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Our church buildings are a nationally important part of our heritage. A village, town or city's church is often its oldest building still in continual use, as well as its largest and most visited building. Churches are also often an area's most architecturally complex and archaeologically sensitive buildings. Constructed to the glory of God, for worship and mission and for use by the community, they remain some of Wales' most iconic structures.Here in Llandaff we have 222 churches, ranging in age from the 900 year old Llandaff Cathedral to 20C buildings such as St Mark's, Gabalfa.Church Heritage Cymru is a digital database of church buildings containing over 1,350 records for church buildings in Wales. It's freely available to anyone and a good starting point to find out where our churches are and some information about their history and architecture.

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Discover the Diocese by jigsaw!

St Curig, Porthkerry

St Curig's is first mentioned in documents in 1254 and much of the medieval walling remains in this II* church. The 20C lychgate is a WWI war memorial.

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Angels in waiting

On the reredos of the Lady Chapel at St Isan's Llanishen. St Isan's is a II* medieval church extensively reordered in the late 19C/early 20C.

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St Cecilia, at St Catharine's, Baglan

Detail of St Cecilia (1880) by Edward Burne Jones. St Catharine's church at Baglan, commissioned by Griffith Llewellyn of Baglan Hall, was architect John Prichard's masterpiece. No expense was spared and it took seven years to build.

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Opening your church to visitors

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Find out more about how to open up your church and share its beauty and peacefulness with visitors. You'll find links below to help you in this process, or contact DAC Secretary Martyn Jones at martynjones@cinw.org.uk

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Experiencing Sacred Wales

This project aims to attract UK and international visitors to experience the wonderful sacred heritage of Wales, particularly those along and close to The Wales Way.

Experiencing Sacred Wales

Ecclesiastical Insurance - Open Churches

Ecclesiastical Insurance want to encourage churches to unlock their visitor potential and keep their buildings open. Guidance on how to do this safely.

Ecclesiastical Insurance

Explore Churches

With their Explore Churches project the National Churches Trust aims to develop a high quality resource for visitors and churches, supporting and promoting a beautiful collection of fascinating places to visit. Find out how to add your church.

Explore Churches