Welcome to Salisbury Cathedral. Salisbury is probably the finest medieval cathedral in Britain. This beautiful building is the mother church of the Salisbury diocese which covers most of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset, and so much of Wessex. Started in 1220 AD and completed by 1258 AD, it was built to reflect the glory of God in stone and glass. A setting then for great occasions, for huge and colourful processions, a majestic, awe-inspiring church. The spire, the hioghest in England, soaring to a commanding 404 ft (123 m) was added a generation later. Visitors can climb the 332 steps up a narrow spiral staircase just to reach the base of the spire!

The best preserved of only four surviving originals of Magna Carta (1215) is displayed in the octagonal chapter house which also has a unique 13th century frieze of Old Testamant stories carved in stone.