Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in England
Explore 207 sacred places in England, United Kingdom, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
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Coventry Cathedral
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Coventry Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Coventry Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Derby Cathedral
Derby, England, United Kingdom
Derby Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Devil’s Quoits
West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
In the gravel lands of the Thames Valley, a stone circle has risen again. The Devil's Quoits at Stanton Harcourt was built between 2900 and 2600 BC, a henge and stone...
Downside Abbey
Stratton-on-the-Fosse, England, United Kingdom
Downside Abbey belongs among the significant living Christian places of England....
Dragon Hill
Vale of White Horse, England, United Kingdom
Below Britain's oldest chalk figure, a small hill rises with a mystery at its summit. This is Dragon Hill, where legend says St George killed England's last dragon....
Druids' Temple
Ilton-cum-Pott, England, United Kingdom
Druids’ Temple is a Grade II sandstone folly built around 1800 for William Danby on the Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire....
Duddo Five Stones, Duddo
Duddo, England, United Kingdom
Five ancient stones stand on a windswept knoll above the River Tweed, their surfaces grooved by four thousand years of weather into forms that seem almost alive....
Duloe Stone Circle
Tredinnick, England, United Kingdom
Eight quartz stones rise from a Cornish field, their whiteness still luminous after four millennia....
Durham Cathedral
Durham, England, United Kingdom
For 120 years, monks fleeing Vikings carried the body of St. Cuthbert across northern England....
East London Mosque
London, England, United Kingdom
East London Mosque belongs among the significant multi-faith places of England. The sacred frame at East London Mosque comes from Islam....
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
Eastbridge Hospital has stood on Canterbury's High Street since around 1180, built to receive exhausted pilgrims arriving to venerate Thomas Becket....
Ely Cathedral
Ely, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the flat fenlands of East Anglia like a ship on a calm sea, Ely Cathedral has anchored worship on this site since the 7th century....
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Rising from foundations that have witnessed Roman soldiers, Saxon monks, and Norman bishops, Exeter Cathedral holds the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in...
Farnham Castle
Farnham, England, United Kingdom
Farnham grew up around a castle built in 1138 by Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, and the parish church of St Andrew, whose worship continues unbroken from at least...
Fernworthy Stone Circle
West Devon, England, United Kingdom
Hidden within a Dartmoor forest clearing, Fernworthy Stone Circle has stood for four thousand years....
Finchale Priory
Framwellgate Moor, England, United Kingdom
Finchale Priory stands in England as a major monastic site. At Finchale Priory, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Fountains Abbey
Ripon, England, United Kingdom
Fountains Abbey stands in England as a major monastic site. At Fountains Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom
Glastonbury Abbey was once the second richest monastery in England, claiming to be the oldest Christian foundation in Britain....
Glastonbury Tor
Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom
Rising 158 meters above the Somerset Levels, Glastonbury Tor has drawn seekers for millennia. Celtic tradition holds it as a gateway to Annwn, the Otherworld....
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
When King Edward II was murdered at Berkeley Castle in 1327, other abbeys refused his body....
Guildford Cathedral
Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Guildford Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Guildford Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall
Southall, England, United Kingdom
Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall stands in England as a major multi-faith site. At gurdwara sri guru, Sikhism provides the public sacred context....
Hailes Abbey
Hailes, England, United Kingdom
Hailes Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in England. Hailes Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Hereford Cathedral
Hereford, England, United Kingdom
Hereford Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Hereford Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Hexham Abbey
Hexham, England, United Kingdom
Hexham Abbey belongs among the significant living Christian places of England. The sacred frame at Hexham Abbey comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition....
Hurlers Stone Circles
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the windswept expanse of Bodmin Moor, the Hurlers comprise three stone circles aligned across the landscape like a question posed in granite....
Kit's Coty House
Aylesford, England, United Kingdom
Kit's Coty House is an Early Neolithic portal dolmen on a North Downs spur above the River Medway — three massive sarsen uprights and a capstone weighing several tonnes,...
Lanyon Quoit
Madron, England, United Kingdom
Lanyon Quoit rises from the West Penwith landscape like a statement from another age....
Leicester Cathedral
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Leicester Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Lenham Cross
Lenham, England, United Kingdom
Lenham Cross is a 200-foot Latin cross carved in compacted chalk on the south-facing scarp of the North Downs....
Lesnes Abbey
London, England, United Kingdom
Lesnes Abbey stands in southeast London as a ruin built from guilt. Founded in 1178 by Richard de Luci — the man whose loyalty to Henry II helped trigger the murder of...
Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield, England, United Kingdom
Lichfield Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Lindisfarne
Holy Island, England, United Kingdom
A tidal island off the Northumberland coast, Lindisfarne has drawn pilgrims for nearly fourteen centuries....
Little Kit's Coty House
Aylesford, England, United Kingdom
Little Kit's Coty House — also called the Countless Stones — is the shattered remnant of a Neolithic chambered monument built around 4000 BCE on the North Downs above the...
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Liverpool Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Roman Catholic Christianity provides the public sacred...
London Central Mosque
London, England, United Kingdom
London Central Mosque stands in England as a major multi-faith site. At London Central Mosque, Islam provides the public sacred context....
Long Man of Wilmington
England, England, United Kingdom
Long Man of Wilmington stands in England as a major prehistoric site. At Long Man of Wilmington, Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions provides the public sacred...
Long Meg and Her Daughters stone ring
Little Salkeld, England, United Kingdom
One of Britain's largest and oldest stone circles rises from the Eden Valley in Cumbria, its massive ring of granite daughters watched over by a single sandstone monolith...
Lullingstone Roman Villa
Eynsford, England, United Kingdom
In the Darent Valley of Kent, the remains of a Roman farmhouse preserve what is believed to be the earliest purpose-built Christian chapel in the British Isles....
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Manchester Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Marlborough Mound
Marlborough, England, United Kingdom
In the grounds of Marlborough College stands a 19-meter mound that most visitors to Wiltshire never see....
Mên-an-Tol
Morvah, England, United Kingdom
On the West Penwith moor, three stones stand against the sky—but it is the middle stone that draws seekers from around the world....
Merry Maidens Stone Circle
Lamorna, England, United Kingdom
Rising from Cornish farmland near Land's End, the Merry Maidens stands as one of Britain's most complete Bronze Age stone circles....
Mother Shipton’s Cave, Knaresborough, England
Knaresborough, England, United Kingdom
At the edge of Knaresborough, where the River Nidd carves through ancient limestone, a cave opens into legend....
Mount Grace Priory
Northallerton, England, United Kingdom
Mount Grace Priory is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in England. Mount Grace Priory is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
New Alresford
New Alresford, England, United Kingdom
New Alresford is a planned medieval market town founded around 1200 by the Bishops of Winchester, its Grade II*-listed Soke Bridge still carrying the old Winchester-London...
Newcastle Cathedral
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Newcastle Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
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Key questions
England sacred-site questions
How many sacred sites are listed in England?
This regional guide currently includes 207 sacred sites in England, United Kingdom.
Which traditions are represented in England?
The most represented traditions in the current guide include Christianity, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition, Celtic and Prehistoric, Multi-faith, Christian monastic tradition, Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions, Roman Catholic Christianity, Prehistoric.
Can I view England sacred sites on a map?
Yes. Switch to map view to compare the listed places, then open a site page for coordinates and visiting context.