Visitor Opening Times

October

Wednesday 7 October
10am – 4pm: Organ tuning.  Please note this involves loud and repetitive noise.

Thursday 8 October
Open for visits at 9.45am due to a school service.
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.

Friday 9 October
All day: The Cathedral will be busier than usual with set up for Harvest Weekend.  Some visitor access and views may be limited.

Saturday 10 October
9.30am – 4.30pm: No visitor tickets required.  Free entry for Harvest Weekend.  Please note no ground floor tours run and the Cathedral will be much busier than usual.

Sunday 11 October
12 noon -3pm: No visitor tickets required.  Free entry for Harvest Weekend.  Please note no ground floor tours run and the Cathedral will be much busier than usual.

Tuesday 13 October
1pm – 4pm: The Lady Chapel will be busy with rehearsals for Luminatus – Harmonies.  Some visitor access and views may be limited.

Thursday 15 October
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.
10.15am – 10.45am: No visitor access to the Presbytery due to a service.
1pm – 2pm: No visitor access to the South Transept due to a lunchtime concert.  Visitors are welcome to attend the concert.

Saturday 17 October
Open for visits from 10am, due to an Environment Breakfast.

Sunday 18 October
12 noon – 1pm: No visitor access to the South Transept due to a congregational meeting.

Monday 19 October
9.30am – 11.30am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s event.

Thursday 22 October
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.

Friday 23 October
11am – 12 noon: The Presbytery will be busy with a wedding rehearsal.
1pm – 4pm: The Cathedral will be busy with rehearsals and loud sound checks for An Evening of Kate Bush.

Saturday 24 October
All day: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to set up for an event.
1.15pm – 3pm: No visitor access to the East End and Presbytery due to a wedding.

Wednesday 28 October
1pm – 4pm: The Cathedral will be much busier than usual with rehearsals for Britten Sinfonia.
4pm – 5pm: The Presbytery will be busy with a wedding rehearsal.

Thursday 29 October
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.
1pm – 2pm: No visitor access to the Presbytery due to a lunchtime concert.  Visitors are welcome to attend the concert.
2.15pm – 4pm: No visitor access to the East End and Presbytery due to a wedding.

Friday 30 October
12 noon – 1.15pm: No visitor access to Bishop West’s Chapel due to a service.

November

Monday 2 November
9.30am – 11.30am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s event

Wednesday 4 November
10am – 4pm: Organ tuning.  Please note this involves loud and repetitive noise.

Thursday 5 November
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.
1pm – 2pm: No visitor access to the Presbytery due to a lunchtime concert.  Visitors are welcome to attend the concert.

Saturday 7 November
1pm – 4pm: The Cathedral will be busier than usual with rehearsals for In Remembrance.  Some visitor access and views will be restricted.

Sunday 8 November
2pm – 3.30pm: Some visitor access and views will be restricted in the Octagon area due to choir rehearsals.

Tuesday 10 November
Open for visits from 10am.

Wednesday 11 November 
Open for visits from 11.30am, due to an Act of Remembrance at 10.30.

Thursday 12 November
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.
1pm – 2pm: No visitor access to the South Transept due to a lunchtime concert.  Visitors are welcome to attend the concert.

Friday 13 November
Open for visits 9.30am – 3.45pm (last entry 2.45pm) due to a service at 4.30pm.
12 noon – 5pm: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to set up for a private event.

Saturday 14 November
3.30pm – 4.30pm: The Lady Chapel will be busier than usual with set up for an event.

Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 November
The Cathedral will be busier than usual with set up for the Christmas Gift & Food Fair.  Some visitor access and views may be restricted.

Wednesday 18 November
No visitor entry or tours due to set up for the Christmas Gift & Food Fair.

Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 November
Entry to the Cathedral is by ticket to the Christmas Gift and Food Fair only.  The Cathedral will be much busier than usual and no tours run.  If your main interest if the history and heritage of the building, you may prefer to visit on a different day.

Monday 23 November
Open for visits 9.30am – 1pm (last entry 12 noon) due to a schools’ event.

Wednesday 25 November
3.30pm – 4.30pm: The Cathedral will be busier than usual with set up for an evening event.

Thursday 26 November
10am – 11.15am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.

Friday 27 November 
1pm – 4pm: The Cathedral will be busy with rehearsals and loud sound checks for The Drifters.

Sunday 29 November
2pm – 4pm: The Cathedral will be busier than usual with choir rehearsals.  Some visitor access and views will be restricted.

Monday 30 November
9.30am – 11.30am: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to a children’s service.
1pm – 4pm: No visitor access to the Lady Chapel due to set up for an event.