Services

Sunday	09.45 Sung Eucharist; 11.30; Sung Mattins; 15.00 Sung Evensong
Monday-Saturday	17.15 Sung Evensong

Service Sheet www.wellscathedral.org.uk/files/downloads/services.pdf

Facilities

Entrance: Free admission but donation of adults £5.50, senior citizens £4.00, children & students £2.50 welcomed

Disabled: Wheelchair access via North West door of the West front, ramp; wheelchair available

Photography: £2.00 permit

Guided tours: Guided tours by volunteers lasting 45 minutes Monday-Saturday

Refectory: Chapter Two Cafe & Restaurant on first floor off new Entry Cloister (accessible by stair and lift) open Monday-Saturday 10.00-17.00; Sunday & Bank Holiday 11.00-17.00

Shop: Off new Entry Cloister open Monday-Saturday 10.00-17.00; Sunday 11.00-17.00

Toilet facilities: Off new Entry Cloister

Website: www.wellscathedral.org.uk

Telephone
Cathedral Offices 01749 674483
Restaurant 01749 676543
Friends Office 01749 678830

Music

Organist & Master of the Choristers
Matthew Owens (since 2005)

Choir
The Cathedral Choir consist of 18 boys and 18 girls who sing separately with the 12 men. Both the boys and the girls are educated at the Cathedral School, one of the finest specialist music schools in the country. Scholarships and Bursaries are available. The men consist of 9 Vicars Choral, whose records go back to 1136, and 3 Choral Scholars.

Organ

1857 Father Willis, rebuilt Henry Willis 1891, rebuilt Harrison & Harrison 1910 & 1973; Lady Chapel organ added in 1976 and Chest Organ by Lammermuir Pipe Organs in 2003

4 manuals 67 stops

Pedal 14 stops, Choir 9 stops, Positive 10 stops, Great 14 stops, Swell 13 stops, Solo 7 stops

www.wellscathedral.org.uk/music/general.shtml

Organ specification npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N06893

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd John Clarke (since 2004)

Bishop of Bath & Wells
The Right Revd Peter Price (since 2001)