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Two llamas took to the stage for Exeter Cathedral’s nativity service at the weekend,  playing the role of the  wise men’s camels. But these

Salisbury Cathedral has won a prestigious award at The 22nd Natural Stone Awards Ceremony in recognition of the skilled work restoring the East

Christmas Challenge 2024 Big Give Campaign Lichfield, Peterborough and Portsmouth cathedrals have joined the Big Christmas Give Challenge and are

York Minster’s Darkness into Light procession marking the start of Advent and the coming of the light in the world will showcase its commitment

The famous Truro Cathedral crib is one of the most eye-catching features of the cathedral during the Christmas period. Thatching of the Crib at

Cathedrals marked White Ribbon Day yesterday and will mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with special services of

Chichester Cathedral is embarking on an ambitious and diverse programme of events to celebrate 950 years of religious, cultural, and civic life.

A conservator from BBC TV’s The Repair Shop has been working at Salisbury Cathedral to help conserve precious altar frontals. Salisbury Cathedral

Three rare Magna Cartas will go on display next summer at Durham Cathedral to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the 1225 issue of Magna Carta

Our cathedrals will fall silent this Sunday as they honour those who gave their lives in the service of their country in conflicts past and

Luxmuralis on Tour – Winter 2024 Visitors can find the creative duo Luxmuralis lighting up our cathedrals with their interactive sound and

Luke Jerram’s touring artwork, Museum of the Moon lands in Blackburn Cathedral today (5 November) and with it, an exciting programme of events,

Forty miners’ banners from across County Durham’s mining communities have gone on display in Durham Cathedral to mark the 40th

What’s on in your Cathedrals this Autumn? Artist, Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon had a successful landing at Southwell Minster, his

Memorial unveiled in Bristol Cathedral that confronts erased histories and recognises the transatlantic slave trade. Slavery trade, erased

Visitors are invited to walk ‘where angels tread’ in a new installation in Lichfield Cathedral The installation is inspired by the angelic vision

A swing has been installed inside Leicester Cathedral to highlight the importance of play for young and old as a way to support our health and

Newcastle Cathedral is the second cathedral to host the poignant  ‘Icons on Ammunition Boxes’, exhibition that raises funds to support medical

Hundreds of delicate hand-crafted boats will set sail amongst the architecture of Canterbury Cathedral in a new exhibition by environmental

Sheffield Cathedral has partnered with The Choir with No Name to launch a choir in Sheffield for those affected by homelessness and

Choral Evensong will be broadcast live from Blackburn Cathedral today as they get ready to host BBC R3. Our Choral Tradition – Evensong

Newcastle Cathedral has been yarn bombed- a unique art form that transforms public spaces with colourful knitted and crocheted creations. The

Her work adorns churches across the north-west, yet her name is little known in the public realm – until now. Chester Cathedral shines spotlight

Durham, Guildford and St Edmundsbury Cathedrals have launched an autumn season of lectures and talks on key issues spanning child poverty,

Carlisle and Newcastle cathedrals have said goodbye to their life-sized model sheep – part of the flock that has made up the Sheep Art Trail that

It’s a homecoming of sorts when Bristol Cathedral will host Bristol-based Luke Jerram’s Gaia from 15 October, for a special four-week-long series

Artist Luke Jerram’s work can be seen at a number of our cathedrals this Autumn – including his latest work, Mars: War and Peace which is coming

It’s a first at Rochester Cathedral this October when it hosts the premiere of Scriptorium: The Illuminated Histories, a new light and sound show

Salisbury Cathedral has launched a new film showcasing Gustav Holst’s The Planets to celebrate the composer’s 150th anniversary. The Planets: Out

Photo by Duncan Lomax, Ravage Productions. A new light and sound installation will illuminate York Minster this October to commemorate the fire

It’s not often a cathedral is filled with elephants but that’s how Lichfield Cathedral found themselves last night as they hosted a charity

Portsmouth Cathedral Awarded £118,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to Create New Visitor Experience Space Portsmouth Cathedral has

Video : St Albans Cathedral has announced the return of its cutting-edge Saints in Colour project. The project sees its famous Wallingford Screen

Eighteen hundred steel roses have just gone on display in Sheffield Cathedral to highlight the growing scale of youth homelessness. Steel roses

We welcomed not one, not two, but three new deans this September. And a dog. A new dean at Chichester, Lincoln and Worcester. New Dean at

Worcestershire Archaeology and the cathedral team have been preparing the ground for a new landscaping project to create  welcoming green space

Portsmouth Cathedral is hosting the ‘Speak Their Name’ Hampshire and Isle of Wight Suicide Memorial Quilt. The quilt is a poignant

Salisbury, Ely and St Albans cathedrals will welcome all creatures great and small over the next few weeks for their annual pet services. All

Westminster Abbey will launch a new season, Voice and Verse on National Poetry Day next month celebrating poets and poetry with a series of

As the season begins to shift so do the events in our cathedrals … and Hereford Cathedral will welcome back former chorister John Challenger for

Lincoln Cathedral has announced a programme of worship, organ recitals, concerts, family activities and late-night openings as part of the art

St Paul’s Cathedral has unveiled a special season of events and services to mark the 60th anniversary of the day Dr Martin Luther King Jr

It’s September … which can only mean one thing – it’s the return of Heritage Open Days with hundreds of free events and experiences available in

Art inspired by the West window of Winchester, a project exploring the meaning of sanctuary with refugees in Newcastle, Peterborough announces

Archaeologists at Exeter Cathedral have found exciting new discoveries during their investigations in the east end of the historic building.

