Nestled in the Tyne Valley, Hexham is a Northumberland gem that punches above its weight for history and charm. The ...

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Built in AD 597 by the first archbishop of Canterbury St Augustine, who established Christianity in England, this awe-inspiring cathedral is the oldest church in the country still in use. Today, the ...

St Pancras is today celebrated as one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture and engineering, but it could easily have been a different story. In the 1960s, the decade that saw the ...

In 1979–82, the architect Sir William Whitfield undertook the creation of new facilities for the cathedral on the site of the former chapter house. It was a characteristically brilliant work of ...

Pisa’s original cathedral dome was supported on Islamic-style squinches and slender pointed-arch windows, while the engineering challenges of the tower would have required advanced geometrical ...

The historic gothic-style cathedral was founded in 597 AD by St Augustine, who was sent to England as a Christian missionary by Pope Gregory the Great, Canterbury Cathedral soon became the centre ...

November 15, 2024 at 11:16am GMT. A historic Christmas market is returning to the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral for the first time in more than 200 years.

A Christmas market returns to the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral for the first time in 200 years. The cathedral’s festive market first opened in 1383 and gained popularity until it closed in 1813.

A Canterbury Cathedral spokesman said: “After a break of over 200 years, we’re excited to welcome the historic Christmas market back to the cathedral precincts, and to revive this centuries ...

It features Gothic-style architecture and is also the sixth largest in the world in terms of floor area. Impressively, the cathedral’s tower is the highest in the world, with a height of 101 metres.