Highlights tours return to Peterborough Cathedral this weekend

After a gap of nearly seven months, Peterborough Cathedral is starting up its guided tours again this weekend, Friday to Sunday.
The tomb of Katharine of Aragon at Peterborough CathedralThe tomb of Katharine of Aragon at Peterborough Cathedral
The tomb of Katharine of Aragon at Peterborough Cathedral

The Highlights Tours take visitors around the cathedral in the company of a knowledgeable guide who can share some of the stories from its centuries of history.

Peterborough Cathedral, which was an Abbey until 1541, has long been at the centre of national and international events. It was an important medieval monastery and is a royal burial place; it has survived Civil War destruction, and then been through a time of restoration and rediscovery of its Anglo-Saxon roots.

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The tours have been carefully planned to ensure that they comply with current COVID-19 guidelines. To maintain social distancing there is a limit of just six people on each tour, so it is advisable to arrive in plenty of time.

Cathedral Hights tours return this weekendCathedral Hights tours return this weekend
Cathedral Hights tours return this weekend

For many of the team of volunteer guides it has been a long wait for the tours to start up again. Stephen Dodding, who will leading one of the first tours back, said: “I can’t wait to get started again. We’re certainly living in a different world now but it will still be marvellous to meet people from Peterborough and farther afield once again through these socially distanced tours.

“With its wealth of history there can be no better place to put the world’s current woes into perspective and to demonstrate that all things pass. I look forward to giving everyone a very warm welcome back.”

Lesley Hull, who trained as a guide last winter, added: “I had barely finished my training course as a volunteer guide when lockdown began, so I have been waiting a long time to lead my first tour. I’m a little apprehensive, but also very excited to share this amazing building with our visitors.”

For full details go to www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/143/section.aspx/142/highlights_tours or call 01733 355315 during office hours.

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