Lilac Bakery x Exeter Cathedral 🥐
The talented bakers at Lilac Bakery are now supplying our pastries! Cinnamon cruffins, pains au chocolat, almond croissants – choose your favourite and pair with a barista-made drink.
📍 Refectory (next to our shop)
🥐 10am-4pm (Mon-Sat) | 11:30am-4pm (Sun)
We recently acquired by generous donation the very rare unillustrated edition of a poem by Charles William Hempel (1777-1855), printed in Plymouth in 1817 under the shorter title, ‘The Gentleman Traveller’.
Explore this English organist and minor poet: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...
Free event for C.S. Lewis + J.R.R. Tolkien enthusiasts 👇
Join us as multi-award-winning novelist, Julia Golding, transports you to these worlds with conversations on topics found in her new Lent book ‘Wardrobes & Rings: Through Lenten Lands with the Inklings’.
✧ 8 March | 6pm
✧ Chapter House
Join Exeter Cathedral Choir and Devon Baroque for a spectacular performance of St John Passion – JS Bach’s monumental retelling of the story of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
📆 Palm Sunday 29 March 2026 at 4pm
Tickets via
Join the Abseil Adventure 🧗♂️ Could you abseil down the 140-foot (43 metres) Norman North Tower of Exeter Cathedral to raise funds for the continued conservation of this wonderful historic building?
Find out more & sign up to the challenge at www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/support-us/a...
Learn more about the Courtenay Window at Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday 25 February. One of the Cathedral's wonderful Volunteers, Naomi, will giving fascinating short talks on the history of the window from 1pm-3pm. #ExeterCathedral
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As the Winter Olympics conclude, we've been seeking our own "Cathedral gold" in our Library. Tucked among the historic Harington Collection is a handsome 1810 edition of Joseph Strutt’s 'Sports and Pastimes of the People of England'.
Read the full story: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...
Have you tried our family-friendly Half Term activities yet? Our team can vouch for them – they're heaps of fun! 🤩
From costume trails with an explorer backpack, to ending with a relaxing hot drink inside our beautiful Chapter House Café, there's something for the whole family at the Cathedral ✨
Ian Smith became the oldest person to ring a full peal on Exeter Cathedral’s bells on 14 Feb. He rang 5009 Stedman Cinques in 4hrs6mins.
A volunteer here for 20+ years, Ian turned 80 last year. Given our bells are the world’s 2nd heaviest, ringing for 4hrs at his age is a wonderful achievement.
1,000 years of Cathedral history 📜🔎✨ Have you visited the Exeter Cathedral Treasures Exhibition? Set inside our 19th century Pearson Building just above Exeter Cathedral Shop, you will find fascinating treasures from our collections, many on display for the first time.
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This week, we came across a letter from Enid Marx, a 20th century designer noted for her vibrant geometric and folk art-inspired prints. You'll recognise her work, but did you know that she had connections to Exeter?
Find out more: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...
Discover the unexpected and highly-skilled roles that have been occupied by talented women here at Exeter Cathedral across the centuries 🔍
Hatter, seamstress, blacksmith, glazier, librarian, Chapter Canon… who else will you uncover with our Cathedral Librarian and Archivist?
✦ 9 March | 1pm-3pm
Candlelight Concert with Exeter Cathedral Choir 🕯️ Experience an evening with the Exeter Cathedral Choir in the stunning Gothic cathedral. 🎶 📆 Saturday, 7 March 2026 at 7pm. 🎟 Book tickets at buff.ly/Moc0Bmk.
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Ever wanted to step through the wardrobe to Narnia? Or move to Middle-earth? Join us as multi-award-winning novelist, Julia Golding, transports you with excerpts from her new book to these fascinating worlds this Lent.
✧ Sunday 8 March | 6pm
✧ Chapter House
✧ Free
Take a unique tour this March to discover stories of the Reformation and its impact on Exeter Cathedral 🔍
✦ Tickets: £20pp (places are limited; booking is essential)
✦ Tours begin in the Cathedral and end in the Cathedral Library and Archives
✦ Book here: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
Half Term Costume Story Trail! 🤩
Using your Story Puzzle Trail Sheet, navigate the trail, look out for costume characters, dress yourself up, take fun photos & pick up a themed prize from the Cathedral Shop!
✧ 16-21 Feb
✧ Trail sheets £2.50
✧ Children free with a paying adult
Join our upcoming Lent course! 💫
18 Feb - 22 Mar | Using the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book, we'll each be invited to consider how our faith is sustained and explore how our identity is shaped through life in Christ.
Find out more: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
This Valentine’s Day, let words steal your heart! ❤️
This Thursday, drop-in for free (no booking required) to the Library & Archives anytime between 1pm and 3pm to discover how writers and poets across the centuries have expressed the mystery of love divine.
Be inspired – we warmly invite you to join our two Lenten reflections:
🌱 ‘New Light on Familiar Words’ – Sue Gillingham, Canon Theologian | Thursday 19 March, 7pm (on Zoom)
🌱 “We are bold to say…”, – Morwenna Ludlow, Canon Theologian | Thursday 26 March, 7pm (on Zoom)
More info: bit.ly/ec-lent
Today's Choral Evensong service will be broadcast live at 3pm on BBC Radio 3.
During the service, Exeter Cathedral Choir will be performing the premiere of an anthem specially commissioned for the conference from composer Nico Muhly.
Listen live: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Holocaust Memorial Day has been marked across Devon. This year's theme was Bridging Generations. At @exetercathedral.bsky.social civic, religious and community leaders, school children and others took part in a candle lighting ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust.
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This edition of the Torah, also known as the Pentateuch, was printed by E. Toledano in Lisbon in 1491. We are honoured to be looking after one of the most beautiful Hebrew printed books of the 15th century.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Holocaust Memorial Day service this morning.
Ever heard of the 14th century English hermit, Richard Rolle?
Find out about this English mystic and prolific religious writer, commemorated today, on 23 January: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...
This Valentine’s Day, let words steal your heart! ❤️
On Thursday 12 February, drop-in for free (no booking required) to the Library & Archives anytime between 1pm and 3pm to discover how writers and poets across the centuries have expressed the mystery of love divine.
Join us on Saturday for the Environment Film Festival – an exciting opportunity to watch Six Inches of Soil and Wilding surrounded by the awe-inspiring architecture of the Exeter Cathedral nave.
📆 Saturday 17 January 12:30pm-5pm
🎟Tickets £5 via
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to see The Storytellers by Luxmuralis at Exeter Cathedral! We hope you enjoyed this mesmerising sound and light experience. ✨📚 #ExeterCathedral #StorytellersExeter
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Tonight is the final evening to see The Storytellers by Luxmuralis at Exeter Cathedral! 📖
Don't miss the opportunity to see Exeter Cathedral transformed by stunning visual displays and accompanied by a captivating soundscape.
🎟 Final tickets at: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
This illustration by the Irish literary painter, Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), appears in the Cathedral Library’s 1864 edition of the collected works of poet laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Find out more here: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...
NEW: Tour Gift Vouchers 🎟️
Ever looking for a unique anniversary or thank-you gift idea? You can now gift an Exeter Cathedral Tour. Simply email our bookings team (visit@exeter-cathedral.org.uk) stating which tour (Roof Tour or Onwards & Upwards Tour) and how many tickets you’d like to gift!
Next Thursday, discover with us the timeless tradition of storytelling in the collections of the Cathedral Library and Archives, from creation accounts to tales of medieval pilgrimages, saints’ lives and daring quests for the Holy Grail.
📘 15 Jan
📘 1pm - 3pm
📘 Exeter Cathedral Library
📘 Free
