Sacred Sites in England

Below is an illustrated index of the sacred sites and religious places in England profiled so far on Sacred Destinations, listed in alphabetical order by name. Please note this list is far from comprehensive - many more great sites remain to be added. You can also view these sites on an interactive map.

Featured Sites in England Wells Cathedral Wells, Somerset Dating from 1239, Wells Cathedral features an extra-wide west front covered in medieval sculptures and unique scissor arches supporting the tower inside. Rievaulx Abbey Yorkshire Founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in 1132, Rievaulx Abbey now lies in picturesque ruins in a North Yorkshire valley. Stonehenge Wiltshire Dating from between 3000 and 2000 BC, Stonehenge is a circle of massive megaliths that weigh many tons, fit together perfectly, and are astronomically aligned.

All Sites in England (View on Map) Aldersgate Flame London All Hallows by the Tower London All Souls College Oxford Avebury Henge Avebury Bampton Church Bampton Bath Abbey Bath Battle Abbey Battle Bevis Marks Synagogue London Black Bourton Church Black Bourton Bodleian Library Oxford Brasenose College Oxford Bristol Cathedral Bristol Brixworth Church Brixworth Bunhill Fields London Byland Abbey Yorkshire Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Canterbury Cathedral Stained Glass Canterbury Cassington Church Cassington Cerne Abbas Church Cerne Abbas Cerne Abbas Giant Cerne Abbas Cerne Abbey Cerne Abbas Chalgrove Church Chalgrove Chichester Cathedral Chichester Chipping Norton Church Chipping Norton Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Christ Church Spitalfields London Christchurch Priory Christchurch Cirencester Church Cirencester Cuddesdon Church Cuddesdon Deerhurst Church Deerhurst Dorchester Abbey Dorchester-on-Thames Durham Castle Durham Durham Cathedral Durham Eagle and Child Pub Oxford Ely Cathedral Ely Exeter Cathedral Exeter Fairford Church Fairford Fountains Abbey Yorkshire Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Glastonbury Tor Glastonbury Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Grave of C.S. Lewis (Headington) Oxford Great Haseley Church Great Haseley Great Malvern Priory Great Malvern Great Milton Church Great Milton Hailes Abbey Hailes Hailes Church Hailes House of C.S. Lewis (The Kilns) Oxford Hurlers Cornwall Iffley Church Oxford Jewish Museum London London Kilpeck Church Kilpeck King's College Chapel Cambridge Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Lindisfarne Little Kimble Church Little Kimble Little Milton Church Little Milton London Jamme Masjid London Magdalen College Oxford Malmesbury Abbey Margaret Clitherow Shrine York Martyrs' Memorial Oxford Merry Maidens Cornwall Merton College Oxford Neasden Temple London New Romney Church New Romney Odda's Chapel Deerhurst Oddington Church Oddington Old Sarum Salisbury Our Lady and the English Martyrs Cambridge Pershore Abbey Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough Regent's Park Mosque London Rievaulx Abbey Yorkshire Rollright Stones Oxfordshire Roman Baths Bath Round Church Cambridge Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Shap Abbey Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Walsingham Silbury Hill Wiltshire South Leigh Church South Leigh Southwark Cathedral London St Albans Cathedral St Albans St Augustine's Abbey Canterbury St Augustine's Well Cerne Abbas St Bartholomew the Great London St Bride's London St Giles Church Oxford St Giles Cripplegate London St Ives Church St Ives St Mary Arches Exeter St Mary Redcliffe Bristol St Mary Steps Exeter St Mary's Abbey York St Mary's University Church Cambridge St Mary's University Church Oxford St Michael at the North Gate Oxford St Michael's Mount Cornwall St Nicholas Church Gloucester St Nicholas Priory Exeter St Oswald's Priory Gloucester St Paul's Cathedral London St Peter-in-the-East Oxford St Philip and St James Oxford St Thomas Becket Church Salisbury Stonehenge Wiltshire Temple Church London Temple of Mithras London Tewkesbury Abbey Tewkesbury Thame Church Thame Wells Cathedral Wells Wesley's Chapel London Wesley's New Room Bristol West Kennet Long Barrow Wiltshire Westminster Abbey London Westminster Cathedral London Whitby Abbey Whitby Whitby Church Whitby Winchester Cathedral Winchester York Minster York

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