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
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