Services

Sunday	Sung Eucharist 10.15; Choral Evensong 15.00
Weekdays	Choral Evensong 17.30 (Fri unaccompanied); Sat 16.30

Service Sheet www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/index.php?page=services

Facilities

Entrance: No charge but suggested donation of £3.00

Disabled: Wheelchairs available

Photography: Minimum £3.00

Guided tours: Between 10.30 & 15.15 weekdays and 12.00 & 14.30 Sundays; Tower Tours £3.00 from Cathedral Shop

Refectory: Coffee shop through the Cloisters. Weekdays 10.00-17.00 (in Winter & Saturdays 16.30); Sundays 11.00-15.00

Shop: At the West end of the Nave. Weekdays 10.00-17.00 (in Winter & Saturdays 16.30); Sundays 11.45-14.45

Website: www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/

Telephone
Chapter Office 01452 528095
Coffee Shop 01452 527701

Music

Director of Music
Adrian Partington (since 2007)

Choir
Gloucester Cathedral Choir is the successor to the boys and monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, who first sang daily worship in this magnificent building almost 1,000 years ago. The Choir of today stems from that established by Henry VIII in 1539, consisting of up to 20 full and probationary Choristers, nine Lay Clerks and three Choral Scholars.  Choristers attend the neighbouring King’s School, supported by Chorister scholarships, while Choral Scholars join the Choir for a year, usually before or after university or music college.

Organ

1847 Henry Willis, rebuilt 1971 Hill, Norman & Beard, rebuilt Nicholson 1999

4 manuals 59 stops   Pedal 15 stops, Choir 8 stops, Great 15 stops, Swell 14 stops, Positive 7 stops

http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/index.php?page=the-organ

 

Organ specification npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D07556

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd Nicholas Bury (since )

Bishop
The Right Revd Michael Perham (since 2004)

Building
Benedictine Abbey consecrated 1100, Tower & Lady chapel built 1450/70, Henry VIII established Cathedral 1541, Victorian restoration work under Sir Gilbert Scott 1847-73.