This article lists the cathedrals, former cathedrals and intended cathedrals in the United Kingdom and its dependencies.

Overview

It is a commonly held perception that the term 'cathedral' may be applied to any particularly large or grand church. Whilst many cathedrals may be such, this is due to their ecclesiastical status (such a church is grand because it is a cathedral, rather than it being a cathedral because of its grandeur). A cathedral may therefore be a smaller building, particularly where they exist in sparser or poorer communities. Modern cathedrals may lack the grandeur of former times, focussing on the functional aspect of a place of worship, though it should be borne in mind that many of the grand and ancient cathedrals of today were originally built to a much smaller plan, and have been successively extended and rebuilt over the centuries. Some cathedrals were purpose-built as such, whilst others were formerly parochial, or parish churches, subsequently promoted in status due to ecclesiastical requirements such as periodic diocesan reorganisation.

Essentially, a cathedral church is a Christian place of worship which is the chief, or 'mother' church of a diocese and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. Strictly speaking therefore, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals. However the label 'cathedral' remains in common parlance for notable churches which were formerly part of an episcopal denomination, such as is the case with many former Scottish cathedrals which are now within the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. In addition former cathedrals which now exist as ruins retain their nominal status.

The following list comprises, for the United Kingdom and its dependencies, all locations of a current cathedral church, or former cathedral church, as well as those locations where no trace remains of the structure, indeed where the precise location is no longer known.

Also included are those structures or sites of intended cathedrals as well as pro-cathedrals (churches serving as an interim cathedral, for instance whilst a permanent cathedral is acquired, or (as a co-cathedral where the diocesan demographics/geography require the bishop's seat to be shared with a building in an alternate location).

The inclusion of the UK dependencies is strictly for ecclesiastical reasons - the included dependencies are those which share a province with the mainland of Great Britain. On the other hand, Northern Ireland is shown as a link to the List of cathedrals in Ireland page because, although it politically comprises part of the United Kingdom (hence the section), ecclesiastically the island of Ireland comprises a single geographically-based unit.

In the list which follows the cathedrals are listed by country, then sorted by denominations and (where applicable) denominational hierarchy. Disused establishments are listed separately within each country. The denomination names are indicated by bold text. 'Minor' denominations are combined into single tables.

Terms not covered in the above preamble include translated, which is the move of a bishop's seat from one location to another, moving cathedral status from the former church and bestowing it on the destination church, such as may occur in a diocesan or provincial re-organisation.

Listing of establishments

England and Dependencies

Church of England

Province of Canterbury

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Birmingham		St Philip	1905	former parish church	[1] [2]
Bristol		The Holy and Undivided Trinity	1542-1836, 1897 to date	Augustinian abbey 1140-1539	[3] [4]
Bury St Edmunds   (St Edmundsbury)		St James	1914	former parish church	[5] [6]
Canterbury		The Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of Christ	c.600	Mother church of the Province of Canterbury and of the Anglican Communion worldwide	[7] [8]
Chelmsford		St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd	1914	former parish church	[9] [10]
Chichester		The Holy Trinity	1080	translated from Selsey	[11] [12]
Coventry		St Michael	1962	replaced the cathedral (parish church till 1918) lost during World War II	[13] [14]
Derby		All Saints	1927		[15] [16]
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	[17] [18]
Exeter		St Peter	1050	translated from Crediton	[19] [20]
Gibraltar		The Holy Trinity	1842	church built between 1825 and 1832
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	[21] [22]
Guildford		The Holy Spirit	1965		[23] [24]
Hereford		St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert the King	676		[25] [26]
Leicester		St Martin	1927	former parish church	[27] [28]
Lichfield		the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad	669-803, 1048 to date	archbishopric 785-803 see moved to Chester 1075 joint with Coventry 1048-1826 The three spires known as The Ladies of the Vale	[29] [30]
Lincoln		St Mary	1072	joint with Dorchester c.954-1072 translated from Dorchester 1072	[31] [32]
London		St Paul	1675	replaced previous cathedral 604-1666 (destroyed in Great Fire of London)	[33] [34]
Norwich		The Holy and Undivided Trinity	1094	translated from Thetford; Benedictine priory 1096-1539	[35] [36]
Oxford		Christ	1542	translated from Osney 156 convent 727 secular canons 1004 Augustinian priory 1122-1524 formerly dedicated to St Frideswide	[37] [38]
Peterborough		St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew	1539	abbey 655 church 1238-1539	[39] [40]
Portsmouth		St Thomas of Canterbury	1927	former parish church	[41] [42]
Rochester		Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary	604	secular canons 604-1080 Benedictine priory 1080-1540 formerly dedicated to St Andrew	[43] [44]
St Albans		The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban	1877	Benedictine abbey 976-1539	[45] [46]
Salisbury		The Blessed Virgin Mary	1227	translated from Old Sarum	[47] [48]
Southwark		The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie	1905	Augustinian priory 1106-1539	[49] [50]
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
Truro		St Mary	1880	former parish church	[51] [52]
Wells		St Andrew	1239	co-cathedral with Bath Abbey from 1218	[53] [54]
Winchester		The Holy Trinity, St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun	ante 650	secular canons to 964 Benedictine priory 964-1539	[55] [56]
Worcester		Christ and The Blessed Virgin Mary	743	Benedictine priory 969-1540	[57] [58]

