Reviews of Newport Cathedral, St Woolos. (Church) in Newport (Gwent).

Newport Cathedral, St Woolos

62 Reviews

49 Comments

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Cathedral

105 Stow Hill, Newport NP20 4ED, United Kingdom

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Information of Newport Cathedral, St Woolos, Church in Newport (Gwent)

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Open hours of Newport Cathedral, St Woolos

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8am–5pm

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8am–5pm

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8am–5pm

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8am–5pm

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8am–5pm

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8am–5pm

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8am–5pm

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Reviews of Newport Cathedral, St Woolos

C. W.

Lovely peaceful place to visit. The volunteers were very welcoming and offered me tea and a biscuit as they were hosting an event. They also offered me a free guide book. Well preserved Cathedral and lovely volunteers. I hope to go back sometime.

A. E.

Tiny, but the Norman parts are well maintained. The modern area by the main altar looks out of place at first but it grows on you

A. K.

St Woolos Cathedral has been a site of worship since the early 6th century. According to legend, the soldier-prince Gwynllyw was converted to Christianity when he was told in a dream to search for a white ox with a black spot on its forehead and, when he found it, to build a church as an act of penitence. Gwynllyw’s church, founded on Stow Hill, was almost certainly made of mud and wattle and has therefore been lost. The modern church dates back to the Norman period including the arched entrance and nave, constructed 1140-1160. The present building consists of a 12th century Norman church enclosed within a later mediaeval structure, restored in Victorian times and with a recent east end extension. In 1921 the diocese of Monmouth was created and the church was designated a cathedral and the east end was enlarged in 1960.

W. J.

Lovely peaceful and calming place to visit. The staff were so helpful and friendly - a very fitting place to leave flowers and sign the book of condolence for Her Majesty the Queen

R. E.

Beautiful cathedral with a stunning window behind the high altar. Steeped in wonderful history

j. n.

Lovely cathedral with unmarked graves of the Chartist uprising martyrs in the graveyard. Hosted the 2019 Chartist Convention.

A. C.

Looked great from the outside, couldn’t get in as it was closed but wasn’t a problem. The walk up and around was worth the hill climb.

R. K.

St Cathedral has been like a second home to me over the years, with its wonderful Gothic architecture and even more welcoming and friendly clergy and congregation, many of whom have become long-term great friends of myself over the years. Fully supporting the community through fund-raising events, it continues to thrive and continue with spiritually uplifting services (also broadcast online on YouTube as Newport Cathedral), despite social distancing and Covid-19 regulations over the last year. All are welcome and it's certainly become a mainstay of my life over the past 15+ years I've been worshipping there. I hope to see you there, whether as part of the choir (including a voluntary one in happier times), Mother's Union, 30 Something's and other social groups - even the bell ringers welcome new members - there's so much to recommend about this peaceful and blessed Anglican Church building that you really should come up (Stow Hill) and join us sometime!

S. J.

Very peaceful place to pray

B. *.

The Cathedral, which dominates the Newport skyline, is very well maintained and managed. A very good place of worship to celebrate Christmas Day and New year.

C. W.

A wonderful and peaceful place

It has a lovely calming air about it. I love attending service there. A very interesting history too. Worth visiting the website and the Cathedral.

R. M.

First visit, thought it would have been bigger, for a cathedral a pleasent surrounding. Lots of history connected to the church to do with the chartist movement.

S. T. W.

On the banks of the River Usk, stories of water and wonder flow through the medieval history of Newport, part of St Thomas Way. Apart from the Castle, on the banks of the Usk, Newport’s other impressive medieval survival is St Woolos Cathedral, high on Stow Hill overlooking the city. A wooden church stood here from the early Middle Ages, with some pre-Conquest stonework still incorporated into the Galilee Chapel at the west end of the present building. Re-built by the Normans, this Chapel now houses a Norman font. The stunning decorative Norman archway through into the nave incorporates Roman pillars, perhaps ‘recycled’ from nearby Caerleon. The nave, with its Romanesque arches, is Norman; the tower is fifteenth century.