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For latest news on Church services, visiting choirs and musical groups, events, what our volunteers have been up to and all developments in the Cathedral and Precinct, please read on.

Maggie Hall 17-29 February

16 February, 2020

This February, artist Maggie Hall will be showing new video and photographic work in the Cathedral’s south aisle. Entry is free. Maggie says, “Much of my work intends to capture a sense of creative… Read more »

SPACE: God, The Universe and Everything

10 February, 2020

A unique journey through space and time at Carlisle Cathedral this February. Designed by Luxmuralis, SPACE is a dazzling show of light and sound which will transform the Cathedral for three nights only. Don’t… Read more »

The Fratry Project

10 February, 2020

A new chapter in our 900-year history has taken shape as we have brought the Fratry building back to life – the most significant development at Carlisle Cathedral in living memory. This vital work… Read more »

Westley Award for a Carlisle Cathedral bell-ringer

5 December, 2019

  Some members of the bell tower team of Carlisle Cathedral are volunteers who work together throughout the diocese on the installation, renovation and hanging of church bells. The work is carried out under… Read more »

Prior’s Tower

4 December, 2019

The sixteenth-century Prior’s Tower is next to the Deanery in the Cathedral Close.  Its name refers to the fact that the tower was the residence of the Prior of the Augustinian Cathedral Priory.  The… Read more »

Bell restoration at St Cuthbert’s, Over Denton

2 December, 2019

Three Carlisle Cathedral bell ringers have restored and rehung the bell at this lovely, 12th century church close to Birdoswald Roman fort. The chancel arch in the church is a Roman arch taken from… Read more »

Meeting Gabriel: A Tale from the Ringing Room

10 February, 2016

Carlisle Cathedral ringers practise on a Friday night and if you walk past along Castle Street you will almost certainly see and hear John, who has been accompanying the bell-ringers on trumpet for some… Read more »