Cambridge Places of Worship

Thousands of visitors go to Ely Cathedral each year from all over the world. Few are ever disappointed, for there is something for everyone. It gives a vision of continuity and worship down the centuries.

Great St Mary’s is an Anglican church and has maintained its witness to the faith of Christ for many centuries. It has carried out this mission in many ways as a parish church in the diocese of Ely, as the Church of the University of Cambridge, as a place of prayer and celebration for all the citizens of Cambridge.

St Botolph's is the parish church of an ancient parish, which extends from the centre of Cambridge to the suburb of Newnham. They are a traditional Anglican church and use the Book of Common Prayer for most services.

St Andrew the Great is a friendly and informal church in the centre of Cambridge. They welcome people of all ages, all church backgrounds or none, and especially those thinking about the Christian faith for the first time. They are an evangelical church in the Church of England.

Situated in the very heart of Cambridge, Holy Trinity Church is a lively, growing Christian community. It stands within the charismatic evangelical tradition of the Church of England.

St Bene’t's has been a place of Christian prayer and worship for nearly a thousand years. The exact date is in dispute; estimates vary between the 10th century and the reign of Edward the Confessor, but there are good grounds for placing it in the reign of King Canute about the year 1020.

Our Lady and the English Martyrs, sometimes shortened to OLEM, is a Roman Catholic church in the Diocese of East Anglia. An imposing example of the 19th Century Gothic Revival, it was built to the designs of Dunn and Hansom of Newcastle between 1885 and 1890.