BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London
Neasden, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Hinduism
Internationally significant Hindu mandir inaugurated in 1995 and a major centre of BAPS worship and cultural life in Britain.
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.
Avebury
Avebury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Vast Neolithic henge and stone-circle complex forming a principal component of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.
Stonehenge
Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
World-famous prehistoric ceremonial and funerary monument within the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site.
Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity
One of England’s great Cistercian monasteries, influential in medieval spirituality under Abbot Aelred of Rievaulx.
Fountains Abbey
Fountains, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Christianity
One of Britain’s most important Cistercian ruins and the monastic core of the Studley Royal UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lindisfarne Priory
Holy Island, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Ruined priory on Holy Island, one of Britain’s most important early Christian and pilgrimage sites.
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Major English monastic and pilgrimage heritage site surrounded by long-standing traditions concerning early Christianity and Joseph of Arimathea.
Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady, Walsingham
Houghton St Giles, Walsingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Christianity
National Catholic Marian shrine at Walsingham centred on the medieval Slipper Chapel.
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Walsingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Christianity
International Anglican Marian shrine reviving one of medieval England’s most famous pilgrimage traditions.
St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury
Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Ruined monastery founded soon after Augustine’s mission and a key component of Canterbury’s World Heritage Site.
St Martin’s Church, Canterbury
Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Ancient Canterbury church associated with Queen Bertha and St Augustine, described by Canterbury Cathedral as the oldest church in continuous use in…
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom Christianity
Britain’s largest cathedral and a major national landmark of twentieth-century Anglican architecture.