We're so grateful to The Wolfson Foundation for awarding us a £200,000 grant towards the restoration and interpretation of College Yard.
The project will see improvements to the main north entrance to the Cathedral, transforming it into a more welcoming green square where the Cathedral and city come together. Work has begun in earnest this week with tree management plans in action and archaeological work is set to start in the coming weeks.
College Yard is blessed with significant monuments and trees, but has been plagued with car parking misuse, varying surface quality and poor signage, making it in need of a facelift.
This latest grant will assist us in achieving our vision of providing an attractive greenspace, better entrance points and gateways, improved signage and wayfinding, and providing a safe and welcoming place for visitors. The plan is to further improve accessibility, encourage active travel and reduce on-site parking, improve biodiversity, surface water management, lighting, interpretation and opportunities for learning.
Part of a bigger vision to improve the wider Cathedral precincts, work will continue throughout 2024 and beyond, laying the foundations for this exciting project.
