St. Chad's Roman Catholic Cathedral

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.


Contact:

Address:
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


Detailed Information

Opening hours: Admission:
  • 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
  • free
Facilities: Services:
  • Toilets.
  • Guided tours by arrangement (contact Mrs. Alwen Griffiths at the Cathedral);
  • guide books and postcards;
  • regular organ recitals.
Disabled visitors: How to get there:
  • No separate disabled access
  • A mobile ramp for disabled access can can be put out upon request.
  • Train: nearest station: Snow Hill.
  • Bus: buses from city centre to Handsworth (nos. 74, 78 and 79) pass St. Chad's Circus.
  • Car/coach: on the Birmingham inner ring road (the Queensway), just off St. Chad's Circus.

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Parking: Average length of visit:
  • 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.
  • 40 minutes

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