List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom

A list of the cathedrals, former cathedrals and intended cathedrals in the United Kingdom and its dependencies.

England and Isle of Man

Church of England

Province of Canterbury

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Birmingham	St Philip	1905	former parish church
Bristol	The Holy and Undivided Trinity	1542-1836, 1897 to date	Augustinian abbey 1140-1539
Bury St Edmunds	St James (St Edmundsbury Cathedral)	1914	former parish church
Canterbury	The Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of Christ	c.600
Chelmsford	St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd	1914	former parish church
Chichester	The Holy Trinity	1080	translated from Selsey
Coventry	St Michael	1962	replaced the cathedral lost during World War II
Derby	All Saints	1927
Ely	The Holy Trinity	1109	convent (with monastery?) 673-800s, secular canons 800s, Benedictine priory 970-1540; formerly dedicated to St Peter and St Etheldreda
Exeter	St Peter	1050	translated from Crediton
Gloucester	The Holy and Indivisible Trinity	1541	joint with Bristol Cathedral 1836-1897; monastery and convent 681, secular canons 823, Benedictine priory 1022-1539; formerly dedicated to St Peter
Guildford	The Holy Spirit	1965
Hereford	St Mary and St Ethelbert	676
Leicester	St Martin	1927	former parish church
Lichfield	St Mary and St Chad	669-803, 1048 to date	archbishopric 785-803, see moved to Chester 1075; joint with Coventry 1048-1826; 3 spires known as The Ladies of the Vale
Lincoln	St Mary	1072	joint with Dorchester c.954-1072; translated from Dorchester 1072
London	St Paul	1675	replaced previous cathedral 604-1666 destroyed in Great Fire of London
Norwich	The Holy and Undivided Trinity	1094	translated from Thetford; Benedictine priory 1096-1539
Oxford	Christ Church	1542	translated from Osney 156; convent 727, secular canons 1004, Augustinian priory 1122-1524; formerly dedicated to St Frideswide
Peterborough	St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew	1539	abbey 655, church 1238-1539
Portsmouth	St Thomas of Canterbury	1927	former parish church
Rochester	Christ Church and St Mary	604	secular canons 604-1080, Benedictine priory 1080-1540; formerly dedicated to St Andrew
St Albans	St Alban	1877	Benedictine abbey 976-1539
Salisbury	The Blessed Virgin Mary	1227	translated from Old Sarum
Southwark	The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie	1905	Augustinian priory 1106-1539
Truro	St Mary	1880	former parish church
Wells	St Andrew	1239	co-cathedral with Bath Abbey from 1218
Winchester	The Holy Trinity, St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun	before 650	secular canons to 964, Benedictine priory 964-1539
Worcester	The Blessed Virgin Mary	743	Benedictine priory 969-1540

Province of York

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Blackburn	St Mary	1926	former parish church
Bradford	St Peter	1919	former parish church
Carlisle	The Holy and Undivided Trinity	1133	secular canons to 1092, Augustinian priory 1123-1540
Chester	Christ Church and the Blessed Virgin Mary	1541	convent? to 875, secular canons from 907, Benedictine abbey 1093-1540; originally dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, then to St Werburgh
Durham	Christ Church and St Mary	997	secular canons 997, Benedictine priory 1093-1540; originally dedicated to St Mary and St Cuthbert
Liverpool	Christ Church	1904
Manchester	The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George	1847	former collegiate parish church (1421)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	St Nicholas	1882	former parish church
Peel	St German	1980	former Parish Church, built between 1879 and 1884, spire removed 1907, became cathedral in 1980 after several attempts to restore the ruined cathedral on St Patrick's Isle came to no avail
Ripon	St Peter and St Wilfrid	1876	monastery pre-660, later collegiate with secular canons (10th century?)
Sheffield	St Peter and St Paul	1914	former parish church
Southwell	The Blessed Virgin Mary	1884	collegiate with secular canons to 1840
Wakefield	All Saints	1888	former parish church
York	The Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St Peter	627

Roman Catholic Church

Province of Westminster

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Brentwood	St Mary and St Helen	1917	parish church 1861
Norwich	St John the Baptist	1976
Northampton	Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury	1850	formerly the parish church of St Felix
Nottingham	St Barnabas	1850
Westminster	The Most Precious Holy Blood, St Mary, St Joseph and St Peter	1910

Province of Birmingham

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Birmingham	The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St Chad	1839	pro-cathedral (acting cathedral) 1839-1841
Clifton	St Peter and St Paul	1973	preceded by The Pro-Cathedral of the Apostles
Shrewsbury	Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter of Alcantara	1850

