The church that is now St. Philip's started life as St. Mary's, Alsager. In 1883 it was moved by horse and cart to it's present location in Hassall Green. It is the daughter church of Christ Church, Wheelock and the original idea was that it would be staffed by a full-time Reader. To facilitate this a house was built by the then Vicar of Wheelock, Rev Millward for any future Readers, and it is still in use for this today.

The church is painted in pink and is known for miles around as the little pink church! It is also referred to affectionately as the Tin Tabernacle.

We are very grateful to a wedding couple who in the summer of 2001 kindly offered to repaint the whole church.

The church is very close to the Trent and Mersey Canal and is an ideal choice for a Sunday morning service whilst on a boating holiday.