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Family activities: the Blitz and St Paul's Watch

Join us for drop-in family activities in May, included with your sightseeing ticket.

Thursday 29th May 2025, Friday 30th May 2025 and Saturday 31st May 2025, 10.30am until 3.30pm

Free with a ticket

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Schools visit FAQ

Planning to visit the Cathedral with your school? Here’s what you need to know.

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A Service of Prayer and Reflection for Her Majesty The Queen

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Friends membership FAQ

Have a question about Friends membership? From how much does membership cost to the different membership options available, find your answers here.

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Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Marilynne Robinson to speak at St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is delighted to announce that Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson will join Biblical Scholar Paula Gooder at a free event to take place at the Cathedral in May 2024.

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Library treasures

Take a tour through the rare collection of written texts in our Library, including one of the most controversial Bibles in the world.

Bishop Mandell Creighton Monuments

Access the Collections

Find out how to gain access to our Archives, Library and Objects collections and about imaging requests.

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The Bach Choir: Mahler 8

The Bach Choir perform Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand'.

A warrior God: violence in the Bible

Join us as Helen Paynter explores the topic of violence in the Bible.

Novels, God and faith: How a novel might speak of God

Join Paula Hollingsworth as she explores how novels can nurture our spiritual life.

The art of mysticism: Evelyn Underhill’s visual art and journeys in Europe

Join Ayla Lepine as she introduces Evelyn Underhill’s art and travels in the wider context of her work as a theologian.

Free with a ticket

Possessed or powerful? Reading the story of the Pythian slave girl afresh

Join Olabisi Obamakin as she views the story of the Pythian slave girl in Acts through the cultural lens of being a Nigerian/British woman.

Free with a ticket

God with Us: Advent reflections in words and music

Join us for an evening of Advent reflections in words and music with Paula Gooder and members of the St Paul’s Cathedral Consort. BSL interpretation is provided at this event.

Free with a ticket

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Cancer Research UK Carol Concert

Join Cancer Research UK for an unforgettable evening featuring readings from celebrity guests in the iconic surroundings of St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Permanent Event

Daily guided tours and talks

Get to know the fascinating figures in our history – and the story of how the Cathedral was built – with our guided tours and introductory talks.

At various times usually between 11am and 3pm

Free with a ticket

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Sir John Rutter's Birthday Celebration with the RPO and Bach Choir

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert celebrating one of the UK’s most accomplished living composers and icon of choral music, conducted by the man himself, Sir John Rutter.

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Become a Friend

For a small annual fee, you can join the Friends of St Paul’s, and benefit from free visits, discounts at our shop and priority access to events and services.

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How to find us

Find our address and learn how to reach us by different forms of transport.

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Resilience and hope: marking 80 years of history

Join us in commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with a special series of exhibitions, films, talks, and events from May to October.

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