Worcester Cathedral

Worcester, United Kingdom

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Wheelchair access: Accessible

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Worcester Cathedral, the Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England, and seat of the bishop of Worcester, was founded in 680 and rebuilt in the Romanesque style beginning in 1084 under Bishop Wulfstan, later canonized. The chapter house dates from 1120, and the nave was extended in the 1170s. Between 1224 and 1269, the east end was reconstructed in the Early English Gothic style, while the remainder of the nave was rebuilt in the 1360s and the celebrated central tower completed in 1374. The cathedral became a major pilgrimage site through the shrines of Saint Wulfstan and Saint Oswald. It preserves medieval misericords now incorporated into Victorian choir stalls and contains furnishings by George Gilbert Scott from the nineteenth-century restoration. Among its notable monuments are the tombs of King John, Arthur Prince of Wales (elder brother of Henry VIII), and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument.