Coventry Cathedral: Routes Trail

The magnitude of Coventry Cathedral, as a modernist icon, consists of a multitude of small stories, drawing us to multiple voices in the very making of this layered space. Through the trail, imaginations enfold as we follow just some of the global routes.

Opening up the global routes of the very site specific architecture of the cathedral, you might look out for: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Acorns for Peace’ international planetary initiative, from the summer of 1968; touch a boulder from the Cretaceous age; stand in front of the 23 metres tall tapestry, woven in one continuous piece by hand on a 500 year old loom woven by women in France; the stained glass window funded by school children in Coventry; consider the Verger’s staff gifted from India; marvel at the bronze maple leaf in the floor of the entrance acknowledging Canada’s donation; the mosaic floor in the Chapel of Unity gifted by Sweden and designed by Einar Forseth; step outside into the Ruins to see the Jacob Epstein's statue Ecce Homo.

Timings & Tours

Friday 06 September:

1000-1600

Saturday 07 September:

1000-1600

Sunday 08 September:

1200-1530

Monday 09 September:

1000-1600

Tuesday 10 September:

1000-1600

Wednesday 11 September:

1000-1600

Thursday 12 September:

1000-1600

Friday 13 September:

1000-1600

Saturday 14 September:

1000-1600

Sunday 15 September:

1200-1530

Location & directions

Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5AB

Contact on day:

Welcome Team

Telephone number:

+442476521232

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

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