News & Newsletters
Canterbury Journey contractors return to work
Image: Canterbury Cathedral From Christ Church Gate, Summer 2019 Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 10 May about the easing of some lockdown restrictions and his encouragement for construction workers to return to sites, Chapter approved a minimum number of Masons to return to the Precincts and Broadoak this week. read more...
Bell Harry to toll daily for world’s coronavirus victims and frontline workers
For the first time in history, the old bell on Canterbury Cathedral’s central tower – known as bell ‘Harry’ – will toll each evening in remembrance of the day’s global victims of coronavirus, and in celebration of the heroism of frontline healthcare staff and other essential workers around the world. read more...
The Canterbury Journey landscaping continues
Worshippers, visitors and pilgrims will continue to be warmly welcomed to Canterbury Cathedral as The Canterbury Journey landscaping work begins around the Christ Church Gate. read more...
New Canon Treasurer Appointed to Cathedral
The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Reverend Canon Andrew Dodd as Canterbury Cathedral’s new Canon Treasurer. He is due to be installed at the end of May. read more...
Build Your Own Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral Shop is excited to announce the launch of a very special build-your-own model of our Cathedral. With exquisite detailing, including all the well-known key features of its exterior, the nanoblocks building set has astonishingly been conceived and brought to life by sixteen-year-old entrepreneur, Josh Moir. read more...
Rare Becket Relic Returns to Canterbury Cathedral
A vestment traditionally thought to have been worn by Saint Thomas Becket at the time of his brutal murder in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 is to return to the UK in July as part of this year’s commemorations to mark 850 years since his death, and 800 years since his remains were moved from the read more...
Damson Window test panel gifted to Ely Stained Glass Museum
Canterbury Cathedral’s world-renowned stained glass studio has gifted one of its panels to the Ely Stained Glass Museum. The gift is of a recent test panel created for the Cathedral’s Damson Window, which was designed by Hughie O’Donoghue RA and made by the Cathedral’s own stained glass studio artist, Grace Ayson. read more...
Cathedral Trust to become Accelerator Programme Associate
Canterbury Cathedral Trust is delighted to have been selected as an Associate for the Accelerator Programme – a strand of work launched in 2018 by Arts Council England and Julie’s Bicycle to foster enterprise, innovation, future thinking and creative perspectives on climate and the environment through training, mentoring and peer support. read more...
Welcoming Christ Removed for Renovation
The Welcoming Christ statue was removed from Canterbury Cathedral’s Christ Church Gate this morning in order for the next phase of The Canterbury Journey work to begin on the entrance to the Cathedral. read more...
Statement regarding University of Kent Honorary Degree ceremony, November 2019
Ann Furedi, Chief Executive Officer of bpas, and alumna of the University of Kent, was among those who received an honorary degree from the University at a ceremony hosted in Canterbury Cathedral on 22 November 2019. The event in question was nothing to do with the Diocese or the wider Church of England. read more...
Cathedral’s first Memory Tree is given blessing
Remember loved ones this Christmas on Canterbury Cathedral’s first Memory Tree. Located in the new Visitor Centre (next to Christ Church Gate), all are welcome to pop in throughout December to write a treasured memory on the labels provided to hang on the tree. read more...