NOTICE 11.07.25 - Due to emergency electrical works being conducted by UK Power Networks, there is currently no access through Christ Church Gate.
During general visiting hours, access to the Precincts will be via the Cathedral Visitor Centre:
10am-5pm Friday, Saturday & Monday-Wednesday
12pm-5pm Sunday
The Precincts will not be open for visiting outside of general visiting hours.
Access for services will be via Postern Gate - except for the 11am Sunday Eucharist, which will be accessible through the Visitor Centre from 10am.
Thank you for your understanding.
Planning your visit? Check our opening times and upcoming closures.
A FRIENDLY TALK
Stone on Stone - the Men Who Built the Cathedrals
Tuesday 7 October, 10:30-11:30 in the Clagett Auditorium
Standing in the Nave of a cathedral, it is hard not to wonder how ordinary human beings could have created sky-scraping, dizzyingly high buildings on which even the top-most parts were delicately decorated, in an age before even the simplest of power tools.
Imogen Corrigan will tell us the story of the men who built the cathedrals of the medieval era: who they were, how they lived and how with the simplest of hand tools they created the astonishing buildings that hundreds of years later still stand as monuments to their ingenuity and skill.
Imogen will discuss the context for building such huge places of worship and the men who built them (who they were, and the challenges they had to face). She will reveal how they found the materials, explain the construction techniques, and consider building control. Finally, she will divulge who paid for it all.
£10 Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, £15 non-members. Includes tea and coffee on arrival.
This event is organised by and in support of The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral (Registered Charity No 1210093).
Find out more about The Friends.
For more information about this and future events, help booking, or becoming a member, please call The Friends’ Office at 01227 865292 or email [email protected]
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