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The Cathedral Music Trust has today announced the appointment of Alexander Armstrong as its Ambassador. In this role, Alexander will promote the

A sculpture dedicated to Gerald, one of a pair of Bengal rescue cats who had made their home at York Minster, will be unveiled later today

In a statement shared on Durham Cathedral’s social media, the Dean, the Very Revd Andrew Tremlett announced: “Very sadly, after a short illness,

Some of the more sharp-eyed amongst you, may have noticed a tweak to our design as we welcome in the month of May. It’s Time to Discover

It’s all eyes on the live peregrine webcams at our cathedrals right now, as it’s time for the eggs of the season to hatch. All the webcam links

Are you ready? We’re getting ready for the launch of the new Cathedrals Cycle Route – so whatever cathedral you visit this year as we

Whatever cathedral you visit this year as we slowly and safely begin to re-open, know you can come on two wheels, four wheels and on foot with

Leicester Cathedral marks Earth Day 2021 today with the announcement that artist Luke Jerram’s giant installation of the planet Earth,

English Cathedrals are getting ready to open up slowly and safely when they can with announcements of creative and prayerful events and

The life of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is being remembered with prayers and thanksgiving during services in our cathedrals this

English Cathedrals are preparing to open their doors again slowly and safely in line with the Government’s road map to recovery. Roadmap: Opening

It’s good funding news as more of our Church of England cathedrals benefit from the latest round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund which

Church of England cathedrals will commemorate the life of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in services today (Sunday), Salisbury Cathedral has announced

Cathedrals offer prayers and pay tribute to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh The Great Peter Bell at York Minster tolled 99 times today marking the

We received with great sadness the news of the death of HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. He has served our country selflessly as the

Lincoln is lighting up for Holy Week, bathing its historic building in the colours of the passion and the resurrection, Canterbury and Manchester

Whichever English cathedral you visit this year, you will be able to arrive by bike thanks to a unique partnership between Sustrans, Cycling UK,

Common Ground in a Sacred Space. Newcastle Cathedral will host two “Pay As You Feel’ online panel discussion events exploring the research, work

March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion – contrary to the popular old saying. With the news that a single small group of

Leicester Cathedral has been transformed with a virtual light and sound installation to bring hope at the end of a year of lockdown restrictions

It’s a double whammy for Salisbury Cathedral who on Saturday celebrated the 25,000th patient receiving their Covid vaccination in the nave and

The colours will reflect the traditional liturgical colours of holy week which are used for vestments, altar fronts and other liturgical linens

Update – the peregrines at Wakefield Cathedral now have 7 (SEVEN) eggs! – 1/4/2021 “We’re going to need a bigger

A ‘memorial spiral’ created from a variety of stones has been unveiled inside Chester Cathedral to coincide with today’s National Day of

Lives will be remembered in a video memorial created at Coventry Cathedral which is also inviting people to tie yellow ribbons on a tree of

“Tears speak volumes when there are no words” – St Edmundsbury Cathedral curate, the Revd Sarah Geileskey Teardrop installation to

Salisbury Cathedral’s peregrine has laid its first egg of the year – just four days after the cameras went live. Salisbury Cathedral peregrine

The words Reflect, Support and Hope will be projected in yellow on the front of Lichfield and Blackburn’s Cathedral. Leicester cathedral

Something for the weekend? Peregrine-watch as our cathedral residents come home to nest. Peregrines have been spotted returning to our cathedrals

Chelmsford Cathedral will create a vibrant space of colour and light against which they will gather prayers and reflections to mark the

Westminster Abbey and Chester Cathedral join the fight. They are the latest cathedrals to help serve their communities in the fight against the

The human cost of the pandemic, black holes, climate change, the Penitential Psalms and Luke’s Gospel on the Annunciation – there’s a

Lockdown can’t stop tradition – especially one as ancient and tasty as the historic Alban bun. The first batch of the Alban bun was

Drum roll please….or rather voluntary on the organ as York Minster’s Grand Organ returns to the heart of worship this weekend after a once

