On July 5th, the National Health Service was 75 years old. This key milestone, in the life of one of our most treasured institutions was marked with a special service at Rochester Cathedral on Monday 3rd July.
Read MoreCould your skills help with the governance of one the oldest but most forward-thinking and dynamic Cathedrals in the country? We are looking for new non-executive members of our board –(the Chapter) , to support the clergy and staff in the mission of the Cathedral. We’re also looking for members of the board for our trading company, Rochester Cathedral Enterprises Ltd., and for sub-committee members with expertise in historic property management, finance, safeguarding and health and safety.
Read More‘Dickens in a Time of Migration’
Text of a lecture given by Catherine Water, President of the Dickens Fellowship and Professor Emerita of Victorian Literature and Print Culture at the University of Kent.
Read MoreA snapshot of 2022 at Rochester Cathedral
Read MoreAnnouncing our Summer 2023 exhibition
From 29th July to 3rd September, Rochester Cathedral is playing host to ‘Threads through Creation’, a stunning exhibition of twelve enormous, embroidered silk panels that explore the story of Creation.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral marked the historic Coronation weekend with a Street Party and a Service of Thanksgiving attended by hundreds of people
Read MoreThe Chapter of Rochester Cathedral is delighted to announce the appointment by the Lord Chancellor, of the Revd. Canon Christopher Dench, as the Cathedral’s new Canon for Worship and Spirituality.
Read MoreA project to improve lighting at Rochester Cathedral has been completed to spectacular results.
Read MoreAn incredible 13m long table made from fossilised wood is coming to Rochester Cathedral from the 3rd March.
The Fenland Black Oak Table was made to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and is made of the nation’s rarest and most precious hardwood – black oak.
Read MoreA special evening commemorating Ukrainian culture is taking place at Rochester Cathedral on the 24th February.
The event has been jointly organised by Rochester Cathedral and Medway Help for Ukrainians Both were keen to mark this date with unity and solidarity, and felt the Cathedral provided a space for people to come together to do this. Over the past year Medway has welcomed many Ukrainians.
Read MoreThe latest large-scale immersive artwork at Rochester Cathedral is now open. Peace Doves is made up of around fifteen thousand individually handmade paper doves which are suspended above the Nave. It is an artwork by Peter Walker Sculptor. It brings a message of peace and hope as the doves collectively form a beautiful artwork which as a whole reflects joining together in unity, peace and hope moving forward.
Read MoreRochester Choral Society to celebrate its 150th anniversary with a performance of a newly-commissioned choral work Regards from Rochester by award-winning British composer Thomas Hewitt Jones. Premiering at Rochester Cathedral on the 18th March 2023.
Read MoreIn August 2022, a group from Medway and Chalk art group came on a visit to King’s Orchard.
Read MoreA Christmas message from the Dean of Rochester
Read MoreRochester Cathedral is celebrating two members of its renowned choir reaching the semi-finals of BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition. Charlie Binney and Ingrid Linn beat hundreds of other choristers getting through to the final 10.
Read MoreMembers of the Gundulf Society visited St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield.
Read MoreRochester Cathedral is marking a 3-week season of Safeguarding in 2022, in which we invite everyone to reflect on the past failures of the Church in protecting children and vulnerable adults, here in Rochester and elsewhere.
Read MoreAs a Cathedral, we welcome the publication of the Past Cases Review 2. PCR2 was launched nationally by the Church of England in the summer of 2019. It came about after independent scrutiny of the original Past Cases Review of 2008 and 2009 considered that this process had not been carried out thoroughly enough. The purpose of the PCR2 is to ensure that all known cases or concerns about the behaviour of clergy and church officers towards adults, children and vulnerable adults have been dealt with appropriately.
Read MoreWe are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.
Special services will be taking place at Rochester Cathedral to pray for her, mark her death and commemorate her life. A condolence book will be available for visitors.
Updated 13/9
Read MoreA statement on inclusion from Rochester Cathedral
Read MoreRochester Cathedral – a place of Christian worship since AD604. Located in the heart of Rochester on the banks of the River Medway in Kent.
Rochester Cathedral
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Telephone 01634 843366
Email info@rochestercathedral.org
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Cathedral Visiting House 10:00 -16:00 Monday to Saturday 13:00 - 15:00 Sunday
