What's On At Winchester Cathedral

Kings & Scribes: The Birth of A Nation

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A permanent exhibition in the South Transept.

Kings and Scribes: The Birth of a Nation will unlock Winchester Cathedral's captivating stories and reveal some of the nation's greatest treasures.

Be one of the first to explore a spectacular three-level exhibition space in the South Transept which will take visitors on a journey through over 1,000 years of history, whilst offering awe-inspiring views of the Cathedral.

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Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink 2019

Enjoy festive, rain-free skating at the heart of Winchester Cathedral’s Christmas Market! Skate around a fabulous Christmas Tree in the centre of the Ice Rink and then warm up with a cup of hot chocolate in the Ice Rink café.

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Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market 2019

Winchester Cathedral’s Christmas Market is recognised as one of the best Christmas Markets in Europe because of its unique location, high-quality exhibitors and bustling atmosphere. Wonderful Christmas gifts, decorations and festive foods can be found in abundance, with a delightful Food Court, British Crafts Village, and over 100 chalets to explore.

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Christmas Tower Tours

Experience the best views over Winchester and the Cathedral Christmas Market and Ice Rink from the top of the Cathedral Tower.

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Twilight Tower Tours

Experience the best views of Winchester and the Christmas Market and Ice Rink from the top of the Cathedral Tower at Twilight.

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The Snowman featuring The Donkey’s Tale 2019

The world’s most prolific performers of The Snowman film with live orchestra, Carrot Productions are delighted to be bringing their enchanting Christmas show to Winchester Cathedral.

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Family Carol Service

Join us for family-friendly afternoon carol services and enjoy cheerful carol singing in the magnificent Nave of the Cathedral. Visitors to the Christmas Market and Ice Rink are especially welcome.

Also on Sunday 8 December at 3.30pm.

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Warming Hearts This Winter in Aid of Brendoncare

This year, the Brendoncare Foundation is hosting a festive night to remember at Winchester College Chapel. With joyous songs performed by Winchester Consort and conducted by the highly regarded David Hurley, former member of The King’s Singers, this is an evening you will not want to miss.

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Christmas with Sansara – The Waiting Sky

Join SANSARA for their regular Christmas concert at the stunning church of St Cross for an evening of choral music old and new.

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Parent and Toddler Ice Skating

Teach your little one how to skate with our exclusive Parent and Toddler sessions at 10am from Monday to Friday until 19 December. Tickets cost just £11.50 for one adult and a toddler and include access to skate aids.

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Skate and Escape – Lunchtime Offer

Escape from the office and enjoy a 30 minute skate and a delicious sandwich in the Ice Cafe during your lunch break for just £10.

Available from Monday - Friday between 12noon - 3.00pm, until 19 December.

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Ice Rink Student Nights

Calling all students! Get your skates on and enjoy 2 for 1 skating sessions on Tuesdays until 17 December at 5.45pm, 7.00pm and 8.00pm.

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Parent and Toddler Ice Skating

Teach your little one how to skate with our exclusive Parent and Toddler sessions at 10am from Monday to Friday until 19 December. Tickets cost just £11.50 for one adult and a toddler and include access to skate aids.

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Cathedral Carol Services

Wonderful services filled with beautiful music sung by the Cathedral Choir.

Event dates: 17th December, 18th December & 20th December.

Priority booking for the Cathedral Community.

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Skate and Escape – Lunchtime Offer

Escape from the office and enjoy a 30 minute skate and a delicious sandwich in the Ice Cafe during your lunch break for just £10.

Available from Monday - Friday between 12noon - 3.00pm, until 19 December.

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Parent and Toddler Ice Skating

Teach your little one how to skate with our exclusive Parent and Toddler sessions at 10am from Monday to Friday until 19 December. Tickets cost just £11.50 for one adult and a toddler and include access to skate aids.

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Cathedral Carol Services

Wonderful services filled with beautiful music sung by the Cathedral Choir.

Event dates: 17th December, 18th December & 20th December.

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Skate and Escape – Lunchtime Offer

Escape from the office and enjoy a 30 minute skate and a delicious sandwich in the Ice Cafe during your lunch break for just £10.

Available from Monday - Friday between 12noon - 3.00pm, until 19 December.

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Parent and Toddler Ice Skating

Teach your little one how to skate with our exclusive Parent and Toddler sessions at 10am from Monday to Friday until 19 December. Tickets cost just £11.50 for one adult and a toddler and include access to skate aids.

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Skate and Escape – Lunchtime Offer

Escape from the office and enjoy a 30 minute skate and a delicious sandwich in the Ice Cafe during your lunch break for just £10.

Available from Monday - Friday between 12noon - 3.00pm, until 19 December.

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Christmas storytelling

Sit with us in our beautiful Cathedral, make paper angels to take home and listen to the story of The Very First Christmas!

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Cathedral Carol Services

Wonderful services filled with beautiful music sung by the Cathedral Choir.

