What’s On November 2019 - January 2020
to Christmas Includes your guide Welcome
For Christians, the onset of winter and its darkness heralds the good news of the birth of the Light of the World, Jesus our Saviour. I invite you to share in the brightness of this message radiating from Your Cathedral.
Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester
The Stained Glass windows featured on the covers can be seen in the Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral
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What’s on at Gloucester Cathedral November 2019 - January 2020
Contents
1. Christmas at the Cathedral ...... 02
2. Children and Family ...... 14
3. Services ...... 16
4. Tours ...... 18
5. Concerts and Recitals ...... 20
6. Events ...... 23
7. Exhibitions and Lectures ...... 24 Children aree 8. Eats, Drinks and Gifts ...... 25 especially welcome whereere 9. Booking Information, Terms & Conditions ...... 28 you see this image:
www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 01 Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral Christmas atGloucesterCathedral Wishing youaHappyChristmas andaPeaceful NewYear Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral 03 Sung Eucharist Sung Evening Prayer (said) Holy Communion (said) Carols for All Holy Communion (said) Evening Prayer Morning Prayer Morning You are warmly invited to join us at any of the above services. No ticket required, seats are unreserved. Family Crib Service is approximately 45 minutes and all other carol services are approximately I hour in length. Christmas Day 8.00am 10.15am start Christmas The only way to be a Day, may this service blessing to you. This is a special children’s activity and by special appointment Father Christmas 4.00pm will have a seasonal gift for the children who come! St Stephen’s Day (Boxing Day) 8.30am 9.00am 3.00pm (Gloucester Choral Society) 4.30pm Seasonal singing for all – just turn up! Christmas Carol Service Family Crib Service with the Christmas Carol Service Family Crib Service with the Advent Carol Service by Candlelight: Advent Carol Service by Midnight Mass
11.30pm carols (please arrive by 5.45pm) traditional service of readings and Another chance to attend this 6.00pm informal family service 3.00pm A second celebration of this Christmas Eve Lighting of the Christmas Trees (please arrive by 5.45pm) Cathedral Choir Cathedral and carols with the acclaimed The traditional service of readings 6.00pm 3.00pm An informal family service Monday 23 December Lighting of the Christmas Trees Christian Year Christian of the new mark the beginning majestic service to A dramatic and 6.00pm Light From Darkness to Sunday 1 December
Sunday 17 November 5.00pm Sunday 17 November Lights the switch on of the City’s Christmas Service to celebrate Main Services (please arrive by 11.15pm) You can come too “It came upon a midnight clear” The moment Christmas arrives! www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Christmas Services at St Mary de Lode, St Mary’s Square
Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm Candlelit Taizé Service “Waiting for the Light”
Sunday 15 December 4.00pm Candlelit Carol Service with Gloucester’s Silver Singers www.swithunandmary.org.uk
Festive Music & Events Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral
Tuesday 19 November 7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm) Sunday 24 November 7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm) A Christmas Carol Performed by the Chapterhouse Theatre Company
On Christmas Eve, the most magical night of Chapterhouse Theatre Company to see the year, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is whether Scrooge’s heart will thaw in time for whisked away on a journey into his past and Christmas. future, accompanied by three ghosts A Christmas Carol is brought to life with a determined to show him the true meaning of generous helping of Christmas spirit. Christmas. This winter, Charles Dickens’ infamous ghost story is brought alive in a Tickets: Adult £16.00, Child £11.00, Family (2 traditional production, complete with period adults & 2 children) £46.00 available from costume, song, and a musical score. Join www.seetickets.com
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G4 Christmas 2019
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 20 November 7.30pm - 9.30pm “...their biggest and best G4 Christmas 2019 Christmas tour to date!” Experience sumptuous harmonies in an idyllic, festive setting.
After sell-out tours in 2017 & 2018, G4 return in 2019 with For wheelchair/access their biggest and best Christmas tour to date! With a bookings, please email series of 28 shows in beautiful venues nationwide, join [email protected] Jonathan, Lewis, Mike and Duncan as they recall the musical experiences of their childhoods. Tickets £19.50 - £75.00 (VIP tickets include a pre-show Expect to hear timeless classics such as When A Child is Meet & Greet with G4 at 6.00pm) Born, Silent Night and All I Want For Christmas, as well as available from delightful medleys to evoke the Christmas spirit, all www.G4official.com delivered exquisitely in some of the UK's most iconic or www.ticketbooth.eu historical venues.
