Travel Series: London Cathedrals

London Tour: London in a Day, part 3

Churches and Cathedrals

Westminster Abbey, North door. Image: Wikipedia

We’ve explored London’s Museums in our previous article; now we get to two of the great Churches of London.

Modern London is based on two focal points:

• Westminster (political, cultural, religious)
• The City of London (financial, economic, central business district)

There are two great churches in London — one in each of these locations — that you must see, each for different purposes.

First, I will provide some historical background on these two locations.

Westminster

Aerial view of London’s Westminster in 1909. Image: Wikipedia

Westminster is a district in London, a city really, known as the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster. It also explains where it was situated regarding the ancient Roman city of Londinium, of which it is west. Until the English Reformation, there was also an Eastminster, near the Tower of London, which defended the City of London.