Association of English Cathedrals

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So much #MoreThanABuilding They are beautiful buildings with beautiful people. What will you discover? https://linktr.ee/EnglishCathedrals

Gloucester Cathedral is a glorious sacred space and iconic landmark in the heart of Gloucester, with a history that can be traced back to 679AD.
Exeter Cathedral is considered the finest examples of Decorated Gothic architecture anywhere and has the longest span of medieval vaulting in the world.
Highly regarded by historians and architects from all over the world for its beauty and size, Ely Cathedral is the only UK building to be listed as one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Medieval World’. Visible for miles around, the Cathedral is often referred to as ‘The Ship of the Fens’.
Chichester Cathedral library
The worst of the #heatwave may be over but it's still pretty warm out there. Cathedrals are still the coolest places to go. E.g Chester with it's original aircon still in perfect working order #CoolCathedrals
Spare yourself from the #heatwave by visiting a #CoolCathedral. Birmingham Cathedral, for example has some excellent examples of English Baroque air-conditioning, some amazing windows and much more.
Protect yourself from the heatwave by visiting a cool cathedral - for example Liverpool Cathedral
Escape the heatwave in a #coolcathedral
Ely Cathedral gets Lottery Funding for it's 'Through Cracks and Colour' Stained Glass Project
A new outdoor exhibition explores Norwich Cathedral’s Benedictine heritage, past and present through a series of specially commissioned art installations.
'Sacred and Civic, Ancient and Precious, Free and Priceless’ - Sir Paul Ruddock on our cathedrals Opening Day two of the National Cathedrals Conference, 2026
Bristol Cathedral is celebrating the return of its Grand Organ following an 18 month restoration programme.
Good news! They're BACK! Peregrine Falcons’ return to Ely Cathedral
What was it like to be a woman behind bars in 19th-century Newcastle?
Titanosaur has arrived at Peterborough Cathedral
They've done theirs at Norwich Cathedral. Have you remembered to put your clocks forward? FYI: This clock has two faces, one inside, one outside, but it is not linked to the chimes on the hour. It is a successor to what was the earliest clock in England to possess an astronomical dial. Now you know. Photo Credit - Bill Smith
Celebrating ordinary life and womanhood, the Museum of Me arrives on the Dean’s Green at Lincoln Cathedral today, on Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation. This unique personal and meaningful project tells the story of each person through a collection of their objects and stories, creating mini museums of each offering a snapshot of their lives.
🦅🥚 Eggs. We have peregrine eggs 🥚🦅 The Leicester peregrines laid their first one on 15th March (Mothering Sunday) and Norwich got their first on 24th March.
The Installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Wednesday 26th March.
The Bury Psalter, an illuminated book of Psalms which dates from around 1400 and was used by the Abbey of St Edmund, is to find a new home at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
Vacancy at Peterborough Cathedral - Volunteer and Culture Manager, 37.5hrs per week They're look for a dynamic, people-focused professional to oversee their volunteers and wider workforce, ensuring a positive, motivated, and high-performing culture.
Here we go! Announcing : 🥇The Winner of the Nation's Favourite #StainedGlass Window🥇 One of the largest and most complex examples of Flowing Decorated Gothic tracery in England - the East Window (1359) at Carlisle Cathedral
Announcing : Nation's Favourite Stained Glass Window ... Runner-up. A tribute to medieval audacity and imagination, the runner-up is the breathtakingly ambitious Great East Window at York Minster.
Wow. We can announce 3rd place in the hunt for the Nation's Favourite Stained Glass Window and it goes to a glorious explosion of colour created by Alan Younger ... 🥉 Rose Window at St Albans Cathedral 🥉
The Nation's Favourite Stained Glass #DivineLight - 4th place goes to ... One of Wells Cathedral’s greatest treasures: the Jesse Window.
⚠️ Final Call ⚠️ Voting ends noon today (1st Feb). The Nation Decides. Which one is your favourite #stainedglass window. 12 finalists. You can only vote for one.
The largest expanse of stained glass ever made in medieval England. The Great East Window (1405–8), York Minster
From Worcester Cathedral, the Creation and Fall West Window (1875). Recently restored and cleaned, this glorious window fills the west wall of the nave. It was gifted by Lord Dudley as part of the great restoration of the Cathedral in the late nineteenth century and was produced by the world-leading Birmingham-based firm Hardman & Co., whose principal designer John Hardman Powell was the protégé and son-in-law of the Gothic Revivalist A.W.N. Pugin.
The Great West Window of Westminster Abbey (1735) is believed to have been designed by James Thornhill and executed by the glassmaker William Price.
The finalist today is one of Wells Cathedral’s greatest treasures: the Jesse Window.