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Thursday 5 December 7.30pm “Spirit of Christmas Concert” In aid of Muscular Dystrophy UK
Candlelight, carols and festive readings. Help us usher in the Christmas season in the beautiful surroundings of the historic
Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral. The talented school choirs of Innsworth Junior School, Rednock School and Gretton Primary School will add to the magic of the evening by performing a range of Christmas carols, songs and readings by candlelight.
By purchasing a VIP ticket, you can join us at 6.45pm in the beautiful Cathedral for a pre-concert wine reception and canapés. You’ll also To find out more about this event or benefit from reserved seating. With how to purchase tickets, please email your support, we can be here for [email protected] everyone living with muscle- or call Regional Development Manager, wasting conditions today, tomorrow Nicole Beebee on 07771 374 836. and beyond. Make this Christmas Tickets: £20.00 for VIP including Reception, £10.00 for season count. adults and £5 for children up to and including 16
Friday 6 December 7.30pm Wynstones School Concert Nine Lessons and Carols Tickets available from www.wynstones.com
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Handel’s Messiah
DECEMBER
Saturday 7 December 11.00am-12.00pm Songs of Celebration – A Christmas Concert Boy and Girl Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral Emma Johnson Conducted by Adrian Partington Internationally acclaimed solo clarinettist, chamber musician, recording artist and lecturer, Emma Johnson will perform with the Boy and Girl Choristers of Gloucester Cathedral in a special Christmas concert. Emma has generously agreed to perform free of charge, all monies raised through ticket sales will go towards funding future chorister activities. Tickets £20.00 available from www.3choirs.org
Saturday 7 December 7.00pm Gloucester Choral Society - Handel’s Messiah Conductor: Adrian Partington Corelli Orchestra What better way to begin your Advent and Christmas preparation than with Handel’s Messiah in Gloucester Cathedral? Telling the story of Jesus from prophecies of his coming to his birth, Passion, resurrection and glorification in Heaven, Handel’s glorious music is a wonderful, uplifting setting of the scriptures. A choral mainstay since its first performance in 1742, Handel’s Messiah is an essential part of Christmas and is not to be missed. Gloucester Choral Society performs this Tickets: £25, £21, £18, £10 - Further details and masterpiece under the baton of renowned booking at www.gloucesterchoral.com or choral director Adrian Partington in the from the Three Choirs Box Office magnificent setting of Gloucester Cathedral. www.3choirs.org Tel: 01452 768928
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Sunday 8 December 4.15pm & Sunday 12 January 4.15pm Britten’s Ceremony of Carols Gloucester Cathedral Boy Choristers perform Britten’s beautiful work in the Quire.
Monday 9 December 8.00pm Mediaeval Baebe’s Christmas Show Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral A festive favourite with audiences, the Mediaeval Baebes are back this year. With lush, ethereal harmonies transporting the listener through myriad ancient and forgotten languages, the choir weaves its story-telling magic through original settings of mediaeval texts, as well as reinventing traditional folk songs and carols, often accompanied by a dazzling array of exotic and period instruments. 2019 sees the release of the group’s 9th studio album, the fantastical “A Pocket Full of Posies”, celebrating the dark, surreal and mystical in all the well-known nursery rhymes, handed down through the mothers of the British Isles. To mark this release, this year’s 12 date UK winter concert tour will see the first visitations Tickets: £25.00, Concessions £10.00 available to these ancient songs, intermingled with from www.mediaevalbaebes.com/live numerous seasonal favourites.
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm Ecclesiastical Insurance - Christmas Carol Service An evening of Christmas carols and readings with music from Upton St Leonard’s School Choir, the Vocality Youth Choir, Ecclesiastical’s Staff Choir and the Salvation Army Band Tickets are £4.00 available from www.3choirs.org
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Christmas Carols on the Hour
DECEMBER
Saturday 14 December Christmas Carols on the Hour & Christmas Market 11.00am – Caring Chorus 12.00noon – Caring Chorus 1.00pm – Stuart Singers 2.00pm – Stuart Singers 3.00pm – Saint Cecilia Singers 4.00pm – Saint Cecilia Singers Come and enjoy Christmas Carols in your glorious Cathedral. Sung on the hour, each bite sized burst of festive praise lasts just 30 minutes and is suitable for all the family. Be sure to visit the spectacular Cathedral Cloisters to browse the seasonal stalls of our Christmas Market, open from 10.00am. Mince pies, mulled wine and festive refreshments are available in the Chapter House and the Monk’s Kitchen, and of course Father Christmas will be here too.
