Admission to Chichester Cathedral is by donation. The recommended donation is £5.00 per person. As an independent charity we rely on your support, as we receive no automatic funding from the Government or Church of England. Your donation will keep this Cathedral free for everyone, and open for generations to come.

One of the greatest figures in British 20th century music, Gustav Holst had a special connection to Chichester Cathedral. The composer, who wrote The Planets suite, was a friend of Chichester's Bishop Bell and worked with him on the Whitsuntide Festivals. Holst died in 1934, before winning international recognition for his work. On his death, his ashes were buried in the North Transept underneath a memorial to his favourite Tudor composer, Thomas Weelkes. The memorial to Holst was installed and dedicated in 2009, and reads: 'The Heavenly Spheres make music for us.'

This is one of the Cathedral's most famous artworks. This glorious window was installed in 1978.

Installed in the St Mary Magdalene Chapel, Graham Sutherland’s painting Noli me Tangere (Do not hold me) was painted in 1961 and is a powerful depiction of Jesus’ return to life after the crucifixion. Find out more here.

Originally built in the fifteenth century as a way to separate the Nave from the Quire, the Arundel Screen was removed by the Victorians in 1859 in order to open up the space. This revealed cracks in the masonry leading to the subsequent fall of the spire in 1861. After being held in storage for one hundred years, the Screen was reinstated to its original location in 1961. Find out more here.

In the South Aisle, the Chapel of St George was restored in 1921 as the memorial chapel of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Recorded on panels around the walls are the names of almost 8000 soldiers from the regiment who tragically fell in World War I. Find out more here.