Cathedrals are preparing to re-open for public worship slowly and safely where they are able in the wake of the Government’s announcement of a

BREAKING NEWS: Artist Antony Gormley finds a niche on West Front of Wells Cathedral New work by one of Britain’s greatest contemporary sculptors,

Greta Thunberg visit inspires visionary rewilding project around Bristol Cathedral Over 15,000 people braved the pouring rain last year to hear

February was a month in waiting: waiting for the green shoots of spring, and the Government to announce its much anticipated road map out of

The nation’s favourite dinosaur is preparing to head to Norwich Cathedral later this year as the new summer 2021 dates are today revealed for

Time may have been put on pause for many of us this year, but for Wakefield Cathedral it literally stopped after the city centre landmark’s

Worcester Cathedral bell ringers will toll the bourdon bell 100 times this Saturday (27 February) in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore on the day

Worcester Cathedral to contribute to the planned UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre Stonemasons and bell-ringers from Worcester Cathedral

Lincoln, Carlisle and Ripon cathedrals have just announced they have received cash boosts from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery

Tree of Loss: Tree of Hope grows at Leicester Cathedral Leicester Cathedral has launched a memorial tree to remember loved ones and to mark all

For some, lockdown is a chance to declutter, clear out the old and renew – and Exeter Cathedral is using this time of social distancing and no

Please Believe These Days Will Pass – Southwark Cathedral It’s Shrove Tuesday today, time to clear out the cupboards and prepare for a

It’s goodbye to our 2020 #366Days Campaign and hello to our new campaign for 2021, #DidYouKnow. Our new campaign will bring you some known and

Save the Date: 10 May 2021. Southwell Minster is preparing to host The Leaves of the Trees, a reflective memorial designed to give people the

And they’re off … Cathedrals get creative for a Pancake Day in lockdown. This year Pancake Day a.k.a. Shrove Tuesday will be marked online at our

Chichester Cathedral has teamed up with a local restaurant company and local art gallery to support older, lonely and vulnerable local people and

As schoolboys in 1963, they took Coventry Cathedral’s unique message of peace across the Berlin Wall. Now a call has gone out to reunite this

Where do we go in recovery: New survey asks Visitors, churchgoers and members of the public are being asked to help shape the life and mission of

Worcester Cathedral is the latest cathedral to help serve its community in the fight against the pandemic and rising transmission rates by being

Hereford Cathedral has bid a digital farewell to The Very Revd Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford, after 19 years of leadership and ministry. The

January witnessed rising infection rates which saw most of our cathedrals suspend public worship on the advice of their public health leaders to

In Gloucester they are using this festival to issue a heartfelt THANK YOU to the hundreds of donors who helped raise £1m for their Beacon of Hope

Canterbury, Chester, Durham, Exeter, Gloucester, Lincoln, Salisbury and Worcester Cathedrals have all received emergency funding to keep the

‘One hundred thousand isn’t just an abstract figure. Each number is a person: someone we loved and someone who loved us.’

Leicester and St Edmundsbury are the latest cathedrals to close their doors to support the national effort to stop the spread of the infection,

Be the light in the darkness is the theme for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day to remember everyone murdered in genocidal campaigns, and to

Stories from the Holocaust have inspired Blackburn schoolchildren to remember all those who were murdered for who they are in words and art and

Hereford Cathedral is preparing to host the Knife Angel this summer – the 27ft high National Monument Against Violence and Aggression

A letter from the Queen marks a happy new year for the Friends of Winchester Cathedral The Queen has sent a letter of good wishes to the Friends

Southwell Minster and Birmingham Cathedral are the latest Church of England cathedrals to close their doors to support the national effort to

Blackburn Cathedral opens today (Monday) as one of the nation’s mass Covid-19 vaccination centres. Hope2021 – Blackburn Cathedral makes

Salisbury Cathedral is the second cathedral to become a Covid-19 vaccine centre when it open its doors today (Sat 16) – and its patients

