Teachers!

A
heaven-sent opportunity:

discover one of Bradford's best kept secrets.
Bradford Cathedral Education

School and College Visits


Bradford Cathedral is a first class educational resource - full of opportunities for first-hand discovery, offered in an imaginative and well-developed programme by an experienced teaching team.

Why visit Bradford Cathedral?

This ancient place of worship, with over thirteen hundred years of history, tells two different kinds of story: the Christian story and that of Bradford. Both can be discovered on this peaceful site where once battles raged. Bradford's heritage, within a national and international framework, is a source of interest for groups of all ages.


Bradford's giant visual aid!

A special RE resource


The Cathedral's special nature provides an important RE resource. Here is a 'living building' - not a museum, where every feature has a particular meaning or use. It is a giant visual aid, packed full of interest, worked out carefully in a logical and simple programme to give you the best angles - and interpreted by members of the Faith community, in a choice of special RE options.

Cross-curricular visits

Full day school visits offer options which explore the building from many angles - art, creative writing, drama, local history, materials, music, + RE. Visits are tailor made to your needs and are booked and planned with the Cathedral's Education Adviser. They can be planned to explore the Cathedral and the Christian Faith across the curriculum.

What does it cost?

There is a range of moderate costs. Supervising adults are free.

 

There's more!

Just to whet your appetite!
A few of the Cathedral's interesting features…

- accessible, beautiful windows full of colour and stories
- glass designed by Wm Morris and sculpture by Flaxman
- people whose names have become local landmarks
- a carving of the construction of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal
- a bronze scene of the Siege of Bradford with cannons and woolpacks
- a monument to a great scientist and explorer who started off as a whaling captain and became Vicar of Bradford
- the WWI battles of the Somme, depicted in glass
- memorials to many fascinating individual citizens, giving evidence of historical conditions in Bradford, from powdered wigs to artificial limbs, from chemotherapy pioneers to Bradford's VC's
   

VISIT PROGRAMMES


TOUR ONLY

Up to 1 hour

SHORT VISIT

Approx. 1 ½ hours
Up to 3 modules/tour

HALF DAY

Approx. 2 ½ hours
Four modules + lunch room

DAY VISIT

Tuesdays and Thursdays
Up to seven modules + lunch room. 9.45am - 2.30pm

We can vary the duration and start and finish times to suit your requirements. School Visit Handbooks are available.
A visit to the Cathedral is easy to book, and easy to reach.
Situated near Forster Square, off Church Bank, in beautiful gardens, it is easy to reach from within the city of Bradford, from the motorway network, and from the Dales and Pennines. There is disabled parking and access. You can book direct with the Cathedral, or you can book via Bradford's InterFaith Centre and make a combined visit to the Cathedral and another Faith place of worship in the same day.

To pre-view your Cathedral visit, go to the BBC Virtual Guided Tour of Bradford Cathedral:
www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/lifestyle/faith/cathedral_tour.shtml

Enquiries and bookings: Cathedral Office: 01274 777720
Fax: 01274 777730 e.mail: dean@bradford.anglican.org

Visitors of all faiths and none are welcome at Bradford Cathedral
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