Over the August Bank Holiday weekend, Gloucester Cathedral hosted a Stone Carving Festival, a celebration of heritage, craft and creativity that brought together stonemasons and craftspeople from across the country.
Gloucester Cathedral is delighted to have received a generous grant of £40,000 from the Headley Trust towards the conservation of the Cathedral’s extraordinary 14th century Cloister.
Viewers of the BBC medieval drama The Mirror and the Light, about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, may have spotted Gloucester Cathedral in the background.
Music has been at the heart of Gloucester Cathedral for almost 1,000 years, with the organ as its heartbeat. Now, the Cathedral is calling for support to ensure this world-renowned musical tradition can continue.