And so it begins … #Hope2021 The first vaccine clinics opened in Lichfield Cathedral tomorrow (Friday) – putting it at the forefront of the

Bristol, Chester, Canterbury, Liverpool, and Truro are the latest cathedrals to close their doors today to support the national effort to stop

Sheffield and Guildford are the latest cathedrals to close their doors to support the national effort to stop the spread of the infection, keep

More Church of England Cathedrals have announced they are suspending public worship to keep people safe and protect the NHS in the face of

To mark Heritage Fund UK’s #HeritageTreasures day on Monday … we thought we’d let you into a secret … well 42 of them to be honest. With

Derby Cathedral is the second cathedral to announce it is to suspend public worship inside its building for the next few weeks in light of rising

Blackburn Cathedral has today made the difficult decision to suspend all public worship in its building following stark warnings from local

Under this latest Government lockdown, our doors can remain open for private prayer, reflection and public worship. Know we are here. Ever

Following Monday’s statement by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, detailing new restrictions in England to control the spread of Covid-19,

Every day of 2020 we have shared a picture from one of our cathedrals on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 366 Days of Cathedrals comes to an End

We started 2020 trumpeting in our Year of Cathedrals Year of Pilgrimage campaign in The Times and finished the year in The Times again …

Cathedrals are re-imagining their Advent and Christmas programmes to make sure they adhere to the latest Government and Public Health guidelines

Frontline workers take centrestage in Christmas services at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Peterborough’s carol service is broadcast live by local

Choristers at Leicester undertake Covid tests so they can sing together again. Choristers at Leicester Cathedral will undertake Covid tests this

This has now been postponed (due to technical difficulties) and will take place on Tuesday 22nd December. A Wakefield Cathedral chorister is

Christmas and Advent Reimagined across the country. Cathedrals are re-imagining their Advent and Christmas programmes to make sure they adhere to

Durham Cathedral’s Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols will be broadcast to prisoners across the country for the first time this year.

Heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic immortalised in a unique presentation of the Nativity. Local heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic have been

We promised you 2020 was Year of Cathedrals Year of Pilgrimage…And we’ve done our best! Cathedrals At Night … celebrating the hope of

A unique prayer wall spelling out the word HOPE has opened in Southwell Minster – an invitation for prayer and reflection in these

What a way to round off your 800th anniversary … The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall unveiled a specially engraved stone carved

Midnight Mass in your pyjamas and hanging Christmas prayer stars in your front window are just two fresh ideas to help create opportunities to

Liverpool, Salisbury, Newcastle and Lincoln are the latest cathedrals to share their Christmas plans this year as cathedrals continue to be a

Doctor and nurse to switch on the lights of Durham Cathedral’s Christmas tree “As we nurse the second wave of this awful disease, please

Cathedrals are getting ready to re-open and re-imagining their Advent and Christmas programmes to make sure they adhere to the latest Government

Light and hope are the twin themes for Chester Cathedral this Advent as it opens two new art installations as part of its annual Christmas Tree

It’s a sign of the times for Christmas 2020 but this a good one. St Albans have taken their Christmas Nativity online and it’s really

Peterborough Cathedral has launched a Christmas appeal inviting people to join in helping to keep the doors open – not just for Christmas but

Bradford Cathedral named Small Visitor Attraction of the Year! Bradford Cathedral has been named Small Visitor Attraction of the Year in the

November has been a month of darkness; of dark nights, lockdown, fear and uncertainty but Advent tells a different story. We mark the start of

Organists from cathedrals across the UK are part of a 54 strong orchestra that have come together in lockdown to create a virtual performance of

“The Volition programme gave me the motivation, they believed in me. They said I could, and I did,” Charlene Bebbington, Volition

As we celebrate the announcement that public worship can resume after December 2 … there is more good news for those who love our choral

Dinosaur fans will next year be able to enjoy a summer of prehistoric fun at Norwich Cathedral due to the visit of the Natural History Museum’s