News & Newsletters
New Cathedral silk taking inspiration from the past
Canterbury Cathedral are working to bring a medieval fragment of silk back to life by recreating 12th century fabric that once clothed the body of Archbishop Hubert Walter. The new silk will be used to produce 12 copes, which will be used for the first time at next year’s Becket 2020 services. read more...
Canterbury Cathedral Receives Bronze Eco-Church Award
Canterbury Cathedral is delighted to announce it has received a Bronze award as part of the Eco-Church initiative for environmental activities. As part of A Rocha UK’s scheme for churches in England and Wales the award is designed to establish caring for God’s earth as an integral part of everyday work and witness. read more...
Chorister Installation
Congratulations to the five choristers who were formally installed to the Canterbury Cathedral Choir by the Very Revd Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury on Saturday 7 September 2019. read more...
My Heritage, My Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral wants you to share your memories as part of a new community project to celebrate the fond memories of people who live, work, study and visit the Cathedral. read more...
Julian Meetings at Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral will be holding a Julian meeting on the first Tuesday of every month in the Cathedral Crypt. read more...
New Bishop of Dover announced
The Cathedral is delighted to hear that HM The Queen has approved the appointment of the Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, as the next Bishop of Dover. read more...
Final curtain for first members of the Girls’ Choir at Canterbury Cathedral
Girls who joined the Girls’ Choir at Canterbury Cathedral at its founding five years ago will give their final public performance at the Choir’s annual Summer Concert in the Crypt of the Cathedral on Saturday 13 July. The generous support of the Peter Cundill Foundation allowed the Cathedral to establish the Girls’ Choir in 2014. read more...
‘I couldn’t stay away’ – a great weekend at Open Gardens
The chance to see into several secret and private gardens tucked away in the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral attracted thousands of people over the late May Bank Holiday Weekend. Visitor Fungisal Matemadombo, a researcher at the University of Kent, visited the gardens on both days, and hopes to take part in the Cathedral’s planned BioBlitz. read more...
Dean of Canterbury Received by Pope Francis in Rome
The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Revd Dr Robert Willis, and the Precentor, the Revd Max Kramer, were warmly received by Pope Francis last week, during a visit to Rome to make plans for the Cathedral’s celebrations of Becket 2020. read more...
Wildlife Canterbury Cathedral’s pilot BioBlitz – recording our wildlife with citizen science
Canterbury Cathedral is planning its first ever BioBlitz to record wildlife around the Precincts and gardens. Visitors to the Cathedral’s Open Gardens Weekend on May 25 and 26 2019 will have priority to register their interest in a pilot initiative. read more...
Farewell to the Bishop of Dover
This weekend we say farewell to The Rt Revd Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover, who is retiring after nine years in the Diocese. Bishop Trevor joined the Diocese as the Bishop of Dover in February 2010 and since 2014 has taken on additional responsibilities for the Channel Islands. read more...