Virtual Tour

Rochester Cathedral was founded in 604 AD by Bishop Justus on land donated by King Æthelberht of Kent. For the first four centuries of its history it was a small structure with an apsidal (semi-circular) east end and a 40ft rectangular nave served by a small college of canons.

After the Norman Conquest of 1066 the Cathedral was refounded as a Benedictine monastery and rebuilt on a much grander plan over the next few decades. Two large medieval fires and their subsequent rebuilding campaigns have resulted in much of the standing structure as we find it today.

You can follow the Virtual Tour alongside the numbered section of the Cathedral Audio Tour narrated by Jools Holland.

Explore the Cathedral collections by selecting from the sidebar on the left.

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