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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St Katharine's Church, Merstham
Merstham, England, United Kingdom
St Katharine's stands on one of Surrey's oldest continuously worshipped sites — over 1,350 years of Christian presence on a chalk ridgeway that became the Pilgrim's Way....
St Laurence Church, Seale
Seale, England, United Kingdom
St Laurence Church stands on the southern slopes of Surrey's Hog's Back, where the ancient trackway to Canterbury has passed for nearly a thousand years....
St Lawrence the Martyr Church, Godmersham
Godmersham, England, United Kingdom
St Lawrence the Martyr Church stands in the Stour Valley on the ancient Pilgrim's Way between Winchester and Canterbury....
St Margaret's Chapel
Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom
Behind a passageway on Magdalene Street, a small chapel and garden offer what Glastonbury's busier sites cannot: genuine quiet....
St Margaret's Churchyard, Darenth
Darenth, England, United Kingdom
One of Kent's oldest standing churches, St Margaret's rises quietly above the River Darent on a hillside stitched together from Saxon handiwork and Roman tiles....
St Martha-on-the-Hill
Guildford, England, United Kingdom
St Martha-on-the-Hill is an active Church of England parish church perched 573 feet above the Surrey countryside, reachable only on foot....
St Martin's Church, Canterbury
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
St Martin's Church in Canterbury is widely regarded as the oldest Christian site in continuous use in the English-speaking world, its walls woven from Roman brick laid...
St Martin's Church, Detling
Detling, England, United Kingdom
St Martin's Church stands at the heart of Detling village on the North Downs of Kent, directly on the ancient trackway that medieval pilgrims walked toward Canterbury....
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thurnham
Thurnham, England, United Kingdom
Set in a quiet Kentish lane, St Mary the Virgin is a Norman flint church whose churchyard the Pilgrim's Way literally passes through....
St Mary's and All Saints Church, Boxley
Boxley, England, United Kingdom
St Mary's and All Saints stands at the foot of the North Downs in Boxley village, a few hundred metres from the ancient Pilgrim's Way....
St Mary's Church
Easton, England, United Kingdom
St Mary's Church in Easton is a Grade I listed Norman parish church built around 1200, set in the chalk-stream valley of the Itchen two and three-quarter miles from...
St Mary's Church, Bentley
Bentley, England, United Kingdom
St Mary's Church in Bentley stands on the ancient east-west trackway that became the Pilgrim's Way from Winchester to Canterbury....
St Mary's Church, Chilham
Chilham, England, United Kingdom
St Mary's Church stands at the heart of Chilham village, a medieval waypoint on the Pilgrim's Way just 11.5 kilometres from Canterbury Cathedral....
St Mary's Church, Patrixbourne
Patrixbourne, England, United Kingdom
Standing four miles southeast of Canterbury, St Mary's Patrixbourne is one of the finest Norman parish churches in southeast England....
St Michael & All Angels Church, Harbledown
Harbledown, England, United Kingdom
Standing on the last ridge before Canterbury, St Michael & All Angels has marked the threshold of the great pilgrimage since Norman times....
St Nectan's Church, Hartland
Hartland, England, United Kingdom
St Nectan's Church, Hartland is a nationally or regionally important pilgrimage place in England....
St Nicholas Church, Bishop's Sutton
Bishop's Sutton, England, United Kingdom
St Nicholas Church in Bishop's Sutton is a Grade I listed Norman church built c.1150 by Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester....
St Nicholas Church, Chawton
Chawton, England, United Kingdom
St Nicholas Church, Chawton has served this Hampshire village since at least 1270, rebuilt in Victorian Gothic after a fire but retaining its medieval chancel....
St Nicholas Church, Thanington
Thanington, England, United Kingdom
A Norman flint church on the southwest fringe of Canterbury, St Nicholas Thanington has stood beside the pilgrim road for nearly nine hundred years....
St Nonna’s Church, Altarnun
Altarnun, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the edge of Bodmin Moor, St Nonna's Church has anchored nearly fifteen centuries of Christian worship on the site where a Welsh saint established her altar....
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Aylesford
Aylesford, England, United Kingdom
Standing on a promontory above the River Medway at Aylesford, St Peter and St Paul's has guided travellers on the Pilgrims' Way for centuries....
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Charing
Charing, England, United Kingdom
St Peter & St Paul's Church in Charing has served as the final major overnight halt on the Pilgrim's Way since the medieval period....
