Home›Christian Sites›Country›United KingdomBrowse ByUnited KingdomThis page groups sacred sites by the country they are located in. Wikipedia's list of specific sacred places names sites such as "Yazd Atash Behram" and "the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron," each tied to a specific country. Browsing by country lets a visitor find every sacred site within one nation's borders.FactsLearn MoreUnited KingdomSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedPlaces of the Gospel narrative in the Holy Land, the tombs of apostles and saints, and the cathedrals, monasteries and shrines that grew from them. The group spans Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Protestant Christianity, whose accounts of what makes a place holy differ sharply: the Reformation broke with relics and pilgrimage, so some members are holy to some Christians only. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreThe holy places of Christianity This group gathers the sacred sites of Christianity, the most numerous in the atlas, reflecting two thousand years of church-building, pilgrimage and the veneration of holy places across the globe. Christian sacred geography centres above all on the scenes of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in the Holy Land, and radiates outward to the tombs of apostles and saints, great cathedrals and pilgrimage shrines. The browser will find sites bound to the Gospel narrative in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, the apostolic centres of Rome and beyond, and the pilgrimage destinations that drew the medieval and modern faithful. The entries describe each place's religious associations and history across the different Christian traditions.United KingdomFilter Results7 entriesPilgrimage StatusAllMajor pilgrimage destination today (6)Pilgrimage attested historically; not continuing (1)UNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (2)Not Inscribed (5)Originated InAllBritish Isles (6)British Isles and Gaul (7)Part OfAllDissolution of the Monasteries (1)Origin Period Start YearAll563 (1)597 (1)635 (1)712 (1)995 (1)Practice StatusAllIn active religious use (5)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Ruin or archaeological site; the cult has ceased (2)Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monument (2)Site TypeAllApparition or vision site (1)Church, cathedral or chapel (2)Monastery or monastic community (3)Sacred mountain, hill or peak (1)Shrine (1)TraditionAllCeltic Paganism (1)Christianity (7)BrowseCompareSelect all 7Canterbury CathedralUnited KingdomDurham CathedralUnited KingdomGlastonbury AbbeyUnited KingdomGlastonbury TorUnited KingdomIonaUnited KingdomLindisfarneUnited KingdomWalsinghamUnited KingdomSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Pilgrimage in Medieval Englandtier 1Diana Webb, Hambledon and London, 2000Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.