Head guide Margaret, takes us up more 'secret staircases' around Portsmouth Cathedral. Today explore our tower and belfry, as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas.
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The Portsmouth Cathedral Choir sing This is the truth sent from above – trad arr R V Williams, as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas.
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Canon Jo shares New Year’s reflection as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas.
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Last week we celebrated the lead up to Christmas with several carol services. Here is a highlight from last Wednesday's service with our choir singing Ding Dong Merrily on High.
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The Portsmouth Cathedral Choir sing Veiled in darkness by Glenn Rudolph, as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas.
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The Portsmouth Cathedral Choir sing A Christmas Blessing by Philip Stopford, as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas.
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Canon Kathryn shares a reflection as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas, on the theme of love.
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The Portsmouth Cathedral Choir sing Away in a Manger – trad arranged David Hill, as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas.
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Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth shares a Christmas Day reflection as part of Portsmouth Cathedral's 12 Days of Christmas, on the theme of joy. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and New Year.
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With so much happening this Christmas it’s sometimes hard to decide what to do with all the family. Throughout December Portsmouth Cathedral is hosting a number of uplifting festive services and events, as well as being surrounded by independent shopping, food and drink in the heart of Old Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth Cathedral welcomed over 3,500 people across the three days of the Christmas Gift Market and Christmas Fair, raising much needed funds to support our mission and ministry.
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To mark this year’s Giving Tuesday, Sophie Henstridge-Brown, Head of Fundraising and Events, shares five ways that you might be inspired to be generous.
Read MoreOne fateful day in August 1628, The first Duke of Buckingham was assassinated at the Greyhound Inn close to the Cathedral. The Buckingham Memorial now stands proudly in the Cathedral’s St Thomas’s Chapel for all to see to this day.
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Jonas Hanway was one of a kind ‘Citizen of the World’, starting his early life in Portsmouth, going on to explore far reaches of the world. Later in life founding the Marine Society, Hanway is also credited for popularising the umbrella for gentlemen.
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Why was July 1545 a particularly bad month for Henry VIII? Henry and his court were on Southsea Common watching the English Fleet sail out to attack the French when disaster struck.
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In March 2019 Portsmouth City Council declared a Climate Emergency, committing to making our city carbon neutral by 2030.
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Sunday (20 June) saw Portsmouth's turn to take part in the recently launched Cathedrals Cycle Route Challenge. Cycling 30 miles to Winchester Cathedral, the group of 14 cyclists set off early, ably led by members of the local Cycling Tourists’ Club.
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Portsmouth has always been home to a wealth of creatives and artists, including an illustrator located very close to the Cathedral, Henry Pembroke Innes, who died on 27 May, in 1918.
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As more restrictions ease and more of us are getting outside and exploring our city, it’s never been more important to find a good cup of coffee whilst on a walk.
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In April 1538, Prior Noxton (sometimes mistakenly called Norton), together with 12 canons, signed the surrender of his Priory, Our Lady of Southwick, to King Henry VIII, together with its manors and rectories in Hampshire - including the church of St Thomas in Portsmouth. This was part of the process we call the Reformation.
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