St Peter's Church, Ovington
Ovington, England, United Kingdom
St Peter's Church stands in the Itchen Valley village of Ovington as a functioning parish church and waymark on the ancient Pilgrim's Way from Winchester to Canterbury....
St Peter's Church, Ropley
Ropley, England, United Kingdom
St Peter's Church stands on a hilltop mound above Ropley village, its Norman origins visible beneath a Victorian skin and a hard-won modern restoration....
St Swithun's Church
Headbourne Worthy, England, United Kingdom
St Swithun's Church at Headbourne Worthy stands just outside Winchester on the ancient Pilgrim's Way, a small Saxon church built in deliberate dedication to the city's...
St. Albans Cathedral, St Albans, United Kingdom
St Albans, England, United Kingdom
St Albans Cathedral stands where Alban, Britain's first recorded Christian martyr, was executed around the third or fourth century....
St. Andrew’s Church, Bishopstone, England
Seaford, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the Sussex Downs where Christians have worshipped since the seventh or eighth century, St Andrew's Church preserves some of England's most remarkable...
St. Edmundsbury Cathedral
West Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
St Edmundsbury Cathedral rises beside the ruins of one of medieval England's mightiest abbeys, on ground that held the shrine of St Edmund, the nation's first patron saint....
St. Mary Church, Temple Guitling
Cotswold District, England, United Kingdom
Founded around 1170 by the Knights Templar, St. Mary's Church stands at the edge of Temple Guiting, overlooking the Windrush Valley....
St. Michael's Mount
Marazion, England, United Kingdom
St Michael's Mount rises from Mount's Bay like a vision—a granite island crowned by medieval castle and chapel, connected to shore by a causeway that appears and vanishes...
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
City of London, England, United Kingdom
St. Paul's Cathedral has occupied Ludgate Hill for over 1,400 years, through fire and war, reformation and rebuilding....
St. Withburga’s Well
Breckland District, England, United Kingdom
In the churchyard of St Nicholas Church in East Dereham, a spring has flowed for over a thousand years from the empty tomb of an Anglo-Saxon abbess....
Stanton Drew stone ring
Stanton Drew, England, United Kingdom
In a field outside a small Somerset village stands Britain's second largest stone circle. Few visitors know it exists....
Stonehenge
West Amesbury, England, United Kingdom
Stonehenge rises from Salisbury Plain as the most recognized prehistoric monument on Earth....
Swinside Stone Circle
Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
Hidden on a Cumbrian fellside, Swinside Stone Circle rises from the grass with a completeness that has earned it the title 'loveliest of all the circles' in north-western...
Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom
Rising above the confluence of the Severn and Avon rivers, Tewkesbury Abbey has held continuous Christian worship since the 7th century....
The Bishop's Palace, Halling
Halling, England, United Kingdom
The Bishop's Palace at Halling is a fragmentary medieval ruin — a single standing wall of a Great Hall once at the heart of episcopal Kent — set in the churchyard of an...
The Cheesewring
Henwood, England, United Kingdom
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The Devils Arrows
Boroughbridge, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the fields west of Boroughbridge, the Devil's Arrows are among Britain's tallest and most mysterious standing stones....
The Friars, Aylesford Priory
Aylesford, England, United Kingdom
Founded in 1242 on the banks of the Medway, Aylesford Priory is the cradle of the English Carmelite Order and home to the relic of St Simon Stock....
Thornborough Henges
West Tanfield, England, United Kingdom
Thornborough Henges is a nationally or regionally important prehistoric place in England....
Trethevy Quoit
St Cleer, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the fields of east Cornwall, Trethevy Quoit has stood for over five thousand years as one of Britain's finest portal dolmens....
Truro Cathedral
Truro, England, United Kingdom
Truro Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Truro Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Uffington White Horse
Faringdon, England, United Kingdom
Uffington White Horse is a nationally or regionally important prehistoric place in England....
Wakefield Cathedral
Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Wakefield Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Wakefield Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Waltham Abbey Church
Waltham Abbey, England, United Kingdom
Waltham Abbey Church belongs among the significant living Christian places of England....
Watts Cemetery Chapel
Compton, England, United Kingdom
Designed by Mary Watts and built by 74 Compton villagers between 1895 and 1904, this Grade I listed mortuary chapel layers Celtic, Egyptian, Byzantine, and Christian...
Wayland's Smithy
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Wayland's Smithy stands in England as a major prehistoric site. At Wayland's Smithy, Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions provides the public sacred context....
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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.