Ely Cathedral (Ely)

My husband and I ended up in Ely on a child-free weekend during the summer. Ely cathedral looks fantastic because the surrounding area is so flat, and the town (sorry, city) so small and low-rise, that the cathedral can be seen for miles around. It rises up out of the fens looking positively, errm, medieval. It would, since it was started in the 11th Century. It's not difficult to find - the town is small, the cathedral is big ... It is open to visitors from 7 till 7, and has a deeply complicated pricing structure. There are two towers that you can go up, and a museum of stained glass to see as well as the basic tour. They had a new computer system in the day ...  Read the complete review

today we were lost about what to do. Having been told by a friend of mine that i should look at Ely cathedral as it was supposed to blow my mind. And she was not wrong, it really did. You can see the cathedral about 10 miles away while driving to it, it emerges from the country side like an amazing tribute to what our fore fathers could create. this is an amazing piece of architecture. Even walking to the cathedral after parking a car half a mile away it is breath taking. Every step we made towards it. i am not really massively into religion, but coming to the place like this really can make you believe that they trully believe in what they were doing when this place ...  Read the complete review

Hi have visited Ely Cathedral on a couple of occasion now. Ely was only a small settlement when the Cathedral was first built and ended up growing into the pleasent city it is today. The Cathedral was apparantly first built by William the Conquerour as an outpost. Cathedral opening times is 7am-7pm during the summer, and 7.30am-6pm mon-fri, 7.30am-5pm sundays. Guided tours are available here and start from around £5 last time i visted i paid for the ultimate experiance. This includes a full tour of the Cathedral offering some amazing views of the city, and a look round the stained glass musuem. Tea afterwards is included in the price. All in all i ...  Read the complete review

A few weeks ago the present Mr Tart and myself spent the weekend in Cambridge. We were only a few miles away from Ely and despite some claims that he was 'History-ed' out he agreed to drive there on the Sunday morning. I was really excited about seeing the cathedral being a bit of a History nut. I love cathedrals and have a thing about seeing them whenever I go somewhere I havent been before. SOME HISTORY: An abbey was founded on the site in around 673 by Saint Etheldreda (youve got to love those Saxon names!). The cathedral was begun in the 11th century. The monastery part of the Cathedral was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539 and some parts of the ...  Read the complete review