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William Dugdale's History of St Paul's

One of the first major texts to be dedicated to a single building, Dugdale’s carefully-researched tome was brought to life by a Bohemian artist's drawings.

Two girls from St Paul's Cathedral Choir

Girl Choristers appear on CBBC’s Newsround ahead of first Christmas services

With their first Christmas services on the horizon, our new Girl Choristers had the opportunity to feature on CBBC’s Newsround.

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About the Collections

Our Collections department take care of our archives, library and objects – each collection featuring some remarkable historical artefacts.

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The St Paul's Psalter

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed hundreds of manuscripts, with this book of psalms one of the only surviving artefacts.

Fig. 5. The Bishop's Throne at the east end of the south range of stalls. Carved by Grinling Gibbons, 1696–9

Sources and abbreviations

A bibliography for the Wren Office Drawings online collection.

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The Wren Office drawings

The St Paul’s Collection of Wren Office drawings is unrivalled as a record of the design and construction of a single great building by one architect in the early modern era.

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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

Two young children making badges inside St Paul's Cathedral

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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Sing at St Paul's

Take part in our in-school sessions, designed to get classes active, emotionally engaged, and excited about music.

A wide shot of the new Crypt Cafe, with arched ceilings and a long countertop.

Crypt Café reopens to the public following full refurbishment

Visitors to St Paul’s now have the opportunity to enjoy a taste of history, as the Crypt Café reopens to the public for the first time since the pandemic.

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Wellbeing trail of St Paul's

An interactive wellbeing trail, with stopping points for reflection, set in the Churchyard and surroundings of St Paul’s Cathedral. Free to access during daylight hours. Suitable for young people and adults of all faiths or none.

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Chapter House

Our wood-panelled Chapter House dining rooms can house 70 people for a standing reception, or up to 32 for a seated dinner.

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Canon Collins and the campaign against Apartheid

The most significant impact St Paul’s has had on world events is its unofficial role in helping to fight Apartheid in South Africa.

Fig. 6. Robert Trevitt's engraved view of the choir at a thanksgiving service attended by Queen Anne, 31 December 1706 (© City of London, London Metropolitan Archives)

4. The Choir and Morning Prayer Chapel, 1693-97

The design, construction and decoration of the choir enclosure and sanctuary occupied Wren and his assistants at least four and a half years.

Man at piano directing parents and children

Our Music Partnerships Programme

If you work in a school, there are a myriad of ways you can partner with St Paul’s through our Music Partnerships, and help us inspire children across London and beyond.

Entry from the Virger’s Diary, 7 July 1913, describing the discovery of an explosive device beneath the Bishop’s Throne (Ref. No. LRat/126)

The Suffragettes bring the fight for the vote to St Paul’s

In the same year that Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King’s horse, the Suffragettes also targeted St Paul’s in an effort to have their voice heard.

Monument to John Moore

About the project

Find out more about this community engagement project, and how we worked with arts and heritage group SV2G (St Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation) to explore the history of the British Empire in the Caribbean.

Fig. 1. Engraving of the north elevation, probably by Simon Gribelin, c.1687–88, with cut-outs from a later engraving of the finished dome (St Paul’s Cathedral, SP105)

5. Designs for the Dome, c. 1685-1710

Wren’s revisions to the design in 1685–86 created a podium for a vast, richly modelled Dome, inspired by those of Michelangelo’s St Peter’s in Rome and Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s Invalides church in Paris.

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Requiem Eucharist for the Fallen

A special Sung Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday.

Free and unticketed

Pupils from St Mary's Islington with art project 'The World Reimagined' founder, Michelle Gayle

St Paul's art installation for racial justice inspires thousands of London pupils

An art installation inspiring conversation about racial justice in St Paul's Cathedral has been blessed as part of a service for 1,700 pupils from London church schools.