St. John's is the Anglican parish church of Heaton Mersey, right on the southern border of the Manchester Diocese, and actually part of Stockport.The parish was once a small village which was swallowed up in the urban sprawl of the last century, and sits on the bank of the river Mersey, which is here a pleasant little minnow reach with fish and kingfishers.

The church is a big Victorian building which is in the throes of continual repair, as and when money becomes available.  In fact, it's recently been decorated , following extensive ceiling repairs, and is now rather cool in colour.  It's quite nice to look at from outside, set back from the A5145 in its own little circular raod, with its own circular churchyard, and an immense lych-gate, which looks like some defensive fortification.