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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.
Cumbria Rural Choirs: POSTPONED
February 26th, 2020
We are sorry to announce that the Cumbria Rural Choirs Concert scheduled for Saturday 21 March has been postponed. We will update this page when a new date is scheduled.
Maggie Hall 17-29 February
February 16th, 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
February 10th, 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
February 10th, 2020
A new chapter in our 900-year history is taking shape as we work to bring the Fratry building back to life – the most significant development at Carlisle Cathedral in living memory. This vital… Read more »
Westley Award for a Carlisle Cathedral bell-ringer
December 5th, 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
December 4th, 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
December 2nd, 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
February 10th, 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 »
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Summer Holiday Activities
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Songs from Stage and Screen- Carlisle Cantate Children’s Choir
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Organ Greats from Carlisle Cathedral performed by Edward Taylor
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