In Leigh and Southchurch, huge structures like dinosaur skeletons give a medieval flavour to the areas of London Road and Bournemouth Park Road.
The first is at 1150 London Road, where building on the new West Leigh Baptist Church started in August.
Senior Pastor, Steve Woolley, said: “The old building was very dilapidated and we are very excited at the way the build is progressing.
“We hope it will become the most attractive new structure in Leigh.”
It is hoped the new church will open in October 2011.
The project will eventually cost £1.7million and will be paid for by the 180-strong congregation.
Rev Woolley said: “The building is in two phases and it is a great joy to see headway being made.”
The second church is at the junction of Central Avenue and Bournemouth Park Road, in Southend.
The original church was built in the 1880s in Warrior Square and moved to its current site in 1926.
The £2m Cornerstone United Reformed Church replaces the landmark corrugated iron structure that was the old Victorian tin tabernacle.
The ‘Green Hut’, as it became known, was condemned and church members found it difficult to stage public events….
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