Cathedral · Salisbury · Wiltshire

Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral is a church of England cathedral in Salisbury. It counts as a Grade I listed building. Add Mompesson House, 200 m away, to a visit; it leads 25 places within 15 km.

Photo: Salisbury Cathedral, Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Salisbury

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 1%

#31 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Cathedral in Salisbury

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#31 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (50 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Salisbury

Salisbury Cathedral is inside Salisbury’s built-up area, with 11 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Salisbury has 643 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Choosing a month

In Salisbury the warm season is May to September, with highs of 18–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°92 mm

Feb9° / 2°65 mm

Mar11° / 3°61 mm

Apr14° / 4°57 mm

May18° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°54 mm

Jul22° / 12°49 mm

Aug22° / 12°63 mm

Sep19° / 10°63 mm

Oct15° / 7°93 mm

Nov11° / 4°99 mm

Dec9° / 2°97 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Salisbury, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Salisbury. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Salisbury’s full climate →

About

Salisbury Cathedral

50 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Salisbury’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Cathedral
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 50 languages
Town: in Salisbury
Official site: salisburycathedral.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Salisbury Cathedral on the map

Orange shows Salisbury Cathedral; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Salisbury is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (47,690 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Salisbury

47,690 people · 13 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km south of it

Britford

452 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 3.7 km north of it

Old Sarum

4,013 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 4 km southwest of it

Coombe Bissett

200 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Salisbury Cathedral is	People	Places to visit
Salisbury	It’s in town	47,690	13
Britford	1.8 km south of it	452	10
Old Sarum	3.7 km north of it	4,013	11
Coombe Bissett	4 km southwest of it	200	8
Wilton	4 km west of it	4,300	11
Whaddon	4.4 km southeast of it	2,283	9
Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls	4.6 km northeast of it	669	11
Winterbourne Gunner	6.8 km northeast of it	613	4

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Around it, within 15 km, lie 25 more, including 3 museums, 2 historic houses and 2 castles.

Museum · National TrustMompesson House200 m away 2

Historic houseWilton House4.6 km away 3

CastleClarendon Palace3.9 km away 4

MuseumSalisbury Museum200 m away 5

Historic houseArundells200 m away 6MuseumMuseumThe Rifles Museum200 m away 7

CathedralOld Sarum Cathedral3.3 km away 8

CastleOld Sarum Castle3.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Salisbury Cathedral: the answers

Where is Salisbury Cathedral?

Salisbury Cathedral is in Salisbury, Wiltshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Salisbury Cathedral?

Church of England cathedral in Salisbury, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Salisbury Cathedral?

May to September are the warmest months in Salisbury, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Salisbury Cathedral a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Salisbury Cathedral?

Within 15 km: Mompesson House (200 m), Wilton House (4.6 km), Clarendon Palace (3.9 km) and Salisbury Museum (200 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Salisbury Cathedral: Andrew Dunn (Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mompesson House: Seb Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wilton House: Kachii (Katy) from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clarendon Palace: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Salisbury Museum: SalisburyMuseum1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arundells: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Sarum Cathedral: hugh llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old Sarum Castle: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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