rock–faced sandstone with ashlar details.
Costing £13,000 and paid for "by the laudable benevolence of Edward Joicey", the foundation stone of St Helen's was laid on 29 October 1873 and the church was consecrated on 29 August 1876.
The result is "a lovely church" located on Belle Vue Bank which benefits from a number of high quality, stained–glass windows.
and a Father Willis organ, built for the church and rebuilt in 1949 by H Vincent of Sunderland.
St Helen's is now a Grade II* listed building.

Also a Grade II listed building is the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church.
Built on a steeply sloping site on Durham Road in 1882 and opened in January 1883, this church is a "pleasing and individual adaptation of early Gothic design", built in tooled sandstone with Welsh slate roof–tiles.
There are two further churches in the suburb.
These are Denewell Avenue Church and St Peter's.
The former was a presbyterian church - now United Reformed Church, located on the corner of Denewell Avenue and Dryden Road which was formed originally in 1907 when a wood and corrugated iron building was erected on a site purchased for £480.
This building was soon demolished and replaced with a new building which opened on Good Friday, 10 April 1914.
St Peter's, meanwhile, is a Roman Catholic located on Kells Lane which opened in 1962.
The most prominent church in the suburb is St Helen's Church, a Gothic revival church built from rock–faced sandstone with ashlar details. Costing £13,000 and paid for "by the laudable benevolence of Edward Joicey", the foundation stone of St Helen's was laid on 29 October 1873 and the church was consecrated on 29 August 1876. The result is "a lovely church" located on Belle Vue Bank which benefits from a number of high quality, stained–glass windows. and a Father Willis organ, built for the church and rebuilt in 1949 by H Vincent of Sunderland. St Helen's is now a Grade II* listed building.
Also a Grade II listed building is the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. Built on a steeply sloping site on Durham Road in 1882 and opened in January 1883, this church is a "pleasing and individual adaptation of early Gothic design", built in tooled sandstone with Welsh slate roof–tiles. There are two further churches in the suburb. These are Denewell Avenue Church and St Peter's. The former was a presbyterian church - now United Reformed Church, located on the corner of Denewell Avenue and Dryden Road which was formed originally in 1907 when a wood and corrugated iron building was erected on a site purchased for £480. This building was soon demolished and replaced with a new building which opened on Good Friday, 10 April 1914. St Peter's, meanwhile, is a Roman Catholic located on Kells Lane which opened in 1962.
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