Province of York

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Blackburn		St Mary	1926	former parish church	[59] [60]
Bradford		St Peter	1919	former parish church	[61] [62]
Carlisle		The Holy and Undivided Trinity	1133	secular canons to 1092 Augustinian priory 1123-1540	[63] [64]
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	[65] [66]
Durham		Christ Church, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert	997	secular canons 997 Benedictine priory 1093-1540 originally dedicated to St Mary and St Cuthbert	[67] [68]
Liverpool		Christ Church	1904		[69] [70]
Manchester		The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George	1847	former collegiate parish church (1421)	[71] [72]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne		St Nicholas	1882	former parish church	[73] [74]
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	[75] [76]
Ripon		St Peter and St Wilfrid	1876	monastery pre-660 later collegiate with secular canons (10th century?)	[77] [78]
Sheffield		St Peter and St Paul	1914	former parish church	[79] [80]
Southwell		The Blessed Virgin Mary	1884	collegiate with secular canons to 1840	[81] [82]
Wakefield		All Saints	1888	former parish church	[83] [84]
York		The Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St Peter	300	Mother church of the Province of York	[85] [86]

Roman Catholic Church

Province of Westminster

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Brentwood		St Mary and St Helen	1917	parish church 1861	[87] [88]
Norwich		St John the Baptist	1976		[89] [90]
Northampton		Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury	1850	formerly the parish church of St Felix	[91] [92]
Nottingham		St Barnabas	1850		[93] [94]
Westminster		The Most Holy Precious Blood, St Mary, St Joseph and St Peter	1910	Mother church of the Province of Westminster	[95] [96]

Province of Birmingham

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Birmingham		The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St Chad	1839	Mother church of the Province of Birmingham pro-cathedral 1839-1841	[97] [98]
Clifton		St Peter and St Paul	1973	preceded by The Pro-Cathedral of the Apostles	[99] [100]
Shrewsbury		Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter of Alcantara	1850		[101] [102]

Province of Liverpool

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Lancaster		St Peter	1924		[103] [104]
Leeds		St Anne	1878	rebuilt 1904 after original site used for road-widening	[105] [106]
Liverpool		The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Christ the King	1967	preceded by two earlier unfinished cathedrals	[107] [108]
Middlesbrough		St Mary	1983	translated to Coulby Newham from Middlesbrough town centre	[109] [110]
Newcastle upon Tyne		St Mary	1882		[111] [112]
Salford		St John the Evangelist	1850		[113] [114]
Sheffield		St Marie	1980		[115] [116]

