Organ Recital
The Cathedral’s Director of Music, Andrew Lumsden, puts the mighty Father Willis organ through its paces in this evening recital.
What’s On
Featured Events
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Symphony of Flowers
A stunning flower festival with contemporary and classic arrangements designed by Angela Turner, international floral designer, on behalf of The Wessex and Jersey Area of NAFAS.
May 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Summer Evening Lecture Series
Three evenings of reflection, with Michael Wheeler, Visiting Professor of the University of Southampton and a former Lay Canon of the Cathedral, looking at the interplay between word and image in Christian tradition.
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Organ Recital
The Cathedral’s Director of Music, Andrew Lumsden, puts the mighty Father Willis organ through its paces in this evening recital.
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Organ Recital
Gordon Stewart, international concert organist, comes to Winchester to play a dazzling programme of virtuosic music. Not to be missed.
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Children's Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Children's Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
June 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Jane Austen Tour and Cream Tea
Our team of Cathedral guides, themselves great fans of Jane Austen, reveal Jane Austen’s links with the Cathedral.
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The Naomi House Clarendon Way Walk 2013
The Naomi House & jacksplace Clarendon Way Walk is back in 2013, for its seventh year.
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Flute Workshop with Tempest Flute Trio
This day workshop will be led by the extremely talented Tempest Flute Trio who have recently won the Royal Overseas League Competition. Players of Grade 1 standard and above are encouraged to come and take part.
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'Praying: Telling or Listening' with Wanda Nash
During this series we can question, discuss, and practise some of the ways of approaching God that have been used down the centuries, and what seems most applicable for our conditions today.
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Lunchtime Concert
Ditlev Rindom, Piano, playing works by Beethoven, Scumann and Franck. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party
Come along and enjoy tea and cake in the Cathedral Refectory as part of the Marie Curie Blooming Great Tea Party campaign.
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Cathedral Quiet Day
‘Bread for the Journey’, led by Canon Gary Philbrick. A Quiet Day is an opportunity to find quiet for a few hours in our busy lives. A leader offers a series of short talks and times of worship, giving food for thought, prayer and meditation.
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Tour and Tea: How to Read a Cathedral
Follow the evolution of the monumental Norman Cathedral through the subsequent development of the medieval period to the Reformation and early Renaissance. Followed by a Cream Tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Sunday Lunch with The Dean
You are invited to Sunday Lunch, hosted by the Dean, in the Cathedral Refectory, after our morning services.
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Flower Festival Preview Evening
Be the first to see this year's stunning Flower Festival with an exclusive viewing of the floral arrangements and a champagne and canapé reception.
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Symphony of Flowers
A stunning flower festival with contemporary and classic arrangements designed by Angela Turner, international floral designer, on behalf of The Wessex and Jersey Area of NAFAS.
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Deanery Open Garden
Visit the beautiful private garden of The Deanery in the Cathedral Inner Close.
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Flower Festival Concert
Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir performs a programme of music with a floral theme.
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Lunchtime Concert
Joo Yeon Sir from the Royal College of Music, violin and piano. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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My Year as Mayor of Winchester by Barry Lipscomb
Barry Lipscomb was the 812th Mayor of Winchester and during his year of office undertook several hundred engagements at all levels of the community.
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Tour and Tea: The Icons of the Cathedral
There are 12 icons in the Cathedral. This tour aims to study each in turn. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Lunchtime Concert
Michael Roberts, piano. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Outside Theatre: Babe The Sheep-Pig
A heart-warming tale of friendship, courage and one pig's determination to save his bacon. From the same creative team behind Illyria's sensational 2012 production of The Twits. It is suitable for all ages 5+.
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Tour and Tea: Stained Glass
The Cathedral offers the opportunity to study glass from the workshops of medieval masters of the 14th, 15th and early 16th century. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Jazz Play Day with Gareth Lochrane
This day workshop with Gareth Lochrane is open to all flute, saxophone and clarinet players of Grade 5 standard and above.
July 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Lunchtime Concert
Vivian Lasaracina, piano for the Royal Academy of Music. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Winchester Festival Opening Concert
French music of drama and grandeur, showcasing local and international artists, will resonate through the Cathedral for the opening concert of this year’s Winchester Festival.
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Hat fair
Hat Fair is Britain's longest running festival of street theatre and outdoor arts.
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Tour and Tea: Pestilence Penitence and Putrefaction
This tour recounts the history of medicine in relation to the structure of the present Cathedral and the people commemorated within it. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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winchester Festival: Joe Stilgoe and Friends
Singer-pianist Joe Stilgoe makes a welcome return to the Festival with his trio. Presented in the intimate setting of Priors’s Hall, this will be a chance to hear Joe’s artistry at close quarters.
