Beverley Minster: Recession-Busting Roof Tours

August 26, 2011

Beverley Minster virgers are trying to help hard-pressed families enjoy August Bank Holiday Monday (29th) with special reduced and family-price trips to the top of the Minster clock tower. The 50 metre/165 foot tall north west tower was closed to the public earlier this year as masons repaired damaged finials and stonework on the highest points but it is once more safe to climb. To mark the occasion the normal…

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Bank Holiday @ Beverley Minster

May 25, 2011

Beverley Minster will be running a day-long series of bonus-packed roof tours in the Central Tower, including demonstrations of its mediaeval tread wheel crane starting at 10am on Bank Holiday Monday (30th May). These special tours will include a walk through the very top of the nave roof, and a view of the unique clock chiming mechanism in the North West Tower. The hour long tours will run throughout the…

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