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New Chapter members installed at St Paul's Cathedral in 2023.

Four new Chapter members for St Paul's

Four Non-Executive Members have been appointed to The Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, the trustee body responsible for its governance, strategy and oversight.

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

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

The procession for the Lord Mayor's Show with horses pulling a large golden carriage

Lady Mayor's Show Day at St Paul's

Join us to celebrate the Lord Mayor's Show Day with free entry to St Paul's and £13.50 entry to climb the Dome.

Free and unticketed

pale stone ramp leading up to north transept entrance of cathedral

Phase 1 of Equal Access Project at St Paul's completed

9 Sept 2021

Earlier this year St Paul’s Cathedral completed Phase 1 of the Equal Access project, the first major phase of a permanent accessible entrance to the Cathedral. The project is the most significant change to Christopher Wren’s exterior design in 300 years, taking 20 years from design to completion.
We hope the entrance will open to the public in spring 2022.

Stories from St Paul's: Series 7, Episode 8

Who was Grinling Gibbons? Not just a man with a fantastic name, but also the master carver behind the incredible carvings around the Cathedral, including those in the Quire stalls and the floral garlands on the North exterior of the building. Find out more about his life and his contributions to St Paul’s, as well as how they’ve evolved over time through numerous restoration projects, in today’s podcast episode.This podcast is produced and presented by Douglas Anderson. View all our Stories from St Paul's podcasts.

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The Monument, St Paul's Cathedral and the Great Fire of London

A film about The Monument, St Paul's Cathedral and the Great Fire of London

children smiling and laughing on schools trip

St Paul’s earns award for school outreach work

St Paul’s Cathedral has been awarded the 2023 Sandford Award for Heritage Education, in recognition of the “exemplary” work carried out by our Schools and Family Learning team.

Image of Quire and mosaics at St Paul's

St Paul’s Cathedral to welcome girls to its Choir

St Paul’s Cathedral has today announced exciting plans to welcome girl choristers to its internationally renowned Choir.

The Tyndale Bible.

St Paul's to host Tyndale Art Competition for schools in 2026

Calling all teachers and Art and Design leads! We have a unique and exciting opportunity for schools and colleges to get involved with St Paul’s by submitting artwork for a new exhibition in 2026.

A portrait of James Orford. James is a white man with dark, short hair and a beard. He is wearing a suit and tie, and is stood in the Quire of St Paul's Cathedral.

James Orford appointed as new Organist of St Paul's Cathedral

We are delighted to announce the appointment of James Orford as our new Organist, from September 2024.

The dome of St Paul's lit with an orange pattern, surrounded by blue walls.

St Paul’s Cathedral’s interior transformed by sound and light show

This week, the interior of St Paul’s Cathedral is being transformed by the immersive sound and light show, ‘Luminous’.

Members of the Learning team speak to children at Messy Cathedral 2025.

St Paul’s chosen as finalist for renowned Schools Travel Award

We've been shortlisted as a finalist for annual Schools Travel Awards, in recognition of inspiring work carried out by our Learning department.

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St Paul’s joins with the Ukrainian city of Lviv in bell ringing

On Sunday 20th March at 4pm, St Paul’s Cathedral’s bells will ring in an act of unity and solidarity for the people of Ukraine at the same time as the churches in the city of Lviv in Ukraine ring their bells.

Karen Armstrong speaking at St Paul's Cathedral

The Case for God: Karen Armstrong speaks at St Paul's Cathedral

Karen Armstrong’s wide ranging talk about the meaning and practice of faith, the part it plays in our lives, and how we misunderstand it.

St Paul’s appears on BBC’s Songs of Praise ahead of VE Day celebrations

In anticipation of the 80th anniversary of VE Day this May, BBC’s Songs of Praise paid a visit to the Cathedral to explore our role in the Second World War and the celebrations that marked the end of the conflict in Europe on 8th May 1945.

stonemason using a hammer and chisel to carve a large stone inside a workshop

“I don’t think we can afford not to save them”: Sam Dove speaks on heritage skills webinar

Earlier this year, we launched our new heritage craft apprenticeship programme and shared plans for our upcoming Wren Centre of Excellence, a world-class training centre based at the Cathedral to secure the future of these skills and safeguard historic buildings for generations to come.

Emily, a member of the Learning team, leads a tour group.

St Paul’s offers new workshop to support OCR History GCSE students

After a secondary school reached out to say they had chosen St Paul’s as their site study for the OCR History GCSE, our Learning team created a specially designed investigative workshop supporting GCSE students studying the Cathedral.

a woman peeps through a door way into a library with a surprised expression on her face and the words Lost in the Triforium! Help us explore St Paul's hidden roof spaces appear on screen

Lost in the Triforium! Help us explore St Paul’s hidden roof spaces

Join us on an adventure as we search through the attic of the Cathedral for some of our Cathedral staff. Along the way, you’ll discover amazing spaces like the Library and objects like the Great Model of St Paul’s. This film has both BSL translation and captions.

Revd Canon Philip Banks

St Paul’s Cathedral announces the appointment of new Residentiary Canon and Precentor

The Revd Canon Philip Banks has been appointed by His Majesty The King as Residentiary Canon and Precentor.