Members' Week:

English Heritage

• 27 May 2026
• 09:30 – 11:00
• See organiser for pricing
• Ages 0 – 18 years

Description

It is said there has been a church on the site of Chester Cathedral since Roman times.

Hear how Benedictine monks rebuilt the Saxon church into a magnificent monastery, with architecture from Romanesque, to early English Gothic right the way through to perpendicular Gothic. Learn 450 years of intrigue and gossip about how the inhabitants of the monastery became one of the richest in the land until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII.

Discover the story of the conversion of the building into an Anglican cathedral. Hear all about the architecture of this magnificent building, and how it became the heart of the city of Chester.

This tour is graded as moderate access, as it is a tour covering cobbled streets with few places to stop and rest.

Bookings for this event open on this page on Monday 20 April.

Location

• Saint Werburgh Street
• Chester
• Cheshire West and Chester
• CH1 2DY

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