[2] On Saint Peter's Day, 29 June, each year the church hosts a rushbearing ceremony.

[3] The church stands on the site of a former Roman camp, and in the medieval era was owned by Shap Abbey.

[4] St Columba's is constructed in red sandstone with a slate roof, and has a cruciform plan.

At the west end of the church is a bellcote in the form of a turret, and adjacent to the south door is a "huge emergency buttress".

[5] In the churchyard to the south of the church are the remains of a cross, dating possibly from the medieval era.

It consists of the stump of a cross-shaft set in a socket in a square plinth, and is listed at Grade II.