Province of Liverpool

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Coulby Newham	St Mary	1983	translated from Middlesbrough
Lancaster	St Peter	1924
Leeds	St Anne	1878	rebuilt 1904 after original site used for road-widening
Liverpool	The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Christ the King	1967	preceded by two earlier unfinished cathedrals
Newcastle upon Tyne	St Mary	1882
Salford	St John the Evangelist	1850
Sheffield	St. Marie	1980

Province of Southwark

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Arundel	St Philip Howard	1965
Plymouth	St Mary and St Boniface	1858
Portsmouth	St. John the Evangelist	1882
Southwark	St George	1850

Bishopric of the British Armed Forces

Ukrainian Catholic Church, Exarchy of Great Britain

Liberal Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Churches

Antiochian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Western Europe

Armenian Orthodox Church in Great Britain

Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Eritrean Orthodox Church in Great Britain

Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Great Britain

Greek Orthodox Church in Great Britain, Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Birmingham	The Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew		former Church of England parish church, 8 Arthur Place
Leicester	St Nicholas and St Xenophon		Aylestone Road
London	All Saints		Camden Town, NW1 0JA
	St Sophia	1922	consecrated 5 January 1882, mother church of the Greek Orthodox church in Great Britain, W2 4LQ
	The Dormition of the Mother of God		Wood Green, N22 8LB
	The Nativity of the Mother of God		Camberwell, SE5 0TF
	St Andrew	1970	Kentish Town, NW1 9QA
	St Nicholas		Shepherds Bush, W12 8JW
	The Holy Cross and St Michael		Golders Green, NW11 8DA

Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Church in Great Britain, Diocese of Sourozh

Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Great Britain and Scandinavia

Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Great Britain

Other Churches (including Continuing Anglican Churches)

Ancient Catholic Church

Ancient and Old Catholic Church

Anglican Catholic Church

Church of England (Continuing)

Free Church of England

Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite)

Metropolitan Community Church

Traditional Church of England

Former and intended cathedrals (including pre-reformation)

please refer to List of former cathedrals in England and Wales

Scotland

Church of Scotland (including pre-Reformation)

The Church of Scotland is no longer governed by bishops, and so officially has no cathedrals. However, buildings which were cathedrals prior to the Reformation (or in periods of the church's history when it did have an episcopacy) are still commonly called 'cathedrals'. (These buildings are often denoted by the title "High Kirk".)

Former cathedral buildings (still used for worship)

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Aberdeen	St Machar		translated from Mortlach c.1131
Birnie	St Brendan
Brechin	The Holy Trinity	before 1150	on the site of a former Culdee monastery
Dunblane	St Blane
Dornoch	St Mary	1224
Dunkeld	St Columba	1120	abbey 815
Edinburgh	St Giles
Glasgow	St Mungo (or St Kentigern)	1123
Iona	St Mary		monastery 563, currently used for worship by the Iona Community
Kirkwall	St Magnus	1137	part of the archbishopric of Trondhiem, Norway, 1137-1472
Lismore	St Moloug

former cathedrals (disused)

Place	Dedication	Established	Notes
Abercorn	St Wilfred	c.680	monastery established mid 7th century, now the site of the kirk
Abernethy	St Brigid		possible seat of bishop in eighth century
Birsay	Christ Church	before 1035	location unknown; possibly on the Brough of Birsay
Dunfermline			now in the care of Historic Scotland
Egilsay	St Magnus
Elgin	The Holy Trinity	1224	aka Lantern of the North; ruins in care of Historic Scotland
Fortrose	St Peter and St Boniface	13th century	ruins in care of Historic Scotland
Halkirk		11th century	translated to Dornoch 1222
Kingarth	St Blane		care of Historic Scotland
Kinneddar
Kilrimont		9th century	abbey 8th century
Mortlach	St Molouc	to 1131	translated to Aberdeen 1131
Rosemarkie		12th century	translated to Fortrose in 13th century
St Andrews	St Andrew	908	archbishopric 1472; now in ruins, in the care of Historic Scotland
Skeabost		15th century	translated to Iona
Spynie	The Holy Trinity	1207/8	translated to Elgin 1224; possibly a parish church 1224-1736
Whithorn	St Martin of Tours	5th century	aka the Candida Casa ("White House"); ruins in care of Historic Scotland

