Family Activities

Chester Cathedral is running family activity sessions in The Nave throughout the school holidays, with the Education Department on hand to lead the way. It's open to children accompanied by an adult, and the activities are designed to keep them busy while you're there. You can make an acetate stained-glass window, turn a drawing or a bit of colouring into a badge, decorate wooden animals, and build an arch.

While the kids are crafting, there's plenty to look at around the Nave. The Spirit of Summer exhibition is on, centred on Kiosk by Wolfgang Weileder — an architectural sculpture built from reclaimed wooden church pews and shaped in the visual language of Islamic architecture. It's meant as a contemplative space, drawing on themes of social inclusion, diversity, and common ground as a tangible symbol of religious diversity and respect. Alongside it is Postcards from Rhyl, a series of photomontages by Stephen Clarke that layer images of the seaside town across decades, shown with display cases of family photographs and seaside artefacts.

The sessions run every Tuesday and Wednesday during school holidays throughout the year, from 11am to 1pm and again from 2pm to 4pm. They're free, though donations are welcome.