Religion in England - Notable Places of Worship

Notable Places of Worship

The varied religious and ethnic history of England has left a wide range of religious buildings - churches, cathedrals, chapels, chapels of ease, synagogues, mosques and temples. Besides its spiritual importance, the religious architecture includes buildings of importance to the tourism industry and local pride. As a result of the Reformation, the ancient cathedrals remained in the possession of the then-established churches, while most Roman Catholic churches date from Victorian times or are of more recent construction (curiously, in Liverpool the ultra-modern design Roman Catholic cathedral was actually completed before the more traditional design of the Anglican cathedral, whose construction took most of the twentieth century). Notable places of worship include:

• Bevis Marks Synagogue - Jewish
• Birmingham Central Mosque - Islamic
• Brompton Oratory - Roman Catholic
• Canterbury Cathedral - Church of England
• Finsbury Park Mosque - Islamic
• Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha - Sikh
• Metropolitan Tabernacle - Baptist
• Neasden Temple - Hindu
• Salisbury Cathedral- C of E
• Serbian Orthodox Church of St Lazar, Bournville - Serbian Orthodox
• St Chad's Cathedral - Roman Catholic
• St Paul's Cathedral - Church of England
• Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue - Jewish
• Victoria Park Mosque - Islamic
• Westminster Abbey - Church of England
• Westminster Cathedral - Roman Catholic
• Westminster Central Hall - Methodist
• York Minster - Church of England