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Jane Austen Tour and Cream Tea
Our team of Cathedral guides, themselves great fans of Jane Austen, reveal Jane Austen’s links with the Cathedral.
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Lunchtime Concert
Jonathan Vaughan, organ. Gilly Slot, piano. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Winchester Festival: John Williams
John Williams has toured the world, playing solo recitals and with orchestras. For this recital, the intimate sound world of the guitar will be complemented by the atmospheric backdrop of the Quire.
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Chocolate Craft Workshop
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a chocolatier? Well here's your chance. Learn and develop basic skills to become a professional chocolatier.
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Winchester Festival: Southern Voices
Southern Voices and Southern Sinfonia, conducted by Katherine Dienes-Williams. The programme includes Stravinsky Mass, JS Bach Jesu, meine Freude and Singet dem Herrn.
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Friends of Winchester Cathedral Festival
Various tours and lectures throughout the morning will precede the formal AGM proceedings at 2pm. Afternoon tea will be served in the marquee before Friends Festival Evensong in the Cathedral.
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Tour and Tea: Close Encounters
Walk the Cathedral Close in the footsteps of Benedictine monks and explore over 1000 years of history. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Lunchtime Concert
Leanne Singh-Levett, piano with flute and violin. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Southern Cathedrals Festival
The Southern Cathedrals Festival is a celebration of cathedrals and their music, held in turn at Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester. The 2013 Festival will be held in Chichester.
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Tour and Tea: Unlocking the Secrets
Some of the best kept secrets in the Cathedral, spanning some 800 years, will be revealed on the tour. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Lunchtime Concert
The Luard Trio. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Evening Tower Tour with a bit of Sparkle!
Climb to the top of the Cathedral tower and experience spectacular views over Winchester. Walk through the impressive timber-filled nave roof before enjoying a champagne and canapé reception within the historic Close.
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Special Tour: Unlocking the Secrets
Some of the best kept secrets in the Cathedral, spanning some 800 years, will be revealed on the Tour.
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Quietus: The Vessel, Death and the Human Body
Julian Stair is one of the worlds most acclaimed potters. This solo exhibition features a series of artist-made funerary works, from cinerary jars to life-size sarcophagi.
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Lunchtime Concert
Susan Welland, soprano and Eunice Pike, piano. Admission is free but a retiring collection is taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: Service and Sacrifice
The Cathedral is home to over 50 different Military memorials. See what they reveal about our military, political and social history.
August 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Quietus: The Vessel, Death and the Human Body
Julian Stair is one of the worlds most acclaimed potters. This solo exhibition features a series of artist-made funerary works, from cinerary jars to life-size sarcophagi.
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Outside Theatre: The Mikado
In the town of Titipu flirting has been made illegal. The penalty is death. Too bad then that the main culprit is the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko... This wonderful comic opera gets the complete Illyria treatment.
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Jane Austen Tour and Cream Tea
Our team of Cathedral guides, themselves great fans of Jane Austen, reveal Jane Austen’s links with the Cathedral.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Lunchtime Concert
Arthur Parkes, cello and piano. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: The Icons of the Cathedral
There are twelve icons in the Cathedral. This tour aims to study each in turn: the way they are made, their roots in history and the tradition which produced their artistic style.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Outside Theatre: As You Like It
With its pearls of wisdom, glittering repartee and gloriously happy ending this is not only one of Shakespeare's most popular plays but also the perfect comedy for a summer's evening.
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Lunchtime Concert
Charles Maxtone-Smith, organ. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Special Tour: For all the Saints
A look at many of the images of saints in the Cathedral with their stories portrayed in the glass, wood, paintings, stonework and vestments.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Lunchtime Concert
Amonn AL Mahrouq, saxophone. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Special Tour: Close Encounters
Walk the Close in the footsteps of Benedictine monks. Explore over 1000 years of history – starting from the Saxon site, through monastic times, the turbulence of the Civil War and its aftermath, up to the present day.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Organ Recital
Graham Barber, currently director of music at St Bartholomew's Church, comes to play a exciting programme music.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Lunchtime Concert
Natalie Tsaldaraki, piano 4 hands. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: Face the Music
Face the Music includes background musical history and examines aspects of music within the Cathedral.
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Children's Summer Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
September 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Quietus: The Vessel, Death and the Human Body
Julian Stair is one of the worlds most acclaimed potters. This solo exhibition features a series of artist-made funerary works, from cinerary jars to life-size sarcophagi.