Sunday 15 December 4.30pm Sunday 15 December 6.00pm Gloucester Cathedral Junior Choir Messiaen - La Nativité Du Christmas Concert Seigneur An atmospheric celebration of Christmas led by the Special Evening Organ Recital Cathedral Junior Choir set in the stunning Lady Chapel. Jonathan Hope, Assistant Music ranging from the Mediaeval to the modern day. Director of Music, Gloucester Retiring collection in aid of Gloucester Cathedral Cathedral Junior Choir Join us for Jonathan Hope’s annual performance of Messiaen’s kaleidoscopic 9-movement organ cycle for Christmas. With a retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music
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Monday 16 December 7.30pm Meningitis Now Christmas Celebration Concert Tickets: Nave £10.00, Group Nave £30.00 (up to 4 people). Side Aisle £5.00, Group Side Aisle £15.00 (up to 4 people) available from www.MeningitisNow.org Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral Thursday 19 December 7.00pm Gloucester Funeralcare - Christmas Remembrance Service For enquires please call: 01452 522676
Christmas Remembrance Service
Join us this Christmas for our Remembrance Service at Gloucester Cathedral. Thursday 19th December at 7pm. All are welcome. For enquires please call: 01452 522676
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Carols on the Hour
DECEMBER
Friday 20 December 2.00pm Carols in the Cathedral with Age UK Gloucestershire Join us for festive carols, seasonal readings and musical performances, celebrating Christmas. All ages are welcome. Call 01452 422660 to help us keep track of numbers. Retiring collection in aid of Age UK Gloucestershire
Saturday 21 December Carols on the Hour Choirs of Gloucester Cathedral
11.00am – Cathedral Junior Choir 12.00noon – Cathedral Choir with Boy and Girl Choristers 1.00pm – Cathedral Choir with Boy and Girl Choristers 2.00pm – Cathedral Youth Choir and Middle Choir 3.00pm – Cathedral Youth Choir and Middle Choir 4.00pm – Gloucester Choral Society
Gather your family and friends together and enjoy carols in your Glorious Cathedral sung on the hour by Choirs of Gloucester Cathedral. Each service lasts just 30 minutes and is the perfect way to begin the most wonderous week of the year.
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Saturday 21 December 7.00pm Saint Cecilia Singers Christmas Concert: An English Christmas A feast of English festive music, congregational carols and seasonal readings. Tickets £17.50 (£20.00 on the door), under 18s free, available from www.saintceciliasingers.org.uk Christmas at Gloucester Cathedral
Thursday 26 December 12.00noon Morris Men and Mummers Colourful Gloucestershire Morris Men, along with other groups, will perform from noon outside the Cathedral. The traditional Mummers performance marks the death of the old year and start of the new.
Thursday 26 December 3.00pm Gloucester Choral Society Carols for All Conductor: Adrian Partington Join Gloucester Choral Society for the annual Boxing Day Concert which will include items sung by Gloucester Choral Society, congregational carols and a slot especially for children. A wonderful way to spend Boxing Day afternoon. No ticket required. There will be a retiring collection for the charity that we have chosen to support this year. Further details at www.gloucesterchoral.com
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Every Sunday at 10.15am during term time Children’s Church
Children & Family Children are welcome to join our happy Children’s Church for fun and learning. Just come along and join in.
NOVEMBER Saturdays 9 & 30 November 09.30am - 11.30am Brunch & Bounce A fun and relaxed coffee morning with a bouncy castle and activities to keep the children entertained.
Sunday 17 November 5.00pm Service to celebrate thee switch on of the City’s Christmas Lights The Pinocchio Lantern Parade through the City ends with a great, festive, family service to mark the start of the Christmas Season.
“... a great, festive family service to mark the start of the Christmas Season”
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Knitivity
DECEMBER
Especially for children and families this Christmas
Throughout December Knitivity The ever popular Knitivity will be welcomed back to the Cathedral this December and will be on display for visitors to enjoy from Saturday 7 December and will remain in pride of place in the Cathedral throughout Advent.
Highlighting the important Nativity story in a colourful and accessible way, the entirely knitted life size Knitivity shares messages of hope and unity through its unique creation by community groups across the county. The collaborative display promotes crafting for wellbeing and provides visitors to the Cathedral with a very special display during the festive season.
Monday 23 December and Christmas Eve 3.00pm Family Crib Service with the Lighting of the Christmas Trees An informal family service especially suitable for children.
JANUARY
Saturday 11 January 2020 09.30am - 11.30am Brunch & Bounce Join us in the Chapter House for good coffee, pastries and the weekend papers, spend time with friends and meet some new ones.
