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Guildford Cathedral has commissioned a new Christmas Carol which will have its premiere over the festive period. The cathedral commissioned

Hereford Cathedral has organised its first service specially designed for toddlers and their families. Inspired by the success of the Cathedral’s

First Christmas in reordered Cathedral Isle of Man. It will be the first Christmas in the newly re-ordered Cathedral Isle of Man this year which

Derby Cathedral has installed its first standalone Tree of Light in response to the ever increasing number of people coming year on year to write

Carlisle Cathedral has just launched its first Christmas Tree Festival with 30 trees on display. The festival was officially opened by the High

Angels: a winter campaign. Sharing the love and hope of the Christmas story Cathedral Angels Angels in our stained glass, carved in our stones,

Together at Christmas carol service events in our cathedrals are shining a spotlight on local heroes and celebrating human connections this

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

Chichester Cathedral has become the fourth Cathedral in England and Wales to achieve Gold Eco Church status, awarded by the Christian

People are invited to journey from darkness into light at services across our cathedrals this weekend marking the start of the season of Advent.

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

“Music is the heartbeat of enabling our cathedrals’ worship, and our mission and service to the communities of our dioceses.” The Very Revd Jo

The Cathedrals Cycle Route baton has arrived at Bradford Cathedral from Newcastle ahead of City of Culture year. The baton – created for

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

Chichester Cathedral has been named as a finalist in The Tourism Event of the Year category in the annual tourism south east awards and Bradford

What’s on at Sheffield, Exeter, Guildford, Peterborough, Carlisle, Worcester, Wakefield and Truro. From Carlisle to Truro, Peterborough to

St Edmundsbury Cathedral’s annual Christmas Fair returns from Thursday 28 November to 30 November this year and entry costs just £1. St

Ripon Cathedral’s Christmas Food and Gift Fair takes place over two days too with around 100 stalls of Christmas gifts and crafts alongside

Winchester Cathedral’s Christmas Market has long been hailed as one of the best Christmas Markets in Europe. It opens on Friday 22 November and

Ely Cathedral Christmas Gift and Food Fair opens Thursday (21 November) with an exclusive preview evening on Wednesday (20 November).   This

A Christmas Lantern parade this Saturday (15 Nov) will herald the revival of the 600 year old Christmas market when it returns to the precincts

Hereford Cathedral will host a Christmas Fair on Saturday 16 December with over forty stallholders attending the event selling a range of festive

Photographers from across the country have submitted their images of the moon – part of an exhibition celebrating all things lunar to coincide

St Edmundsbury Cathedral is getting ready to host its largest-ever community arts project – a theatre, opera and song extravaganza that tells the

Visitors to Hereford Cathedral will be able to view one of its treasures, the enamelled reliquary of St Thomas Becket, when it goes on display

This Thursday (Nov 14) marks the anniversary of the Coventry Blitz. In November 1940, the Cathedral Church of St. Michael was bombed into a

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,

Royal Mail today announced that an original illustration of Liverpool Cathedral will feature as the First Class stamp for its 2024 Christmas

York Minster’s roof will be covered in solar panels in a major step towards reducing the carbon footprint of one of the largest cathedral estates

Over the summer, Worcester Cathedral teamed up with four of the city’s leading firms of solicitors and raised almost £7,000 through its

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

VE Day in 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. There are two key dates to remember, Thursday 8 May and Friday 15

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

Worcester Cathedral is holding its first ever sealed-bid carved stone auction to raise funds to support their stonemasons and the future of the

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

Lichfield Cathedral has been awarded the Tourism Business of the Year Award “for being a cultural icon in the heart of the city”. Tourism award

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

Visitors to Bradford Cathedral can now explore a visual timeline of the Cathedral’s history, from its seventh century Saxon beginnings

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,

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, the Rt Revd Paul Williams, has announced that the Revd Canon Dr Neil Evans will be the interim Dean of

The Venerable Robert (Bob) Cooper, Archdeacon of Sunderland in the Diocese of Durham has been appointed as the next Dean of Guildford, succeeding

St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the first cathedral to launch its own Dogs in Cathedral calendar. Dogs in Cathedrals Calendar 2025 The 2025 Calendar

Pommie Pilgrims walk home from Sheffield Cathedral to sound of special quarter peel of bells. Close to the end of their marathon walking project

Cathedrals will host events to mark Black History Month this October from new artworks to lectures and story-telling. Black History Month in our

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

The first female Dean of Lichfield was installed at the weekend with a promise to care for the least and the lost and help build a better world

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

The Revd Nontombi Tutu, Episocopal priest and human rights activist, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, will lead the inaugural Desmond Tutu

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

Westminster Abbey will open its doors next month for the annual pilgrimage to the shrine of St Edward the Confessor. Westminster Abbey to welcome

Two apprentice stonemasons from Gloucester Cathedral have been awarded the prestigious Anne Cadbury Apprenticeship Award by the Honourable

Norwich Cathedral will today (Tuesday 10 September) host a special conference to celebrate Norfolk as it becomes the first UK member of an

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

Coronation Celebrations, cultural initiatives, and sustainability efforts highlight a year of positive change. Statistics show recovery continues

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.

The People of London memorial unveiled to commemorate all those who died during the Blitz has just been reinstalled in the gardens of St Paul’s

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

Inspired by the faces she saw on the coverage of the war in Ukraine, and determined to do something to express her anger, Cornwall artist Louise

The world’s oldest surviving slave song manuscript will form the centrepiece of a new exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral next month. Oldest

Worcester Cathedral is celebrating an award of £20,000 from the Associated Worshipful Companies of The Mercers’, Masons’, Cooks’ and Broderers’.

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

TEAM GB are not the only ones going for gold this summer, our own Ely Cathedral has just been awarded the prestigious gold Eco Church Award in

Vicars’ Close smallest resident, Monty, gives the funding news a paws up! Wells Cathedral in £4.4m grant boost to save unique Vicars’ Close

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

Not so sure what Exeter Cathedral’s Canon Treasurer had in mind when he took his running shoes to work in anticipation of meeting ultramarathon

A cyclist riding part of the Cathedrals Cycle Route which links all 42 Anglican cathedrals in England in one 2,000-mile cycle, has lost her