St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Ruined medieval cathedral that made St Andrews the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland and a major pilgrimage destination.
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Sacred Places
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Iona Abbey
Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
One of the most important Christian sites in the British Isles, founded by St Columba and still a major international pilgrimage destination.
Llandaff Cathedral
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Historic cathedral of Cardiff with roots in early Welsh Christianity and a major concentration of Welsh saint traditions.
Tintern Abbey
Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
One of Britain’s most celebrated monastic ruins and a major sacred-heritage tourism destination in the Wye Valley.
Strata Florida Abbey
Pontrhydfendigaid, Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Major Welsh Cistercian abbey, burial place of princes and poets and an historic destination for pilgrimage.
Penmon Priory, Cross and St Seiriol’s Well
Penmon, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Early Christian monastic landscape on Anglesey with medieval priory remains, ancient crosses and St Seiriol’s holy well.
St Non’s Chapel and Well
St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Pilgrimage site near St Davids traditionally associated with the birth of St David and a holy well attributed with healing powers.
Bardsey Island
Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Remote island pilgrimage destination off the Llŷn Peninsula, famed for early Christian monastic heritage and the tradition of the “Island of 20,000…
Shrine Church of Saint Melangell
Pennant Melangell, Llangynog, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
Remote Welsh shrine preserving the reconstructed medieval shrine of St Melangell and a long pilgrimage tradition.
St Winefride’s Well and Chapel
Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
One of Britain’s best-known holy wells, with a continuous pilgrimage and healing tradition associated with St Winefride.
St Davids Cathedral
St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom Christianity
National shrine of St David and one of Wales’s foremost Christian pilgrimage destinations.
Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda
Willen Lake, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom Buddhism
The first Peace Pagoda built in the Western world, created by the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist order at Willen Lake.