Truro Cathedral — Attraction in England

A modern cathedral built in the centre of an already thriving town is never going to have much space around it. This is a perfect example. You cannot get very far away from the building to appreciate its architectural lines and styles. You are constantly looking up to its upper lines and towers with a craned neck! Entry is paid for via a donation box (cards accepted) Inside is pleasent, but devoid of many characteristics of a city cathedral like local families histories and large tombs, old books, large paintings and many other local points of interest. The combined choirs were practising for a concert when we were there which made it really nice looking around accompanied by the 'heavenly voices!'. They were good and I saw that some of them had been in King Charles Coronation in May'23. Well done!

An interesting point was that they actually allowed dogs to come in to the building freely (on leads and well behaved if course), but I have never seen this in a cathedral except for specific animal services. Considering this was on a hot day in Cornwall- I could see many had picked up on it to bring their dogs into a 'cool' building. But the idea to accept them is well conceived as pet owners are mostly more responsible visitors than many I have seen in many ⁹institutions like this. I know some of these points may sound odd to some as I really enjoyed my visit (june'23), but sometimes it is the side issues that add or detract for...

A beautiful cathedral that looks much older than it is (its foundation stones were laid in 1880). On my previous visit three years ago, I didn't get to see inside because there was a service on, but I got a real sense of the cathedral's size and magnificence just by walking around it. Was particularly impressed with the sculpted figures around the door. This time I did go inside, and the two ladies who greeted me were very friendly and informative. I was greatly impressed with the splendour of the neo-Gothic arches and beautiful Victorian stained glass. Notable features include the marble font in the baptistry, the intricately carved stone altar screen, and the equally detailed terracotta frieze depicting the Way of the Cross. Was really taken with the amazing dioramas of the Nativity and Easter Story, and the model of the cathedral made of matchsticks - both real labours of love! Truro Cathedral is free to enter - though it's well worth making a donation - and there are also free guided tours. There's a café, gift shop and free toilets. The cathedral green has benches and an ancient spire from the church that used to stand on this site. You can see this cathedral's three tall spires from almost anywhere in Truro. Some particularly good views and photos from...

Beautiful looking Cathedral in the heart of the city that was unfortunately having construction work done when I visited creating so much noise, nevertheless the architectural aspect is breathtaking, you can clearly see that so much work has gone into designing & building this work of art.

Admission is completely free with donations gratefully appreciated such as lighting a candle for a loved one £1 is suggested, they also have a homeless project going on in there at present to get people off living on the street, so things did prevent me from absorbing myself in such history, although I found there wasn't so much displayed like other Cathedrals I have visited previously, plus, as this is the 1st time I have visited Truro, I sadly left there feeling like I never really learnt enough history about this beautiful Cathedral, nor it's surrounding areas.

Also has a cafe and gift shop inside where maybe I should of looked more observantly at finding a book that tells me much more at a charge, as the leaflets left for people to pick up were NOT relevant to the knowledge I so much wanted to learn, maybe the tourist information centre would of helped if I'd of...