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The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.

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Sacred Places

Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.

Coventry Cathedral

Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom Christianity

International symbol of Christian reconciliation, built beside the ruins of the cathedral destroyed in the 1940 Coventry Blitz.

St Michael

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Internationally visited medieval cathedral renowned for its Early English Gothic architecture and Magna Carta heritage.

Virgin Mary

Hereford Cathedral

Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Major medieval pilgrimage cathedral centred on St Thomas Cantilupe and home of the internationally important Mappa Mundi.

St Thomas Cantilupe

Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Cathedral on a site of continuous Christian worship since the seventh century, noted for major medieval architecture and the tomb of Edward…

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Ancient cathedral and major medieval pilgrimage centre of St Chad, whose shrine was reinstated in 2022.

St Chad

Durham Cathedral

Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom Christianity

UNESCO-listed cathedral and enduring pilgrimage destination centred on the shrine of St Cuthbert.

St Cuthbert

St Albans Cathedral

St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Cathedral and shrine of St Alban, traditionally regarded as Britain’s first Christian martyr.

St Alban

Ely Cathedral

Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Historic cathedral founded from St Etheldreda’s monastery, with one of England’s major early medieval saint traditions.

St Etheldreda

Westminster Abbey

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Royal church, coronation site and continuing pilgrimage shrine of St Edward the Confessor.

St Peter

St Paul’s Cathedral

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Christianity

London’s nationally significant cathedral, occupying a Christian site traditionally traced to 604.

St Paul

York Minster

York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Major northern English cathedral with a long pilgrimage tradition centred on St William of York.

St Peter

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom Christianity

Mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and a historic international pilgrimage destination associated with St Thomas Becket.

Jesus Christ