Province of Southwark

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Arundel		Our Lady and St Philip Howard	1965	formerly (to 1971) dedicated to Our Lady and St Philip Neri	[117] [118]
Plymouth		St Mary and St Boniface	1858		[119] [120]
Portsmouth		St John the Evangelist	1882		[121] [122]
Southwark		St George	1850	Mother church of the Province of Southwark	[123] [124]

Bishopric of the British Armed Forces

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Aldershot		St Michael and St George	1972	Cathedral of the Bishopric of the British Armed Forces) built by Sir Robert Lorimer 1892/3 initially for the Military Anglican Community	[125]

Other Catholic denominations

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Liberal Catholic Church
Putney		All Saints		pro-cathedral	[126]
Roman Catholic Church in Gibraltar
Gibraltar		St Mary the Crowned	15th century	built in 1462, on the site of Gibraltar's mosque
Ukrainian Catholic Church, Exarchy of Great Britain
London		The Holy Family in Exile		former United Reformed Church	[127]

Eastern Orthodox Churches

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Antiochian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Western Europe
London NW1		St George		1a Redhill Street, NW1 4BG	[128]
Armenian Orthodox Church in Great Britain
London W8		St Sarkis		Iverna Gardens, W8 6TP	[129]
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Manchester		St Nicholas		2 Hall Moss Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 7AT	[130]
Eritrean Orthodox Church in Great Britain
London SW12				11 Anfield Close, SW12 0NT
Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Great Britain
London NW1				33 Juniper Crescent, NW1 8HA	[131]
Greek Orthodox Church in Great Britain, Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Birmingham		The Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew		8 Arthur Place, Summerhill, B1 3DA former Church of England parish church	[132]
Leicester		St Nicholas and St Xenophon		Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7NW former Church of England parish church of All Souls	[133]
London		All Saints		Camden Town, NW1 0JA	[134]
		St Sophia (Aghia Sophia)	1922	Westminster, W2 4LQ consecrated 5 January 1882, mother church of the Greek Orthodox church in Great Britain	[135]
		The Dormition of the Mother of God		Wood Green, N22 8LB	[136]
		The Nativity of the Mother of God		Camberwell, SE5 0TF	[137]
		St Andrew	1970	Kentish Town, NW1 9QA	[138]
		St Nicholas		Shepherds Bush, W12 8JW	[139]
		The Holy Cross and St Michael		Golders Green, NW11 8DA	[140]
Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Church in Great Britain, Diocese of Sourozh
London SW7		The Dormition and All Saints		Ennismore Gardens, SW7 1NH	[141]
Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Great Britain and Scandinavia
London W11		St Sava		Lancaster Road, W11 1QQ	[142]
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Great Britain
London W3				1a Newton Avenue, W3 8AJ	[143]

Other Churches (including Continuing Anglican Churches)

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Ancient Catholic Church
Stamford Hill		The Good Shepherd
Ancient and Old Catholic Church
Newcastle-upon-Tyne		St Willibrord and All Saints
Anglican Catholic Church
Lydd		St Nicholas of Myra		pro-cathedral
Church of England (Continuing)
Wolverhampton		St Silas			[144]
Free Church of England
Birmingham (Saltley)		Emmanuel		pro-cathedral
Morecambe		Emmanuel		pro-cathedral
Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite)
Stoke-on-Trent		Our Lady of Grace		Newport Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3NA former Methodist church, translated from Madeley Heath	[145]
Traditional Church of England
Windlesham		St George

Former and intended cathedrals (including pre-reformation)

