Services

Sunday	Sung Eucharist 10.00; Mattins 11.30; Choral Evensong 15.30
Weekdays	Choral Evensong 17.30 Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Service Sheet www.stedscathedral.co.uk/

Facilities

Entrance: Suggested donation of £3.00

Disabled: Access to Cathedral, shop, refectory & toilets

Photography: Allowed

Guided tours: From 9th April at 11.30

Refectory: Located beyond the Cloisters, open November to March 09.30-15.00; April to October 09.30-16.30; main meals served from 12.00-14.00

Shop: Open Monday to Saturday 10.00-17.00 next to the main Cathedral entrance

Toilet facilities: Adjacent to the refectory

Website: www.stedscathedral.co.uk/

E-mail address: reception@stedscathedral.co.uk

Telephone
Cathedral 01284 748720
Visitor Officer 01284 748726
Refectory Manager 01284 748738

Music

Director of Music
James Thomas (since 1997)

Choir

The Cathedral Choir of men and boys sings the main services. They are assisted by the St Edmundsbury Singers (ladies), the St Cecilia Chorale, a youth choir and the Colts Choir of 30 boys aged 7-9.

Organ

Originally built by Walker in 1860, enlarged by Norman & Beard 1914, rebuilt by Nicholson in 1970, new organ by Harrison & Harrison 2010 using pipework from previous instrument

4 manuals 59 stops:

Pedal 14 stops, Choir 10 stops, Great 12 stops, Swell 14 stops, Solo 9 stops

www.stedscathedral.co.uk/music/organ

Organ specification www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=E01697

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd Dr Frances Ward (since 2011)

Bishop
The Right Revd. Nigel Stock (since 2007)

Building

Built as a Benedictine Abbey in 1020 to house the remains of St Edmund, it fell into ruin at the dissolution of the monasteries. It was rebuilt in the 15/16th centuries and became a Cathedral in 1914. The new tower and North Transept were completed in 2005. There is a fine peal of ten bells, cast in 1785, which hangs in the Norman Tower, still in their original frame.