Westminster Abbey
London, United Kingdom
The standard ticket includes a multimedia guide narrated by Jeremy Irons and covers the church, the royal tombs,…
32 tickets & tours
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Best churches to visit in United Kingdom
The United Kingdom’s most visited churches are the royal ones: Westminster Abbey, where monarchs are crowned, and St Paul’s Cathedral, with its dome galleries above London. Beyond the capital come Canterbury, York Minster, Salisbury with its Magna Carta, the college chapels of Oxford and Cambridge, and Scotland’s Rosslyn Chapel and St Giles’.
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Rosslyn Chapel
Roslin, United Kingdom
There is one ticket, bought online for a timed slot, and it includes the short talks that the guides give in the chapel…
11 tickets & tours
St Paul’s Cathedral
London, United Kingdom
One ticket covers the cathedral floor, the crypt and all three galleries in the dome, and it includes a multimedia…
8 tickets & tours
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury, United Kingdom
A single ticket covers the cathedral, the crypt, the cloisters and the precincts, and includes a media guide;
5 tickets & tours
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury, United Kingdom
Salisbury Cathedral stands in a large, green cathedral close in the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and visitors…
5 tickets & tours
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
The cathedral cannot be visited on its own: it is the chapel of Christ Church college, and the single ticket covers the…
4 tickets & tours
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, United Kingdom
Gloucester Cathedral stands in the centre of Gloucester, England, and entry is free, with donations welcome;
3 tickets & tours
York Minster
York, United Kingdom
One ticket covers the minster, the undercroft museum and the chapter house, and it is valid for twelve months, which is…
3 tickets & tours
Elgin Cathedral
Elgin, United Kingdom
The ruins of Elgin Cathedral stand in the town of Elgin in Moray, in north-east Scotland, and they are managed by…
2 tickets & tours
St Giles’ Cathedral
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Entry is free with a suggested donation; the paid extras are the photography permit, sold at a desk inside, and the…
2 tickets & tours
Westminster Cathedral
London, United Kingdom
The cathedral is free to enter and asks for a donation. Two things are ticketed.
2 tickets & tours
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester, United Kingdom
Winchester Cathedral stands in the centre of Winchester, Hampshire, England, about an hour from London by train, and a…
2 tickets & tours
Bath Abbey
Bath, United Kingdom
The abbey asks for a suggested donation rather than a fixed ticket for the nave, and the atmosphere is welcoming rather…
1 ticket or tour
Battle Abbey
Battle, United Kingdom
Battle Abbey stands in the town of Battle, East Sussex, England, about an hour and a half from London by train, and it…
1 ticket or tour
Byland Abbey
Easingwold, United Kingdom
Byland Abbey stands in the countryside near the village of Coxwold, in North Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the…
1 ticket or tour
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Glasgow Cathedral stands on Castle Street on the eastern edge of Glasgow's city centre, Scotland, beside the…
1 ticket or tour
King’s College Chapel
Cambridge, United Kingdom
The chapel is entered on a college ticket that also covers the front court and the grounds down to the river;
1 ticket or tour
Melrose Abbey
Melrose, United Kingdom
Melrose Abbey stands in the small town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders, about an hour south-east of Edinburgh, and…
1 ticket or tour
Norwich Cathedral
Norwich, United Kingdom
Norwich Cathedral stands in a large, green close in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk, England, and entry is free, with…
1 ticket or tour
St Mary Redcliffe
Bristol, United Kingdom
St Mary Redcliffe is a large Anglican parish church in the Redcliffe district of Bristol, England, a short walk from…
1 ticket or tour
Whitby Abbey
Whitby, United Kingdom
Whitby Abbey stands on the East Cliff above the harbour town of Whitby, on the North Yorkshire coast of England, and it…
1 ticket or tour
Christ Church, Chelsea
London, United Kingdom
This is a parish church rather than a visitor attraction, and it should be approached as one.
No online ticket
Christ Church, East Sheen
London, United Kingdom
East Sheen sits between Richmond and Barnes in south-west London, and this church stands at the entrance to the common,…
No online ticket
Church of St John the Baptist, Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, known as Saint John on the Wall, stands on Broad Street in the old centre of…
No online ticket
English cathedrals and abbeys often charge for sightseeing but welcome everyone free at services, and choral evensong is the classic way to hear a cathedral choir. The pages below compare the tickets, the tower and roof tours, and the days when visiting is restricted.