A service of Bible readings, psalms and prayers, using Common Worship. This service lasts about 15 minutes and is followed directly by a service of Holy Communion.
A Said service of Communion lasting approximately 30 minutes, and 45 minutes on Sunday. On Sundays, a sermon will be given.
Meet the experts who maintain and restore our Cathedral using tools and techniques that haven’t changed for hundreds of years. We welcome you to ask questions to find out more about life as a Salisbury Cathedral stonemason. Drop-in any time between 10:30-12:30.
Run by the RSPB, this is a free, drop‑in activity running from 11am to 4pm in the Cathedral Close where you can learn about the peregrine falcons that nest on the Cathedral tower. Volunteers are on hand with telescopes so you can get amazing close-up views of both the adult birds and their young, and find out more about how they live and grow.
See and hear the world’s oldest working mechanical clock in action. Made in 1386 or earlier, it is mounted in an iron frame and has no dial. In the past the clock struck a bell to remind the priests to pray. Come and watch while the mechanism is unlocked allowing the clock to strike a bell as it first did over 600 years ago. This demonstration lasts 10 to 15 minutes.
A Said service of Communion lasting approximately 30 minutes, and 45 minutes on Sunday. On Sundays, a sermon will be given.
Evensong is at the core of daily worship at Salisbury Cathedral and has been offered daily for centuries. Evensong is a peaceful service, offering quiet reflection. Our Cathedral Choir sets the serene atmosphere of this service with musical responses, canticles, psalms, a choral anthem, sometimes with a congregational hymn. On Sundays, a sermon is given. We also welcome visiting choirs to sing this service when our Cathedral Choir is not in residence. The service lasts approximately 45 minutes.
A service of Bible readings, psalms and prayers, using Common Worship. This service lasts about 15 minutes and is followed directly by a service of Holy Communion.
A Said service of Communion lasting approximately 30 minutes, and 45 minutes on Sunday. On Sundays, a sermon will be given.
Run by the RSPB, this is a free, drop‑in activity running from 11am to 4pm in the Cathedral Close where you can learn about the peregrine falcons that nest on the Cathedral tower. Volunteers are on hand with telescopes so you can get amazing close-up views of both the adult birds and their young, and find out more about how they live and grow.
See and hear the world’s oldest working mechanical clock in action. Made in 1386 or earlier, it is mounted in an iron frame and has no dial. In the past the clock struck a bell to remind the priests to pray. Come and watch while the mechanism is unlocked allowing the clock to strike a bell as it first did over 600 years ago. This demonstration lasts 10 to 15 minutes.
Ecumenical Prayers for Justice and Peace are held in the Trinity Chapel on the third Wednesday of every month from 12 noon – 12.30. Led by both clergy and lay people, these prayers are guided with space for reflection and silence.
Evening Prayer is sometimes held instead of Choral Evensong and is a said service of readings and prayers to end the day. This service lasts around 25 minutes.
A service of Bible readings, psalms and prayers, using Common Worship. This service lasts about 15 minutes and is followed directly by a service of Holy Communion.