Scottish Episcopal Church

Place	Dedication	Established	Notes
Aberdeen	St Andrew	1817
Dundee	St Paul	1855
Edinburgh	St Mary	1879
Glasgow	St Mary	1871
Inverness	St Andrew	1869
Millport	The Holy Spirit	1882	aka The Cathedral of the Isles
Oban	St John the Divine		co-cathedral with Millport
Perth	St Ninian	1850

Roman Catholic Church

Province of St. Andrews and Edinburgh

Province of Glasgow

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Glasgow	The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St Andrew	1797
Motherwell	Our Lady of Good Aid	1947	church consecrated in 1929
Paisley	St Mirin	1948

Greek Orthodox Church

Wales

Church in Wales (including pre-Reformation)

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Bangor	St Deiniol	456	secular canons 1092
Brecon	St John the Evangelist	1923	Benedictine priory 1093/1110-1538
Llandaff	St Peter and St Paul	560	monastery, secular canons 1107; originally dedicated to St. Peter and St. Teilo
Newport	St Woolos	1921	former parish church
St. Asaph	St Asaph	553	monastery, secular canons 1143
St David's	St David	580	secular canons 1116; originally dedicated to St Andrew and St David

Roman Catholic Church, Province of Cardiff

Gibraltar, St Helena & the Falkland Islands

Church of England

City	Dedication	Established	Notes
Gibraltar	The Holy Trinity	1842	church built between 1825 and 1832
St Helena	St Paul	1859	church built in 1851
Stanley	Christ Church	1892	described as the most southernly cathedral in the world. An archway of whale bones was erected in 1933 to mark the centenary of British rule

Roman Catholic Church

Northern Ireland

See List of cathedrals in Ireland; the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland form a single ecclesiastical unit.

References

• The Observer’s Book of Cathedrals Anthony S. B. New, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London & New York, 1972
• Discovering Cathedrals David Pepin, Shire Publications Ltd, 1994
• Scottish Cathedrals Richard Fawcett, B.T.Batsford Ltd/Historic Scotland, 1997
• The Cathedrals of Britain David L. Edwards, Pitkin Pictorials, 1989
• Cathedrals & Abbeys of England Stephen Platten, Jarrold Publishing, 1999
• The Cathedrals of Scotland Peter Galloway, Scottish Cultural Press, 2000
• Collins Guide To Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales Henry Thorold, Collins, 1986

See also

• List of abbeys and priories in the United Kingdom
• List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
• List of cathedrals in Ireland
• List of tallest church towers
• Religion in the United Kingdom
• Three-spired cathedrals in the United Kingdom
• List of Cathedrals in United Kingdom by Giga-Catholic Information

Anglican Cathedrals in England and Wales

Church of England

Province of Canterbury: Birmingham | Bristol | Bury St Edmunds | Canterbury | Chelmsford | Chichester | Coventry | Derby | Ely | Exeter | Gloucester | Guildford | Hereford | Leicester | Lichfield | Lincoln | St Paul's | Norwich | Oxford | Peterborough | Portsmouth | Rochester | St Albans | Salisbury | Southwark | Truro | Wells | Winchester | Worcester 

Province of York: Blackburn | Bradford | Carlisle | Chester | Durham | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Peel | Ripon | Sheffield | Southwell | Wakefield | York 

Church in Wales

Bangor | Brecon | Llandaff | Newport | St Asaph |  St David's 

Church of Scotland Cathedrals

Aberdeen | Brechin | Dunblane | Dornoch | Dunkeld | St. Giles', Edinburgh | St. Mungo's, Glasgow | St Magnus', Kirkwall | St Moluag's, Lismore

Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain

Province of Westminster: Brentwood | St John the Baptist, Norwich | Northampton | Nottingham | Westminster  

Province of Birmingham: Saint Chad's, Birmingham | Clifton | Shrewsbury 

Province of Liverpool: Coulby Newham | Lancaster | Leeds | Liverpool | St Mary's, Newcastle upon Tyne | Salford | St Marie, Sheffield 

Province of Southwark: Arundel | Plymouth | St. John the Evangelist, Portsmouth | St George's, Southwark 

Province of St. Andrews and Edinburgh: St. Mary's, Aberdeen | Ayr | Dumfries | St. Andrew's, Dundee | St. Mary's, Edinburgh | St. Columba's Cathedral, Oban 

Province of Glasgow: St. Andrew's, Glasgow | Motherwell | Paisley 

Province of Cardiff: Cardiff | Swansea | Wrexham  

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Other Catholic Cathedrals

Bishopric of the Forces: Cathedral Church of St. Michael and St. George  

Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainians: Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile  

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