News & Newsletters
Refugee webinar seeks to change the conversation
The Bishop of Dover will host a discussion panel with special guest Lord Dubs as part of a webinar jointly organised by Canterbury Cathedral and the Diocese of Canterbury to mark Refugee Week. read more...
Our new Online Learning Resources are here!
Canterbury Cathedral is proud to announce the release of our brand new Online Learning Resources! These pages offer curriculum-linked, interactive resources and activities for learning in the classroom. read more...
Lambeth Award recognises Caroline’s exceptional contribution to the Church and society
Canterbury Cathedral Chapter member, Caroline Spencer, has been awarded The Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England in this year’s international Lambeth Awards, in recognition of her exceptional service to Canterbury Diocese and the wider Church of England for over 36 years. read more...
Over 6 million views and counting for Canterbury Cathedral’s online worship
The Cathedral’s online worship videos have amassed over 6 million views on YouTube and social media since they first began to be uploaded at the start of UK lockdown in March 2020. read more...
Edmund de Waal’s work installed in Cathedral for Passover and Holy Week
One of Edmund de Waal’s most celebrated works, sukkah, which he originally created for the Canton Scuola synagogue in the Jewish Ghetto in Venice as part of psalm, will be installed in Canterbury Cathedral for Passover and Holy Week. read more...
New book explores Canterbury Cathedral’s treasures
A new book will give readers the chance to get up close to some of Canterbury Cathedral’s most significant and treasured objects. Edited by the Cathedral’s Collections Manager, Dr. Sarah Turner, with photographs by Adrian Smith, “Treasures at Canterbury Cathedral” published by Scala, showcases unique items that help to tell the Cathedral’s fascinating history. read more...
Cathedral crafts given funding lifeline
Canterbury Cathedral is one of ten English cathedrals to benefit from vital skills funding from Hamish Ogston Foundation (HOF) and the Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship (CWF) to fund stonemasonry and joinery trainees in 2021. read more...
‘Cathedral treasure’ to be centrepiece of British Museum’s Becket exhibition
One of the Cathedral’s medieval Miracle Windows will be the extraordinary centrepiece in the British Museum’s major exhibition on the life, death and legacy of Thomas Becket, whose brutal murder inside Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 shook the Middle Ages. read more...
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...