No ticket required for any of the above services and events
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NOVEMBER
Special Services Saturday 2 November 4.30pm All Souls Requiem First complete performance of Requiem, Venables. A service to remember those who have died in the last year. Anyone is welcome to provide a name to be read aloud in prayer. All are warmly invited to join us. Please contact the Cathedral Office on 01452 508295
Sunday 10 November 10.15am Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday 3.00pm County Service of Remembrance
Saturday 16 November 4.30pm Evening Service led by the Cathedral Junior Choir
Sunday 17 November 3.00pm Evensong with RoadPeace Service
DECEMBER
Sundays 8 and 22 December 5.00pm Sunday 15 December 5.30pm Compline Sung by the Cathedral Lay Clerks and Cathedral Choral Scholars. Quiet, reflective and beautiful worship to end the day. All are welcome
JANUARY
Sunday 5 January 2020 10.15am Eucharist for Epiphany
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Daily Services
DAILY SERVICES
All are warmly welcome to join us at any of our daily services sung by one of the Cathedral Choirs or a visiting Choir during school holidays
Sunday 7.40am Morning Prayer (said, lasting under thirty minutes) 8.00am Holy Communion 10.15am Sung Eucharist with Children’s Church – All welcome every Sunday in term time 3.00pm Choral Evensong
Monday – Saturday 8.00am Holy Communion (said, lasting under thirty minutes) 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.30pm Holy Communion (said, lasting under thirty minutes) 5.30pm Choral Evensong (4.30pm on Saturdays)
See our website for full details of services and any changes or closures
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Highlights Tours Enjoy a guided tour of the main Cathedral including the world-famous Cloisters, the magnificent tomb of Edward II and the recently restored Lady Chapel. Monday – Friday 10.30am, 11.00am, 12.00noon, 1.30pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm Saturday 10.30am, 11.00am, 12.00noon, 1.30pm, 2.00pm Sunday 12.00pm Tours last around one hour £5 per adult, £1 ages 6-15yrs, under 6s free. Buy tickets on the day from the Welcome Desk. Please check www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/calendar for latest times and updates
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Crypt Tours Descend the steps from the South Transept to discover the hidden subterranean level of the Cathedral. Explore the passages and side chapels used by Monks 900 years ago. Monday - Saturday 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm Sunday 12.30pm, 1.30pm Tours last around half an hour £3 per adult, £1 ages 6-15yrs, under 6s free. Buy tickets on the day from the Welcome Desk. Please check www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/calendar for latest times and updates “Descend the crypt steps...”
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Tower Tours Climb 269 winding medieval steps to the top of the 15th century tower to enjoy the best views of Gloucestershire. Saturday 14 December 11.30am and 2.30pm Saturday 21 December 11.30am and 2.30pm Tours last around one hour £7 per adult, £3 per child (under 16), not suitable for under 6s Buy tickets on the day from the Welcome Desk. Please check www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/calendar for latest times and updates
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Library Tours The Cathedral library is over 600 years old and holds a treasure trove of information about the Cathedral’s life and work. Come ...or climb the 269 steps to top of tower... “ along in November to uncover the wonders of the natural world, and climb the stairs in December to explore the Christmas story through our collection of historic bibles. 16 November and 21 December 11.45am, 1.45pm and 2.45pm (Meet at the West End) Tours last around one hour £7 per adult, £3 ages 6-15yrs, under 6s free. Buy tickets on the day from the Welcome Desk or call 01452 229818 to reserve your tickets
Please check our website for confirmation of dates and any cancellations before your visit: www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
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NOVEMBER
Saturday 2 November 7.00pm Duo Guitar Concert - Michael Christian Concerts & Recitals Durrant & Samuel Moore Guitarra, el Corazon de Espana (Guitar, the Heart of Spain)
Bringing together the world of classical and flamenco guitar. Join two of the UK’s finest guitarists as they take you on an unforgettable journey through the musical landscape of Spain. In this unique collaboration, classical guitarist Michael Christian Durrant and flamenco guitarist Samuel Moore explore the intriguing connections and subtle differences that both bring together and set apart the musical worlds of classical and flamenco guitar.
This unique concert platform brings together a This concert forms part of the UK vivid selection of music by Spanish composers launch tour for the new studio album such as Joaquin Rodrigo, Issac Albeniz and Manuel Guitarra, el Corazon de Espana (Guitar, de Falla, alongside music from the flamenco the Heart of Spain), recorded at Abbey tradition, including palos such as Sevillana, Zorongo Road Studios, London. and Malaguena. With an inspired combination of Tickets: £15.00, concessions £10.00 both solo and duo performances, this is a concert available from Three Choirs Box Office experience not to be missed. www.3choirs.org Tel: 01452 768928
Wednesday 6 November 7.30pm Evening Organ Recital Robert Quinney New College, Oxford
You are invited to join us at 6.45pm for a pre- recital reception. Retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music
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Mass for two Choirs and two organs
NOVEMBER
Saturday 16 November 7.00pm Mass for two Choirs and two Organs Charles-Marie Widor Gloucester Choral Society Conductor: Adrian Partington Organist: Jonathan Hope
A celebration of the choral and organ music of French composers. Widor’s Mass for two Choirs and Organs is simply majestic. Add to this Messe Solennelle by Jean Langlais, plus music by Cesar Franck, Duruflé, Dupré and Poulenc, and you have an electrifying proposition fit for any English cathedral, choir and organ.
