The pulpit, the box pews and other furnishings, date from the rebuilding, with slightly earlier text boards and some older monuments on a remaining medieval wall.

The outside stonework shows a herringbone tooling in keeping with local styles, in contrast to the 'Venetian' east window and the dark pink colouring of the interior.

Local news and television signals are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees.

Skelton's high street hosts various small independent/chain shops and cafes, including Co-operative Food store.

Skelton-in-Cleveland was the birthplace, in 1873, of Frank Wild, polar explorer and Ernest Shackleton's right-hand man.