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From darkness to light

Join us for a variety of concerts, music, and services to help you celebrate Christmas with your friends and loved ones. In all that we offer in this beautiful space, our cathedral for everyone, my prayer is that you will experience something of the stillness, hope, and love that is in God, in the Christ Child, and the gift each one of us can hold.

Our Advent and Christmas services, along with our regular pattern of services, are free of charge to attend, and everyone is welcome.

Find out more about our season below.

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From darkness to light

Discover 900 years of history

Welcome to Leicester Cathedral, at the beating heart of our city and county.

We offer hospitality to the wider church, the communities of faith that make up our multicultural society and those who come as visitors to the East Midlands, especially in search of the story of King Richard III.

Join with us in this adventure!

Discover 900 years of history

Visit us

We invite you to discover or rediscover Leicester Cathedral, and we look forward to welcoming you here seven days a week.

Daily Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 8.15am to 6.00pm
Saturday: 9.15am to 6.00pm
Sunday: 10.00am to 4.30pm (Visitors welcome from Midday)

Admission is free, but donations are always gratefully received.

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Leicester Cathedral is at the physical heart of our city and county.

Our church, built on a Roman site and dedicated to St Martin of Tours, has been embedded in the public, economic, cultural and religious life of this community for over 1,000 years. Since 1927, as the seat of the Bishop of Leicester, we now gather people together for worship, celebration, lament, debate and service of the poor and vulnerable.

We offer hospitality to the wider church, the communities of faith that make up our multicultural society and those who come as visitors to the East Midlands, especially in search of the story of King Richard III.

I invite you to join with us in this adventure.

The Very Revd Karen Rooms, Dean of Leicester

Upcoming Events

Sun, 8th Dec 2024 15:30 - 16:30

Global Carol Service

Bringing intercultural worshipping communities together to share music and readings celebrating Christmas from different traditions from around the world.

Thu, 12th Dec 2024 18:30 - 19:30

Kinda Dusty: Christmas By Candlelight

A West End cast and live band perform your favourite Christmas hits as you have never heard them before. Tickets from £10–40.00 available from boxoffice.concertsbycandlelight.com

Thu, 12th Dec 2024 20:15 - 21:30

Kinda Dusty: Christmas By Candlelight

A West End cast and live band perform your favourite Christmas hits as you have never heard them before. Tickets from £10–40.00 available from boxoffice.concertsbycandlelight.com

Sat, 14th Dec 2024 15:30 - 16:30

Christingle Service

Build your Christingle in an interactive family service in aid of The Children's Society.

News

National Lottery 30th anniversary

Posted: Tue, 19 Nov 2024

National Lottery 30th anniversary

To celebrate its 30th birthday, National Lottery Good Causes has teamed up with Stepping Through Film to recreate 30 Game Changing Moments that have been made possible thanks to National Lottery funding. This includes the reinterment of Richard III at Leicester Cathedral, following the discovery of his lost remains beneath a car park in Leicester in 2012.

Advent and Christmas at Leicester Cathedral

Posted: Mon, 18 Nov 2024

Tags: Christmas

Advent and Christmas at Leicester Cathedral

From carol services and concerts, to Christingles and comedy, here at Leicester Cathedral we are offering a varied season to help you celebrate Christmas with your friends and loved ones – and to experience something of the stillness, hope, and love that is in God, in the Christ Child, and the gift each one of us can hold.

Concert for Remembrance

Posted: Mon, 4 Nov 2024

Tags: Concert, Music

Concert for Remembrance

Leicester Cathedral Choir presents a concert of music for Remembrance, including Maurice Duruflé's Requiem and his Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, written in memory of the composer and organist Jehan Alain, killed in action in the Second World War.