Church-in-the-woods located in Hollingtone, a suburb of Hastings in southern England. Officially it is called the Church of St. Leonard, and originally it was the Church of St. Rumbolds.

Now Hollington- is a big suburb of Hastings, consisting mainly of apartment buildings of post-war development, but the church stood here in the woods since his construction - from the XIII century .  It replaced existed here in the XI century chapel .  When at the beginning of the XV century the church ceased to exist in the suburb of St. Leonard Hastings, the name became mistakenly applied to the church .  The name "Church-in-the-woods" becomes known from the middle of the XIX century .  At that time she was still a parish church, but was in a terrible state .  At one time, we thought that it would be easier to demolish than to renovate, but the parishioners insisted on retaining the old church .  Reconstruction lasted about 20 years, and the church has gained a very Victorian views .  From the original construction of the Norman survived quite a bit .  At the church there is an old cemetery .  The first documented burial relate to 1606 and the oldest preserved monument - to 1678 . 

Now Hastings is expanding, the former suburbs are part of the city, there is an active housing construction, but the forest around the church remains intact. From this church linked to many legends. For example, according to the conflict of the devil and of builders - every night all of their day's work was destroyed, and the gates disappeared. Disembodied voice told the builders that this place belongs to the devil, and the church should be built elsewhere. In this place the voice of the church was able to build without any problems, and around it immediately grew a dense forest, hiding it either from the devil or from parishioners (there legends say different).