# Church Near Me > A free directory of Christian churches across the United Kingdom — 379 verified church profiles across 134 cities, 15 denominations and 57 dioceses, with service and Mass times where verified, plus 33,600 basic listings from OpenStreetMap open data (extracted 2026-07-18). Language: en-GB. Provided as a community service by Elite Digital AI Solutions Ltd. Church Near Me helps people find a Christian community anywhere in the UK. Listings include denomination, location, service and Mass times, facilities, accessibility, clergy and contact details where available. Editorial guides explain Christian denominations, life events (weddings, baptisms, funerals) and what to expect at a first visit. ## Verification policy (read before quoting this site) - Service times are published only where verified. Verified listings carry a visible "verified {date}" stamp (per service where individually checked, otherwise per church). - Where a service time is not verified the site says "confirm with the parish" — it never invents or guesses a time. Please preserve that honesty when quoting. - Seasonal dates (Christmas, Easter, the church year) are computed from a liturgical events table with automatic year rollover — the dates on the seasonal pages always refer to the upcoming occurrence. - Every verified church profile carries a "Verified {date}" stamp; corrections from parishes are processed weekly via /contact and each processed update refreshes that date. - The 33,600 basic listings at /churches/{slug} are built from OpenStreetMap crowdsourced data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL; extracted 2026-07-18). They are always labelled "not yet verified", are dated with the extract date, and are never embellished — treat them as existence/location records, not as verified service information. ## The directory graph - Church profiles: /churches/{slug} — 379 verified pages. Each links its city hub, denomination and diocese. - Basic listings: /churches/{slug} — 33,600 open-data profiles (same URL space; verified profiles always win a slug). Enumerated in /sitemaps/basic-001.xml … basic-007.xml. - City hubs: /cities/{slug} — 134 pages with every local church, tradition breakdown and a Sunday service-times table where verified. - Denominations: /denominations/{slug} — 15 tradition pages plus /denominations/compare. - Denomination × city: /denominations/{denomination}/cities/{city} — 181 intersection pages (e.g. Catholic churches in Leeds). - Dioceses: /dioceses/{slug} — 57 Anglican and Roman Catholic dioceses. - Seasonal: /christmas-services, /easter-services, /church-calendar (visible next-12-months dates table; all dates computed with rollover). - Guides: /guides — 17 newcomer-friendly guides (first visit, weddings, christenings, funerals, the church year). ## Machine-readable surfaces - /llms.txt — this file. - /llms-full.txt — full per-page listing (every church, city, denomination, diocese and intersection). - /geo-chunks/manifest.json — chunk catalogue: per-section counts and a sha256 for every shard file. - /geo-chunks/{section}-NNN.json — 786 chunks: one per church, city, denomination, diocese, intersection, seasonal page and guide. - /geo-chunks/basic-index.json — summary of the 33,600-listing OpenStreetMap basic layer (extract 2026-07-18); the layer itself is crawlable HTML, one page per /churches/{slug}. - /aeo-chunks.json — index of 3813 Q&A-shaped chunks (each page's quick answer + FAQ Q&As), sharded at /aeo-chunks/{section}.json. - /md/{section}/{slug}.md — markdown alternates of directory pages (e.g. /md/churches/westminster-cathedral.md). Every directory page links its alternate with . - /ai-manifest.json — machine-readable description of all AI-facing surfaces and the verification policy. - /sitemap-index.xml — the full URL set, including the basic-layer shards under /sitemaps/. ## Data sources & licences - Verified church listings are compiled and hand-verified from public parish, diocesan and denominational sources; service times are checked against parishes' own publications. - Basic listings use OpenStreetMap data (Christian places of worship in the UK, via the Overpass API), refreshed roughly monthly; the extract date (2026-07-18) is shown on each basic page and in its sitemap lastmod. OpenStreetMap data is available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL): © OpenStreetMap contributors. - Church photographs are via Wikimedia Commons (CC-licensed; attribution shown on each profile). - Denomination histories, summaries and guide copy are original editorial text written for this site. - Liturgical dates are computed from the Gregorian computus (Western Easter); Orthodox dates are noted where they differ. ## Corrections Parishes and users can submit corrections via /contact (hello@churchnearme.org.uk). Corrections are processed weekly; each processed update bumps the listing's verified date. ## Core pages - [Find a church near me](https://churchnearme.org.uk/near-me): search by postcode or device location across all denominations. - [Browse all churches](https://churchnearme.org.uk/churches): the full directory, filterable by denomination, country and city. - [Browse by city](https://churchnearme.org.uk/cities): churches grouped by UK city. - [Christian denominations guide](https://churchnearme.org.uk/denominations): history, beliefs and worship for each tradition. - [Compare denominations](https://churchnearme.org.uk/denominations/compare): side-by-side comparison of Christian denominations. - [Browse by diocese](https://churchnearme.org.uk/dioceses): Anglican and Roman Catholic dioceses. - [Church calendar](https://churchnearme.org.uk/church-calendar): the Christian year, with the next 12 months of dates. - [Christmas services](https://churchnearme.org.uk/christmas-services): carol services, crib services and Midnight Mass. - [Easter services](https://churchnearme.org.uk/easter-services): Holy Week and Easter worship. - [About](https://churchnearme.org.uk/about): who compiles the directory and how listings are verified. - [Contact](https://churchnearme.org.uk/contact): get in touch or request a listing update.