In the UK Census of 2001 27.8% of respondents stated they were of ”no religion” This statistic was the highest in England. For a city with two cathedrals and 32 pre Reformation churches (more than any other city North of the Alps) this figure is surprising. Ten years on much has changed; the Catholic Cathedral’s pews are packed out with the sounds of many East European migrants and the influx of international students from the nearby University of East Anglia. Alongside are other forms of Christianity attracting a new following as well as Buddhism, Islam and faiths from around the world.


