diff --git a/src/mkdocs/mkdocs.py b/src/mkdocs/mkdocs.py
index 86e13b3..5608d63 100644
--- a/src/mkdocs/mkdocs.py
+++ b/src/mkdocs/mkdocs.py
@@ -71,10 +71,16 @@ def __init__(self, path):
         self.url = str(url).removesuffix('index.html')
 
 
+class Template:
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.path = path
+
+
 class Site:
-    def __init__(self, pages, statics):
+    def __init__(self, pages, statics, templates):
         self._pages = pages
         self._statics = statics
+        self._templates = templates
 
         self._paths = {
             str(resource.path): resource for resource in pages + statics
@@ -82,6 +88,9 @@ def __init__(self, pages, statics):
         self._urls = {
             str(resource.url): resource for resource in pages + statics
         }
+        self._templates = {
+            str(template.path): template for template in templates
+        }
 
     def lookup_by_path(self, path) -> Page | Static | None:
         return self._paths.get(path)
@@ -97,6 +106,10 @@ def pages(self) -> list[Page]:
     def statics(self) -> list[Static]:
         return list(self._statics)
 
+    @property
+    def templates(self) -> list[Template]:
+        return list(self._templates)
+
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         return len(self.pages) + len(self.statics)
 
@@ -164,10 +177,12 @@ def load_site(self, input_dir):
 
         pages = []
         statics = []
+        templates = []
 
         for path in paths:
             if path.parts[0] == "templates":
-                pass
+                template = Template(path)
+                templates.append(template)
             elif path.suffix == ".md":
                 page = Page(path)
                 pages.append(page)
@@ -177,7 +192,8 @@ def load_site(self, input_dir):
 
         pages = sorted(pages, key=lambda x: x.url)
         statics = sorted(statics, key=lambda x: x.url)
-        return Site(pages, statics)
+        templates = sorted(templates, key=lambda x: x.path)
+        return Site(pages, statics, templates)
 
     def load_nav(self, config, site):
         if not config:
@@ -263,6 +279,8 @@ def build(self, input, output):
                 html = self.md.reset().convert(text)
                 toc = TableOfContents(self.md)
                 page_ctx = PageContext(page=page, text=text, html=html, toc=toc)
+                # Really I think we want this to be `render(page=..., site=...)`
+                # That's then neaty enough constrained as a context for users to work against.`
                 output = self.base.render(page=page_ctx, nav=self.nav)
 
             output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)