The church at Ely was built to impress anyone passing by with the power of the Church to offer salvation. Seen from above, the ground plan of Ely is cruciform, symbolising Christ’s crucifixion.

Ely Cathedral has been honoured for ... a release site for rescued hedgehogs and there are also plans to plant an orchard. The cathedral has received the gold Eco Church Award from Christian ...

from gingerbread. Owen Angier, 23 from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, said it took him a whole day to plan, bake and piece together the baked replica of Ely Cathedral. However, he said he will not be ...

A man who loves to bake has created his most ambitious project to date, a nearly 60cm (2ft) long gingerbread model of Ely Cathedral ... eating gingerbread, but plans to take it into work for ...

A cathedral has won a gold award for its eco-friendly initiatives. Ely in Cambridgeshire is only the third cathedral to receive the Eco Church Award from the Christian conservation charity ...

Ely’s nave originally had 13 bays. Long naves like this were typical of Anglo-Norman cathedrals and monasteries. 'Every part of the ground-plan and elevation was set out using ratios such as the ...

The cathedral we see today at Ely is not at all as it was in the Middle Ages. Three events in particular had a massive impact on it. The first was the Reformation, in the 1530s and 1540s ...