Today at 10.00am the Foundation Day Eucharist will take place. Everyone is welcome to attend this occasion where the Cathedral receives its charge from the Bishop of Winchester, The Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, as ‘the seat of the Bishop and a centre of worship and mission’.

Today the Friends of Winchester Cathedral Evensong will take place at 4.30pm. This service will include a farewell to Bruce Parker as Chairman of the Friends, and installation of The Reverend Canon Charles Stewart as a Companion of St Swithun. All are welcome to attend.

RT @WinCathLearning: Tickets are now available for our Summer Family Craft Workshops inside @WinCathedral #FridayV….

Regency Candlemaking Workshops🕯️.Celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen 📚. 📆19th July and 30th August.🎟️£97pp including tea and cake.👩‍🎨Led by Laura Fisher’s expert team.📍Wessex Learning Centre, Winchester Cathedral. Booking required, book here:

Sunday's Evensong (6th July) included installation of a Lay Canon, Colin Harbidge (Diocesan Secretary & COO). The congregation enjoyed beautiful music from the Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir. Missed the service? Watch it here: .@CofEWinchester

Views from the garden of the Cathedral Cafe 😮📷. Tuck into tasty treats (from salads to scones🍰) and enjoy unrivaled views of the cathedral amongst peaceful (and blooming🌹) surroundings. Open daily, 9.30am - 5.00pm 🕤 .Children's specials available 👶.

On 15th July, we mark the feast of our local and patron saint, St Swithun. In popular belief, if it rains on St Swithun's Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow. What’s your prediction for #stswithunsday?🌧️🌞Cast your vote!

On Friday last week the boy choristers sang Evensong on their own for the first time this academic year 🎵.It was also the first time that all 7 probationers sang alongside the choristers in a service too 👏.Missed the service? Watch here:

Today at 3.30pm, Evensong with Installation of a Lay Canon, Colin Harbidge (Diocesan Secretary & COO) will take place. All are welcome to attend in-person or online via live stream. For best streaming quality, please visit our YouTube: .@CofEWinchester

Today the Winchester Cathedral Old Choristers Association (WCOCA) Evensong will take place at 5.30pm. All are welcome to attend in-person or online via live stream. For best streaming quality, please visit our YouTube:

Visit the Cathedral Scribes inside Winchester Cathedral tomorrow (10.30am – 1.30pm) at the Jane Austen Bookmark signing ✍️ 👒 .A special opportunity to get your very own personalised keepsake in the year which celebrates Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary 🎉

Have you visited the art installation in the North Transept yet? .More than 2,000 cardboard creatures of land, sea and air have been created by Year 6 leavers from across the Diocese of Winchester. Each with a handwritten prayer. .📷Solent News/Simon Czapp

A message for the Cathedral Community.Canon Julian speaks to us from the beautiful backdrop of @SalisburyCath, the hosts of this year's Southern Cathedrals' Festival (SCF).

The 2025 Organ Festival begins this weekend 🎹🎉.The first recital takes place on Sunday at 2.55pm, preceding Evensong. Come along and support Winchester Cathedral's Sub-Organist, Oliver Morrell. Free to attend, more information here:

Canon Roly reflects on the ordinations weekend. Bishop Rhiannon preached at both services noting that each one of us has been called by God to do something wonderful and distinct. @CofEWinchester

A message from the Interim Dean of Winchester, July 2025. 'The ancient story from the Book of Genesis, of God making the world in six days and resting on the seventh, holds great wisdom.'. Keep reading:

Yesterday our Year 12 Girl Choristers were valedicted at an Evensong featuring music chosen by the leavers: Stanford in A and Parry 'Blest Pair of Sirens'. Following the service, choir families gathered for their annual picnic and Dec vs Can rounders match!

It's officially Tower Tour weather!🌞. See the blue skies of Winchester and beyond from a new height. Seeking a thrilling experience? .Enjoy seeing 'behind the scenes'? .Want to learn more about the cathedral?.This tour is for you. Tickets here🎫:

Diocesan ordinations are taking place this weekend at Winchester Cathedral. 28th June - Ordinations of Priests.29th June - Ordinations of Deacons.Please keep the ordinands in your prayers 🙏.Service listings: .Photo 2 & 3 - © Harvey Mills .@CofEWinchester

#BehindTheScenes.Winchester Cathedral's Girl Choristers rehearsing 'O Clap your Hands' by Orlando Gibbons, for the Southern Cathedrals' Festival. You can hear this live at the 'Gibbons and Palestrina' Concert on Friday 18th July at @SalisburyCath .🎫: