Location:  Cathedral Close, opposite the train station

OS ref:  103 SD683280.

Denomination: Church of England

Date: 1826, 1938 & 1967

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin was given the status of cathedral in 1926

The photo to the left shows the Lantern Tower which was built in 1967. It was restored in recent years and consists of 56 coloured panes of glass and an aluminium spire.

On the outside of the cathedral is the "Healing of the Nations" sculpture. This weighs about 7 tons and contains thousands of fibre optics.