Event dates: 17th December, 18th December & 20th December.

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Chamber Choir Christmas Concert

One of Winchester's more recent Christmas traditions is the annual Advent concert given by the Cathedral Chamber Choir.

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Advent Silent Light

Join Winchester Cathedral Stillness Group for 20 minutes of silence to celebrate the birth of Christ and to show the true meaning of Christmas.

Sunday 1 December 
St Catherine's Hill at Dawn, 7.45am
followed by Sung Eucharist in the Cathedral at 10.00am

Saturday 21 December
The Old Minster Site at Dusk, 4.00pm
followed by Choral Evensong in the Cathedral at 5.30pm

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Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols

The Choristers of Winchester Cathedral perform Benjamin Britten’s inimitable A Ceremony of Carols.

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Christmas Eve Services

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES
Various celebrations throughout the day.

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Christmas Day Services

CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES
Various celebrations throughout the day.

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Parent and Toddler Ice Skating

Exclusive 9am Parent & Toddler session from 27 - 30 December

Teach your little one how to skate with our exclusive Parent and Toddler sessions. Tickets cost just £11.50 for one adult and a toddler and include access to skate aids.

Sessions are exclusive to toddlers aged between 2 - 4 years accompanied by an adult.

For toddlers smaller than size 9 shoe, bob-skates (double bladed) will be provided. Parents may either wear skates or ice grippers to wear on top of their own shoes. 

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Tea at Three

Tea and fellowship, especially for the elderly or lonely. No booking required – just pay £2.50 on the day for a cream tea. All welcome.

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Pilgrim Grounds Community Art Installation

Be a part of creating a giant labyrinth in the nave from used coffee grounds and other coffee-related sustainable materials.

Everyone of any age and ability can participate in making an individual art ‘tile’, with the help of local artists, art students, and craftspeople.

As the labyrinth develops over seven days and reaches completion come back and see what’s been created and walk the labyrinth in stillness.

All are invited to gather for a labyrinth experience on Wednesday 29 January from 7.00pm – 9.30pm.

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Pilgrim Grounds Art Workshop

Taylor Selwyn Room

Be a part of creating a giant labyrinth in the nave from used coffee grounds and other coffee-related sustainable materials.

Everyone of any age and ability can participate in this special workshop, part of the Pilgrim Grounds Community Art Installation.

Tickets £5 to cover the cost of materials.

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Exhibition – James Parkes and the Age of Intolerance

This exhibition details the history of the Rev’d Dr James Parkes (1896 – 1981) who was a tireless fighter against anti-Semitism in all forms, including from within Christianity.

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Surround Sound VI

Immerse yourself in the splendour of live choral music whilst admiring the open space of the Nave. Index Cantorum returns to give a performance Thomas Tallis’ 40 voice masterwork Spem in alium, and other polychoral works that relate to a theme of ‘pilgrimage’.  Experience the music as ‘promenaders’, engage with the ‘Pilgrim Grounds’ art installation, or sit informally in the middle of the nave, with the singers encircling the audience to provide ‘Quadragintophonic’ sound.

Free on admission to Winchester Cathedral

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Rabbi Alexander Goldberg: ‘Standing Together: can we learn from history and stop the rise of extremism?’

Standing Together: can we learn from history and stop the rise of extremism? Rabbi Alexander Goldberg, Dean of the College of Chaplains, University of Surrey.

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Pilgrim Grounds Labyrinth Experience

All are invited to gather for a labyrinth experience as part of the Pilgrim Grounds Community Art Installation.

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Be a Chorister for a Day!

A great way for you to find out more about the choir, and for your son to find out if he might like to be a chorister. While you chat with chorister parents and the choir team, he can try on a cassock, sing with the choir, and have lots of fun!

Photo: Jim Pascoe

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Hampshire County Youth Orchestra

Hampshire County Youth Orchestra join young string players from Winchester Schools for Hampshire String Fest. Music will include the world premiere of Winchester Tales by Jeff Moore.

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Girl Choristers’ Open Afternoon

Come for an afternoon of music fun! Learn some new music, try on a cassock, play some games and sing Evensong with the amazing choir in our historic Cathedral.

Photo: Jim Pascoe

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Tea at Three

Tea and fellowship, especially for the elderly or lonely. No booking required – just pay £2.50 on the day for a cream tea. All welcome.

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Half-Term Family Fun

Pick up a themed trail from the Entrance Desk and explore the Cathedral, followed by craft activities.

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Dr Tom Watson: ‘Oh When the Saints – All About Winchester’s Lesser-Known Saints’

Dr Tom Watson, a Friends’ trustee and medieval historian, will reveal much about these fascinating saints and their importance in the medieval church.

Tickets are £8 for friends and £10 for non-friends.

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Pancake Specials in the Refectory

Indulge in sweet and savoury pancakes, on sale in our Refectory.

