FRIENDS OF DURHAM CATHEDRAL

We’re excited to announce that Northern Lights, the Durham University mixed A Cappella group of singers, will be joining us for a special fundraising concert on Saturday 6th June 2026. The group are current National Champions, seven- time National Champions and ….we’re very excited to announce …. this year Northern Lights represented the UK at the International A Cappella contest (ICCAs) and were placed second in the finals in New York. They also gained Outstanding Awards

Join us for the Friends Festival Day as we celebrate all the things Friends of Durham Cathedral. In the morning, members are invited to join us for our annual AGM in Chapter House. Festival Day events include Lunch, Organ Recital, Tours, Afternoon Refreshments and Festal Choral Evensong and Procession and concludes the service with the choir singing from the top of the tower! Agenda: 10.15am Festival Day Welcome: Morning Tea / Coffee & Biscuit Selection in Chapter

Day 1: We left Durham and headed north in the sunshine to Melrose Abbey, the beautiful monastic ruins where Robert the Bruce’s heart was buried. We had a fantastic tour around the Abbey, heard stories about the bell tower and ‘The Pig of Melrose’ before seeing the memorial stone where the heart was reburied in 1998. We re-boarded the coach and travelled a short distance to Abbotsford House (former residence of Sir Walter Scott). We enjoyed lunch together then wandered at our

World Heritage Day Saturday 18 th April Programme with Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site and County Durham Forum for History and Heritage 9:30am – 4:30pm Durham Cathedral open as usual (donations invited). 10am – 4pm Cathedral Museum (last entry 3:30pm) Exhibition and 30-minute talks at 11am, 1pm and 3pm on “A Treasure and a Legacy: Conservation at Durham Cathedral” Adults £7.50, u18s free 10am

There are lots of behind-the-scenes work happening at Durham Cathedral and it’s great to see many Friends-funded projects are underway. Conservation projects funded by YOU really do make a difference and we are pleased to see that many of the projects supported at our last AGM are underway and we can’t wait to see the finished results. Works on the Chapel of the Holy Cross are underway Launching the new Cuthbert Centre for Pilgrimage and Prayer is one of the most significan