News & Newsletters
Canterbury Chorister wins David Willcocks /CSA organ award
15 year-old Becky-Ellice Creighton, a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral, is the Sir David Willcocks Organ Award Scholar for 2020-22. Becky-Ellice, a Year 11 pupil at Highworth Grammar School, Ashford, will study with Dr David Newsholme, Director of the Girls’ Choir and Assistant Organist. read more...
Canterbury Cathedral surprised by Viking assassins
Canterbury Cathedral was surprised to find itself as one of the playable locations in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the latest video game in the hugely successful Assassin’s Creed series. read more...
Cathedral awarded funding for crucial works
A DCMS Cultural Recovery Fund grant of £640,000 has been awarded to Canterbury Cathedral for urgent works to the West Front of the historic building. read more...
Dean’s praise for food bank’s ‘vital lifeline’
The Dean of Canterbury today praised the volunteers at the district’s food bank for keeping a ‘vital lifeline’ open during the Coronavirus crisis. Canterbury Food Bank has distributed 25,000 meals to people in financial need since the lockdown began in March. read more...
Response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments regarding statues
This morning’s comments by The Archbishop of Canterbury on the BBC’s Today Programme highlight the work already being undertaken by Canterbury Cathedral to identify items such as memorials, statues or heraldic images that may have links with colonialism or the slave trade, and to create clear contextual information that acknowledges the history of such objects read more...
New Choristers Selected
Congratulations to the five new choristers who have been selected to join the Canterbury Cathedral Choir from September, entering in year 4. read more...
Cathedral Girls’ Choir Sing in Lockdown
Assistant Organist and Director of the Girls’ Choir, David Newsholme, has put together a beautiful video of the Canterbury Cathedral Girls’ Choir, performing the upper voice version of John Rutter’s The Lord bless you and keep you. Filmed during lockdown, the choir enjoyed making music together whilst reflecting on their lockdown existence. read more...
Cathedral’s South Precincts to Reopen
In response to the Government’s easing of restrictions on the use of parks and open spaces, from Saturday 6 June 2020 Canterbury Cathedral will reopen the South Precincts and some gardens on a limited basis to welcome small numbers of visitors to enjoy our quiet open spaces. read more...
Public statement on Canterbury Cathedral’s staff consultation and restructure
Following substantial loss of income as a result of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Canterbury Cathedral is undertaking a formal staff consultation regarding restructuring. Like so many other organisations, we are facing a perfect storm of cumulative financial threats and must take action now to secure the Cathedral’s longer-term survival. read more...
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...