News & Newsletters
Bishop of Dover Installation
Celebrate the historic appointment of the Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin as the Bishop of Dover in a service at the Cathedral on Saturday 30 November 2019. Set to be a very special day for the Canterbury Diocese, people from across all its deaneries are invited to welcome Rose to her new role. This is a ticket only event. read more...
Become a Cathedral Chorister…
Auditions for new choristers to join in 2020 are to be held on Saturday 9 November 2019. Boys, now aged 7 or 8, who enjoy singing, are invited to try out for the choir. All of the 25 choristers attend St Edmund’s School in Canterbury and there are substantial scholarships available. read more...
Exclusive Book Launch ahead of Becket2020
Acclaimed academic and cathedral guide John Butler has released his latest book, The Relics of Thomas Becket— A True-Life Mystery, which dives headfirst into the ancient enigma of the fate and potential whereabouts of Becket’s bones. read more...
Copes for Canterbury 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. 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...