St. Chad’s Cathedral
One of the finest neo-gothic church buildings in England, built to the design of Augustus Welby Pugin and opened in 1841. Much of the work is by Hardman & Co. The mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, it contains some splendid 19th century stained glass made by Hardmans, a 16th century Flemish pulpit, and a late medieval statue of the Virgin Mary, as well as one of the largest new manual organs in the UK, built by Walkers & Co in 1993.
Cathedral House,St. Chad's Queensway,
Birmingham B4 6EU.
Tel: 0121 230 6208.
Fax: 0121 2303 6279
Contact: Reverend Brian Doolan,
Cathedral Dean.
Website: www.stchadscathedral.org.uk
- Opening hours:
- Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
- Weekday Mass time is 12.15pm,
(all may attend and see the Cathedral being used for its main purpose) - Saturday 9:30am-5:00pm;
- Sunday: Mass begins at 9am and the cathedral is open from that time
- Admission:
- Free.
- Facilities:
- Toilets.
- Services:
- Guided tours by arrangement (contact Mrs. Alwen Griffiths at the Cathedral);
- guide books and postcards;
- regular organ recitals.
- Disabled visitors:
- No separate disabled access
- A mobile ramp for disabled access can can be put out upon request.
- How to get there:
- Train: nearest station: Snow Hill.
- Bus: buses from city centre to Handsworth (nos. 74, 78 and 79) pass St. Chad's Circus.
- Car & Coaches on the Birmingham inner ring road (the Queensway), just off St. Chad's Circus.
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- Parking:
- Cars: St. Chad's has its own car-park in Shadwell Street.
- Coaches: set down and pick up only in front of the Cathedral on St. Chad's Queensway. Parking for coaches in city centre coach park, under Masshouse Circus.
- Average length of visit:
- 40 minutes