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Salisbury Cathedral is running an action-packed free open evening Night Visions: An Evening at Salisbury Cathedral on Friday 17 May from 6.30pm – 10.00pm. The event is part of Culture 24’s nationwide ‘Museums at Night’ initiative, the annual festival of late night openings when hundreds of museums, galleries and heritage sites open their doors for […]
Five new Canons will be installed in Salisbury Cathedral by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Revd Nicholas Holtam, during sung Eucharist to celebrate the Feast of the Apostles Philip and James at 5.30pm on Wednesday 1 May. Mrs Rosemary Macdonald has accepted the Bishop of Salisbury’s invitation to be installed as a Lay Canon […]
For the first time, Salisbury is holding a Christmas market with 55 festive wooden huts selling everything from crafts to mulled wine. Set in front of the Guildhall, the huts are bringing in thousands of people from far and wide. The market is open daily from 10am to 6pm with late night shopping until 7pm […]
Zombies took over the Market Place in Salisbury last night. Around 100 of them came out at night but there was no need to be alarmed – they were all taking part in a world record attempt for the largest number of people dancing to Michael Jackson’s famous 1982 song’Thriller’. Thrill the World is a […]
Old Sarum was home to a special Archaeology Weekend – part of the 22nd Festival of British Archaeology. It was the perfect opportunity to get hands-on with artefacts, see some of Old Sarum’s treasures and even get your own artefacts examined. For children there was also the chance to excavate a skeleton buried in a sandpit. […]
LOCOG has chosen Salisbury Cathedral as the iconic location for the official start of Day 55 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, Thursday 12 July. David Coulthard, Director of Marketing and Communications, said “We hope to welcome many hundreds of people here in the Cathedral Close between 7.00am – 8.00am to see the Olympic […]
Alabaré is celebrating after its outdoor project Environment in Mind which helps people with experience of mental distress won a £9,930 grant to continue its good work. The Ecominds award comes from mental health charity Mind, on behalf of the Big Lottery Fund and is for the project which is based in Salisbury. The award comes […]
This June the Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival is coming to Old Sarum, thanks to a project funded by Natural England and the BIG Lottery – Nature Of Art In Wessex. As always the Festival brings a great range of free outdoor events for everyone to be able to enjoy, including a Meadows and Down […]
Thousands turned out to meet The Queen in Salisbury. She was last seen publicly in the city 38 years ago. She arrived by Royal Train at Salisbury railway station and then travelled by glass topped Bentley down Fisherton Street and the High Street where she entered the Cathedral Close. The Queen wore a bright pink […]
