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Kathryn Williams

The Welsh landmark listed among the UK's top 10 must-see attractions

St Davids' Cathedral in Pembrokeshire is one of the UK landmarks people cannot wait to come visit this summer.

It's in the top 10 of most searched landmarks, according to a study by Parkdean Resorts, alongside Buckingham Palace and York Minster.

Taking the top spot in the study - which looked at Google search volumes in March and April, when restrictions began to ease - is the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, with a 122.89% increase.

St Davids is the UK's smallest city and gained the title back in 1995,

The cathedral, which is currently open for prayer and reflection due to Covid-restrictions, has been at the site, as it stands today, since 1181 when it was begun by Norman Bishop Peter de Leia.

The site has always been a place of worship since St David himself f ounded a monastery there around the period of 590/601.

In the twelfth century Pope Calixtus II declared St Davids' Cathedral to be a place of pilgrimage. It's also home to the Shrine of St David, which was destroyed in the reformation and restored to its full glory in 2012.

Moving with the times, during the pandemic, St Davids Cathedral has been broadcasting some of its services on Facebook and YouTube.

When not under Covid restrictions you can take tours of the cathedral and visit exhibitions of arts and crafts.

The top 10 UK landmarks people want to visit are:

Spinnaker Tower

Radcliffe Camera

Buckingham Palace

York Minster

Warwick Castle

Hampton Court Palace

St Davids' Cathedral

Jurassic Coast

Glastonbury Tor

Glenfinnan Viaduct

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