Seasonal heritage tour of the Cathedral's ledger stones and memorials on the eve of All Souls.
The Graveyard Slot is a seasonal tour at St Albans Cathedral on Sunday 1 November, timed for the eve of All Souls. The name is a bit of a play on words: rather than taking you out to a cemetery, the route stays inside the Cathedral, where ledger stones and some unusually spooky memorials open up the stories of the people buried there and the part they played in the Abbey's history. Along the way, the guide considers how death and remembrance have been portrayed across different periods and styles, so it's as much about the art of remembering as it is about the people themselves.
It's one of several guided experiences the Cathedral runs. There's the Stained Glass Tour, the Daily Guided Tours that cover 1,700 years of history, and the Illuminated Wall Paintings tour. For something a bit different, there's the free Visually Impaired Persons' Tour, and the Tower Tour, which takes you up 211 steps to the top of the oldest Cathedral tower in Britain. The Graveyard Slot sits alongside those, but with its own seasonal focus.
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The tour runs from 13:30 to 14:45, so it's a good length for a Sunday afternoon without taking up the whole day. It's £12 a ticket, and you'll find it at St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, AL1 1BY.