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Lunchtime Concert
Royal college of Music. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: Victorian Vision, Virtue and Muck
The Cathedral was cold, dismal and colourless when Queen Victoria came to the throne. This tour traces its transformation and introduces colourful Victorian personalities associated with the Cathedral.
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Jane Austen Tour and Cream Tea
Our team of Cathedral guides, themselves great fans of Jane Austen, reveal Jane Austen’s links with the Cathedral.
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Lunchtime Concert
Charles Andrews, organ. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: Heroes and Villains
Who fled the cathedral in a dung-cart? Who refused lodgings to Charles II’s “trollop”? Who owned the hoof of a griffin?
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Tour and Tea: Modern Art
This Tour enables visitors to enjoy a close-up interaction with several of these works, within the context of this very special, time-honoured place. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Lunchtime Concert
Index Cantorum. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: How to Read a Cathedral
Follow the evolution of the monumental Norman cathedral through the subsequent development of the medieval period to the Reformation and early Renaissance.
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Lunchtime Concert
Mark Brafield, organ. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Reflections of a Close Vicar by Revd Gregory Clifton-Smith
Gregory reflects on his first year as Close Vicar and Minor Canon, working as chaplain across the various communities that together make up the Cathedral family.
October 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Quietus: The Vessel, Death and the Human Body
Julian Stair is one of the worlds most acclaimed potters. This solo exhibition features a series of artist-made funerary works, from cinerary jars to life-size sarcophagi.
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Lunchtime Concert
Roger Owens, piano. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Special Tour: The Tudors. Triumph, Turbulence and Tragedy
The religious upheavals of the Reformation, the cultural revolution of the Renaissance and the powerful personalities of the Tudor monarchs have all left their mark on the Cathedral.
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Hampshire Harvest weekend
A free family event celebrating the County’s food and farming.
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Tour and Tea: Heroes and Villains
On the fascinating tour find out who fled the Cathedral in a dung-cart? Who refused lodgings to Charles II’s “trollop”? and who owned the hoof of a griffin? The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Lunchtime Concert
The Cathedral Organists, Organ Fun. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Tour and Tea: Stitched and Woven
This tour will look at the embroideries, vestments, altar frontals and kneelers that are in the Cathedral. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Dream of Gerontius
Playing the part of Gerontius is actor Robert Hardy, a fine Shakespearean actor who has given many memorable performances, Neil Nisbet plays the Guardian Angel and the performances is conducted by Julien Chilcott-Monk.
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Lunchtime Concert
Hampshire Music Service. Admission is free but a retiring collection will be taken to help defray costs.
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Friends Annual Lecture by Kate Adie
Kate Adie, author and broadcaster, became a familiar figure to TV viewers through her work as the BBC’s Chief News Correspondent.
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Children's Half Term Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
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Children's Half Term Holiday Activities
Activities and workshops inspired by the Cathedral. Suitable for children aged 7+.
November 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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“Deck the Halls” Floral Decorations for Christmas
Andrew Crowther and Helen McGarry, leaders of the Cathedral flower team, provide hands-on advice for making festive decorations.
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Tour and Tea: Winged Messengers
The word angel comes from the Greek angdelos and literally it means Messenger (from God). The Cathedral has many representations of angels in different media. The tour will be followed by a cream tea in the Cathedral Refectory.
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Ice Rink
Experience an exhilarating skate under the stars and see how the Cathedral provides a stunning backdrop to these exciting Christmas events.
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Christmas Market
Recognised as one of the best in Europe and renowned for its spectacular location, the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market brings high quality exhibitors, wonderful Christmas gifts and an abundance of festive foods.
December 2013
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The Jane Austen Story
This permanent exhibition was installed in 2010 to mark the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s heyday. The exhibition is situated beside her grave and tells the story of Jane’s life in Hampshire.
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Ice Rink
Experience an exhilarating skate under the stars and see how the Cathedral provides a stunning backdrop to these exciting Christmas events.
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Christmas Market
Recognised as one of the best in Europe and renowned for its spectacular location, the Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market brings high quality exhibitors, wonderful Christmas gifts and an abundance of festive foods.
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Storytelling: The Christmas Story
Take a few minutes out of the busy preparations for Christmas to hear this wonderful story from different parts of the world. Open to children of all ages.
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Christmas Create, Make and Take for Toddlers
Enjoy creative time with your toddlers at these drop-in workshops. Using the materials provided, create Christmas pictures to take home.
January 2014
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Ice Rink
Experience an exhilarating skate under the stars and see how the Cathedral provides a stunning backdrop to these exciting Christmas events.
February 2014
No events currently planned for this month
March 2014
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April 2014
No events currently planned for this month