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Pancake Race

Many teams, including clergy, the university, local schools and businesses will compete for a trophy, awarded to the team that completes the course in the fastest time. Enjoy pancakes and entertainment from 12.30pm with racing from 1.00pm until 2.00pm.

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Ash Wednesday

Welcome to this special day at Winchester Cathedral, the first day of Lent. On this day we receive forgiveness, let go of resentment and fear and grow into new life and new love.

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Southampton Philharmonic Choir

Join Southampton Philharmonic Choir, Southampton University Philharmonic Choir and the superlative Hanover Band for a performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass.

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Tea at Three

Tea and fellowship, especially for the elderly or lonely. No booking required – just pay £2.50 on the day for a cream tea. All welcome.

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The Annunciation: A Pilgrim’s Quest

Wessex Learning Centre

The week before the Feast of the Annunciation, Lay Canon Mark Byford leads a special study day to discover the meaning of Luke’s gospel story, featuring the encounter between angel Gabriel and Mary (Luke Ch 1 vs 26-38).

Tickets for this three-part study day cost £18 (including a buffet lunch) and will be available from the Cathedral Box Office 01962 857 275 and via the Cathedral website from January.

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Mothering Sunday Carvery

Treat the mother in your life to a delicious Sunday Carvery.

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Rupert Sheldrake: ‘Pilgrimage and Sacred Places’

The author and biologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake will show how the benefits of the ancient practices of pilgrimage and visiting sacred places have been validated by science.

Image: Simon Newman

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Helen McGarry: ‘Cathedral Flowers – A Demonstration’

Helen McGarry, who leads the Cathedral flower arrangers, will talk about their role and the work they do. There will also be an opportunity for the flower team will demonstrate their skills.

Tickets are £8 for friends and £10 for non-friends.

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Waynflete Singers’ 50th Anniversary Gala

This gala concert will contain works selected from those the Waynflete Singers have performed over the past 50 years and will be conducted by their three most recent music directors, Andrew Lumsden, David Hill and Martin Neary.

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Timothy Bavin OSB: ‘Journey into Compassion’

Dom Timothy, monk of Alton Abbey, will offer his experience of the ministry of intercession, in which we share in the needs and burdens of others in prayer.

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Easter Sunday Family Carvery

Enjoy an Easter Sunday carvery for all the family.

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Join the Pilgrims’ Way

As part of the Year of Pilgrimage, Canon Mark Byford will be walking the 136-mile Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester to Canterbury during the second half of the month.

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Tea at Three

Tea and fellowship, especially for the elderly or lonely. No booking required – just pay £2.50 on the day for a cream tea. All welcome.

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Gilbert White 1720-1793

This exhibition introduces Gilbert White’s science, writing, gardening and even Timothy his tortoise!

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Wedding Fayre

Visit our sublimely dressed wedding venues, meet 15 local exhibitors and our experienced team.

Free entry and arrival drink!

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Big Sleep Out

Join Trinity Winchester for the Big Sleep Out, an eye opening night sleeping in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral, and raise money and awareness to reduce homelessness.

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WINCHESTER AND COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL 99TH CONCERT

Join the Winchester and County Music Festival for their 99^th concert, with a rousing performance of Verdi’s Requiem.

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Tea at Three

Tea and fellowship, especially for the elderly or lonely. No booking required – just pay £2.50 on the day for a cream tea. All welcome.

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Half-Term Family Fun

Pick up a themed trail from the Entrance Desk and explore the Cathedral, followed by craft activities. Free on entry to the Cathedral – admission is free for under 16s. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Pentecostal Pilgrimage to Romsey

Join Canon Roland Riem on a 11-mile walking pilgrimage to Romsey Abbey.

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Stone Festival

The Stone Festival returns to Winchester Cathedral, with an exciting programme of events and activities celebrating the art of stone masonry.

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Music Outreach Celebration

A joyful culmination of Winchester Cathedral’s music outreach programme, bringing together over 200 pupils from local schools to celebrate in song. A free event – parents and guardians are especially welcome.

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Keith Betton: ‘The Peregrines in Winchester’

Following last year’s hugely popular introduction to the peregrine falcons nesting on the Cathedral, County Ornithologist Keith Betton provides a progress report on this year’s activity.

Image: Irma Eady

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Father’s Day BBQ

Treat the father in your life to a delicious BBQ.

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Cathedrals at Night

Come to be part of a nationwide initiative encouraging people to experience the significance and spirituality of these sacred buildings, using music, lighting and special activities.

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Waynflete Singers: Beethoven’s ‘Missa Solemnis’

In the 250th anniversary year of his birth, the Waynflete Singers will perform Beethoven's last choral masterpiece in their own golden anniversary year.

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Aled Jones

Join Aled Jones for a special concert at Winchester Cathedral as he embarks on a UK-wide tour, performing at many of the nation’s best-loved cathedrals.

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