Interest hub

Cathedrals and churches in Britain

Cathedrals, minsters, abbeys, priories, churches and chapels.

Facts last checked 25 Oct 2026. Britlens is independent: see our editorial policy.

Places from the lists below; each photo links to the guide page that lists it.

Where to start

Reasoned from our data counts

These three destinations have the most matching places in our guides. That shows where our coverage is deepest for this interest, not an official ranking.

  • Brighton & Hove

    18 matching places.

    Most in: Hove (7), Kemptown (5).

  • Liverpool

    18 matching places.

    Most in: Baltic Triangle & Georgian Quarter (4), Lark Lane & Sefton Park (4).

  • Norfolk and the Broads

    14 matching places.

    Most in: Wells, Holkham & Blakeney (5), Norwich (4).

For a hand-picked route, see the themed trip Cathedrals and great churches (8 stops in London, Edinburgh, York, Manchester, Oxford, Bath, Cambridge). More: all themed trips.

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All 338 places, by destination

Churches, chapels, abbeys and priories as our data labels them, plus places named as such. Synagogues, mosques and temples are outside this hub for now. Visiting hours and service times vary and some charge entry: check each site.

Brighton & Hove18places

Show 8 more in Brighton & Hove

Liverpool18places

Show 8 more in Liverpool

Norfolk and the Broads14places

Show 4 more in Norfolk and the Broads

The Cotswolds13places

Show 3 more in the Cotswolds

Yorkshire13places

Show 3 more in Yorkshire

Bristol11places

Show 1 more in Bristol

Edinburgh11places

Show 1 more in Edinburgh

York11places

Show 1 more in York

Canterbury & Kent10places

Devon10places

St Andrews and Fife10places

Glasgow9places

London9places

Nottingham9places

The Lake District9places

Portsmouth and Southampton8places

Birmingham7places

Cambridge7places

Leeds7places

Oxford7places

Gloucester6places

Orkney6places

Salisbury & Stonehenge6places

Stratford & Warwickshire6places

The Peak District6places

The Scottish Highlands6places

Wales6places

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire5places

Manchester5places

Newcastle and Gateshead5places

Northern Ireland5places

The Jurassic Coast5places

Bath4places

Blackpool and the Lancashire coast4places

Cornwall4places

Coventry4places

Sheffield4places

Cardiff3places

Isles of Scilly3places

Lundy3places

Shrewsbury3places

Stirling and the Trossachs3places

The Outer Hebrides3places

Anglesey2places

Hereford2places

Isle of Bute2places

Leicester2places

Lindisfarne (Holy Island)2places

Mull and Iona2places

The New Forest2places

Windsor2places

Worcester2places

Islay and Jura1place

Lincoln1place

North Coast 5001place

The South Downs1place

How we matched these places

We search the type label and name of every sight in our guides for this interest. Places we have not listed, or that our data labels differently, will be missing. Data checked 25 Oct 2026. Hearts save a place to My trip.

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Sources

Official pages read on 25 Oct 2026. Rules, prices and opening times change: check the source before you rely on it. Counts and rankings on this page come from Britlens place data and are not official figures.

No external source is cited on this page; every figure is computed from our own data.