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Bath		The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul	1090	translated from Wells 1090 joint with Glastonbury 1192 co-cathedral with Wells 1218	[146] [147]
Beverley		St John of Beverley	1846-1878	Roman Catholic Diocese of Beverley split in 1878 into Diocese of Leeds and Diocese of Middlesbrough, church located in North Bar Without
Bradwell-on-Sea		St Peter-on-the-Wall	654-664	Saxon cathedral	[148] [149]
Chester		St John the Baptist	1072/1075-1102	secular canons c.906-c.1547 Cathedral 1075-1102	[150] [151]
Chester-le-Street			875-995	location unknown
Clehonger		St Michael and All Angels	1859-1920	Roman Catholic pro-cathedral, (now Belmont Abbey) see translated to St David’s Metropolitan Cathedral Cardiff	[152] [153]
Clifton		The Holy Apostles	1850-1973	Roman Catholic pro-cathedral replaced by Clifton Cathedral	[154]
Coventry		The Cathedral and Priory of St Mary	1095-1539	Benedictine priory	[155]
Coventry		St Michael	1918-1940	former parish church, destroyed during World War II	[156]
Crediton		The Holy Cross	909-1050	translated to Exeter 1050
Domnoc (Dunwich)			630-673	a number of locations have been suggested, possibly now under the sea due to coastal erosion translated to North Elmham 673
Dorchester		St Peter, St Paul and St Birinius	634-1072/1092	translated to Lincoln 1072/1092? secular canons 634-1140 Augustinian priory 1140-1536 now a parish church	[157]
Douglas		The Parish Church of St George	until 1980	pro-cathedral (acting cathedral)
Fountains			1537-1550	after dissolution the site was ear-marked for the establishment of a cathedral for a new Dales bishopric. Ultimately St Werburgh's Church in Chester was raised to cathedral status instead.	[158]
Glastonbury					[159]
Guildford		The Holy Trinity	1927-1962	acted as pro-cathedral from the creation of the new Anglican Diocese of Guildford until the dedication of the new Guildford Cathedral	[160]
Hexham		St Andrew	681-821	Augustinian abbey 1113-1537	[161]
Hoxne			early 10th century	became subordinate to North Elmham, then Thetford
Kirkmichael		The Chapel of Bishopscourt Palace	prior to 1980	bishop's seat
Leicester			679-874	location unknown, possibly now occupied by a parish church
Lindisfarne			635-875	location unknown (pre-dates priory ruins)
Lindsey (Sidnacester)			c.680-c.875	united with Dorchester
Madeley Heath		St Mary and St John		Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite) pro-cathedral translated to Our Lady of Grace cathedral in Stoke-on-Trent
Middlesbrough		Our Lady of Perpetual Help	1878-1983	Roman Catholic see translated to Coulby Newham in 1983; former site redeveloped following the demolition of the building after damage from an arson attack 30 May 2000	[162]
North Elmham			673-1070	translated from Domnoc 673 translated to Thetford 1070 remains on site of earlier Saxon establishment	[163]
Old Sarum			1075-1227	see moved from Sherborne 1075; translated to Salisbury (New Sarum) 1227	[164]
Osney (Oseney)			1542-1546	priory; see moved to Oxford 1546
Peel		St German	447 - 1980	ruin on St Patrick’s Isle, replaced by former Parish Church
Ramsbury			909-1058	translated to Sarum 1075 site now occupied by newer church
St Germans		St Germanus	c.936-1042	Augustinian priory c.1184-1539	[165]
Selsey		St Wilfred	680-1080	translated to Chichester 1080 site probably now submerged, other sources suggest church at Church Norton is the site. Mr Wilmot a well know source of information has also suggested Chichester Cathedral could have been moved	[166]
Sherborne		St Mary the Virgin	705-1075	suppressed 1058 united with Ramsbury see moved to Sarum 1075 Benedictine abbey 1122-1539	[167]
Southend-on-Sea		St Erkenwald		built 1905, considered for elevation to cathedral status, but ultimately left in disrepair and demolished 1995	[168]
Thetford			1075-1091	translated from North Elmham 1075 translated to Norwich 1091 location unknown
Waltham			1550s	proposed as Cathedral by King Henry VIII	[169]
Westminster		The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Peter	1540-1550	Benedictine abbey c.960-1540	[170]

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Scotland

Church of Scotland

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)

Establishment	Image	Dedication	Established	Notes/Provenance	Location & Website
Aberdeen		St Machar		translated from Mortlach c.1131	[171]
Birnie		St Brendan
Brechin