Cathedrals

The architecture of the county of Suffolk is a mix of colour and character, with timber-frame and flint, pargetting and thatched roofs, moats and chimney stacks By Jenny Woolf Scattered around the flinty-grey churches of Suffolk,...

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, set some 52 feet above the Abbey’s floor in the 13th-century triforium, has opened to the public for the first time in 700 years The triforium, tucked beneath the vaults,...

How much do you know about the history of the largest inhabited castle in the world? Though the origins of Windsor Castle go all the way back to 1070 when William the Conqueror ordered the construction...

Durham Cathedral is the greatest Norman building in England, perhaps even in Europe. It is cherished not only for its architecture but also for its incomparable setting.

Britain is home to some of the oldest and most spectacular cathedrals in the world. Here are 10 of our favourites. Britain's 42 cathedrals welcome more than 11 million visitors a year and are run...

The interiors of England's 42 Anglican cathedrals are strikingly different. We examine the history and design of these majestic buildings with award-winning photography by Peter Marlow. WELLS, SOMERSET Wells takes its name from the spring that...

We take a tour of this wonderful city and discover an incredible history, beautiful architecture and a thriving foodie scene. Once the capital of England, the home of kings and legend, and fought over by...

Kings and queens lie in their grounds, they tell the story of the capital’s history, they’re immortalised in art and literature, and they create a skyline like no other in the world – they...

You don’t have to be religious to believe that Britain’s cathedrals are the country’s greatest buildings, from the great medieval cathedrals to the Baroque brilliance of St Paul’s A cathedral is a bishop’s church, where the bishop’s throne...

With its famous great dome, Sir Christopher Wren’s Baroque masterpiece, St Paul’s Cathedral, has reinvented itself time after time and now stands as a true icon of the London skyline If Big Ben is Britain’s most instantly identifiable building, St Paul’s Cathedral...