Dean of Rochester, Philip Hesketh looks back at 2023 at Rochester Cathedral in this short video.

Rochester Cathedral was thrilled to be the recipient of a grant from the Cathedral Music Support Programme. They join 28 other Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals and churches in receiving a share of £500,000 awarded by the Cathedral Music Trust.

Rochester Cathedral win Philanthropic Partner of the Year at the annual award show organised by the Kent Association for the Blind.

A chance discovery has uncovered, what is believed to be the earliest live recording of a Cathedral choir. It was recorded nearly 100 years ago in 1926 right here in Rochester.

Our choir were honoured to perform at St Paul’s Cathedral alongside the choirs of St Paul’s Cathedral and Durham Cathedral on the 7th May.

Our summer exhibition opens on the 1st June. Meet Draco Roffensis - a spectacular dragon inspired by Textus Roffensis. Find out how you can get involved with creating this amazing artwork.

Part of Textus 900

After over a year at Rochester Cathedral, the Fenland Black Oak Table has left Rochester Cathedral. A look back over the events and activities we’ve hosted around this spectacular table

Dean Hesketh reflects on the season of Lent

On the 6th February Rochester Cathedral officially became a registered charity.

Rochester Cathedral will remain closed to visitors tomorrow (22nd December) to allow more time for specialist cleaning and ventilation following a small fire on the 20th December. Our morning services will take place in the Ithamar Chapel. Our Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service will start at 7.30pm with doors opening at 6.45pm. We will reopen to visitors on the 23rd December.

Every Church of England Cathedral is to benefit from the generosity of one man who so loved cathedrals he spent ten years of his life on pilgrimage visiting each one and has left them all a bequest in his will. But the legacy is more than financial. Frank Buzzard, who died last year at the age of 95, wrote his own guide to each of the cathedrals too, ranging from short reports to what he called an “epic poem.”