St Paul's Cathedral in London is one of the most famous cathedrals in England known for its iconic dome designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London. Canterbury Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in England and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England. Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford serves as both the cathedral of the diocese of Oxford and the chapel of Christ Church college at the University of Oxford.

1. British Cathedrals

2. St Paul's Cathedral

3. • St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of
England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of
London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates
back to the original church on this site, founded in
AD 604.
• St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest
point in the City of London.
• The present church dating from the late 17th
century was built to an English Baroque design
of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major
rebuilding program which took place in the city
after the Great Fire of London, and was completed
within his lifetime.

5. Memorials
• The cathedral has a very substantial crypt, holding over
200 memorials, and serves as both the Order of the
British Empire Chapel and the Treasury.
• The cathedral has very few treasures: many have been
lost, and in 1810 a major robbery took almost all of the
remaining precious artefacts.
• Christopher Wren was the first person to be interred,
in 1723: on the wall above his tomb in the crypt is
written,
• "Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice"
(Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you).

6. Canterbury Cathedral

7. • Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is
one of the oldest and most famous
Christian structures in England and forms part
of a World Heritage Site.
• It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, leader of the Church of
England and symbolic leader of the
worldwide Anglican Communion.
• Its formal title is the Cathedral and
Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.

9. Christ Church Cathedral

10. Christ Church Cathedral
• Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of
the diocese of Oxford, which consists of the
counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and
Berkshire.
• It is also, uniquely, the chapel of Christ
Church, a college of the University of Oxford.