Salisbury Cathedral’s Epiphany Procession, the third and final of its popular processional services celebrating Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, takes place on Sunday 15 January at 4.30pm. A marvellous service of words and music it commemorates the journey of the Magi travelling from the East to worship the infant Jesus, and then follows His life through to […]
Four new Canons will be installed in Salisbury Cathedral by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Revd Nicholas Holtam, during Evensong at 5.30pm on Thursday 12 January 2012. Mrs Marcia Headon and Mr Gil Williams have accepted the Bishop of Salisbury’s invitation to be installed as Lay Canons of the Cathedral, and the Revd Andrew […]
Salisbury Cathedral is a beautiful medieval building. Completed in 1258 it took only 38 years to build.
Twice a year, in January and February, the public are invited to watch the Drowning of the Water Meadows – organised by Harnham Water Meadows Trust. The whole event lasts around 1hr 15min. It’s a centuries old technique which brings water and nutrients to the land which speeds up the growth of grass which is […]
In pictures – filming of Great Expectations in Salisbury
Salisbury Cathedral peregrines are back for another season. The cameras are on and the falcons can now be viewed live on the Cathedral website. Three cameras are operational on the South Tower balcony; two set up to catch the action on the nestbox, and one at the other end of the balcony, which has been […]
Today (Tuesday 29 April) Salisbury Cathedral are toasting their first chick which hatched at around 08.14 this morning. It’s no easy job hatching – the whole process takes around 72 hours from pip (when the shell is first broken) to hatch. Generally that happens around 32 days after incubation begins – and incubation begins when […]
Plans to mark the 800th anniversary of the founding of Salisbury Cathedral and the development of modern Salisbury have been announced.
The Salisbury Museum Scout Car was first registered in 1912. It’s one of only two surviving Scout motor cars built in Salisbury
In pictures – BBC Antiques Roadshow at Salisbury Cathedral, 2019