A piper whose piper-father led soldiers onto the beaches on D-Day will play the bagpipes for The Longest Yarn, a wool art depiction of that

Wakefield Cathedral is preparing to host The Hatchling – part of Wakefield’s Our Year – a year-long project which aims to inspire

Southwark Cathedral is the latest cathedral to host textile artist Jacqui Parkinson’s Threads through Creation that tells the creation story in

Local artists will go on show in Guildford Cathedral from 10 September – 6 October. West Surrey Artists (Surrey 12) on show at Guildford

A new exhibition in St Albans Cathedral features 19th-century artwork that raises awareness of our fragile heritage. Holmes Winter – The

Discover Cathedrals this Summer The AEC took its own message to heart this weekend with a trip to see what they could discover in our cathedrals

Winchester Cathedral has announced that a memorial statue of Jane Austen to mark her 250th anniversary can now go ahead. Jane Austen Statue by

Wells Cathedral is hosting the annual Wells Arts Contemporary, Carlisle and Portsmouth are hosting summer exhibitions by local artists, Chester

Schools Out for Summer!! Cathedrals are offering a summer of family fun with a wide range of projects including activities, tours, outdoor

Summer’s here … what will you discover? English Cathedrals take you to the moon and back to earth by way of dinosaurs – or rather  most famous

A keen cyclist and canon missioner at Southwark Cathedral is getting on his bike to ride the length and breadth of England as a prayerful journey

It’s coming home … Not that ….(but we want that to come home too!!) but the baton that has been passed Olympic style between every

In the last full week of the relay the route turned finally turned north again, with over 1,600 miles covered. Cathedrals Cycle Route. How Week 5

In the toughest week so far, the CCR relay bike ride hit the far south-west with 1, 231 miles ridden. Rain and Rainbows this week on the

This week they hit the halfway mark – with 893 miles ridden! It was Hodge the Cat who was centre of attention for our intrepid cyclists on

8 cathedrals: 305 miles: Sunshine all the way! We’re in London today for the next legs of our relay on the inaugural Cathedrals Cycle Route

The sun shone for the first week of the national relay to launch the new Cathedrals Cycle Route – and no-one dropped the baton! Cathedrals Cycle

And they’re off!! Cycle cathedrals: 42 cathedrals 42 days 2 wheels Sunday sees the launch of a new kind of pilgrimage route that links every one

Are you ready? We are. It’s time to Discover Cathedrals, Discover Pilgrimage.  Immersive art installations to help us reflect on a year in

Visitors to St Albans Cathedral will have the chance to see the medieval shrine of St Amphibalus restored to its former glory when they are able

Our cathedrals are beginning to open up slowly and safely and as we move closer to May 17 and Step 3 of the Government’s roadmap, when we hope to

Drum roll please … St Albans is Good to GO as it opens its doors for a Cathedral At Night experience We are super pleased to announce that

Five of our cathedrals have made the top 60 most loved visitor attractions with York Minster seeing record numbers in 2019, according to visitor

A special evening candlelit pilgrimage will lead visitors in an immersive sound and light experience around Bradford Cathedral this Saturday as

And so it begins….Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage.. Happy 1,000th birthday sees significant firsts Two special pilgrimages have been

Well, what a first month it’s been for Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage. Our new website went live allowing us to better tell our stories

The Church in Wales has joined the Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage project by launching a host of new pilgrimage routes tracing the

Spectacular sound and light shows transform English cathedrals marking the start of 2020: Year of Cathedrals Year of Pilgrimage. English

Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage. Museum of the Moon, Knife Angel, Gaia, #SeeingitDifferently on a helter-skelter, Northern Lights in York

Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage Following in the footsteps of a thousand years of pilgrims: the first St Frideswide Pilgrimage More than

A year of celebration has been launched to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the founding of Salisbury and its iconic cathedral. Named

As well as 2020 bringing together a remarkable number of individual cathedral anniversaries and initiatives that help tell Britain’s story, there

Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage 2020 He was excommunicated by Canterbury and died on the way to plead his case to the Pope. Now the rich

Taken from the Times, September 21 2019 Bess Twiston Davies. Walking routes are being launched next year that track ancient paths of pilgrimage