Tickets: £25, £21, £18, £10 available from www.gloucesterchoral.com or from Three Choirs Box Office: www.3choirs.org Tel 01452 768928
Thursday 28 November 1.30pm Informal Lunchtime Concert Choir of All Saints Church, Richmond, VA. Come and enjoy this amalgamation of three choirs bringing their unique sound to us from America. A Choir of Men & Boys, the Parish Choir and the Girls’ Choir will perform for you under the Director of Music, Scott G. Hayes.
DECEMBER
Wednesday 4 December 6.00pm Teenage Voices Project Concert Gather all your family and friends and head to Gloucester Cathedral to hear the beautiful voices of the Cathedral Choir, Cathedral Middle Choir and choirs from three secondary schools in Gloucestershire join together for the Teenage Voices Project Concert. Retiring collection for the Teenage Voices Project
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Saturday 25 January 10.00am – 12.15pm “...warm up those vocal (Registration 9.30am onwards) chords and join in” Gloucester Choral Society ‘Sing Saturday’ Hymnus Paradisi (Herbert Howells) Conductor: Adrian Partington Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral
Hymnus Paradisi was first performed at the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival of 1950. The work is set in six movements that combine the texts of psalms, the Latin mass and other sacred texts. This will be a friendly, informal session led by one of the UK’s most renowned choral conductors who studied under Howell’s at the Royal College of Music. If you’re a keen singer (you don’t have to be a member of GCS) come along, warm up those vocal chords and join in.
Tickets: £10 at the door (includes music hire and refreshments) Under 25’s free Further details at www.gloucesterchoral.com
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NOVEMBER
Monday 4 November – Tuesday 12 November Tower Lit Red for Remembrance
Friday 15 November – Thursday 21 November Tower Lit Green for NSPCC
Thursday 21 November 7.30pm The Money A Kaleider Production Conceived and Directed by Seth Honnor
How to play: Become a Player by donating to the pot. Work If you’re the quiet observing type you can with other Players to decide what to spend the become a Silent Witness and watch as the group’s money on. You have 1 hour to come to group of Players attempt to decide how to a decision. If you decide unanimously in the spend the money they’ve donated. And if you allotted time you get to take the money away want to voice your opinion you can always and spend it. But if you don’t agree with your become a Player by buying your way in. fellow players you relinquish your privilege to Spend the money on whatever you want. Be as spend the money and the money rolls over to creative as you like. Just keep within the law. the next show.
‘Brilliant’ Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“This is a clever, thought provoking experience unlike any I’ve witnessed before” Total Theatre
Tickets - Player: £10 (limited to 15 players) Silent Witness: £12/£7, available from strikealightfestival.org.uk
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Exhibitions Wednesday 15 January – Sunday 23 February Submergence Exhibition - Squidsoup Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (GARAS) “Immersive Part of the celebrations to mark 20 years of GARAS and 80 years walkthrough since ten boys arrived in Gloucester as part of the Kindertransport. All ten were looked after in Alexander Road by Gloucester Association light for Refugees. This immersive walkthrough light installation, installation” installed in the beautiful Lady Chapel, recognises the contribution made to Gloucestershire by refugees throughout its history. www.garas.org.uk
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Please see our website for Gift Shop and Coffee Shop opening times over the Christmas period.
Cathedral Gift Shop 01452 229813
Browse our beautiful and unique gifts, Advent calendars and candles.
Mon-Fri 10.00am – 4.30pm Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm Sunday 11.45am – 2.45pm
The Monk’s Kitchen 01452 527701
Be sure to try our Festive Menu this Christmas.
Mon-Fri 10.00am – 3.30pm Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm Sunday 11.00am – 4.00pm (Sunday roast dinners available)
Access Statement: There is level access to all areas of the Cathedral except for the Parliament Rooms, Crypt, Tower and Library.
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Arriving by Public Transport The Cathedral is located in Gloucester Town Centre and is located within easy reach of the main railway and bus station. It is a 10-15 minute steady walk. Look out for Finger sign posts that will point you in the right direction.
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