What are your plans this half term?
Head to Lichfield Cathedral for a week packed full of family activities - creativity, history, and hands-on discovery.
The Longest Yarn - open daily - check the website for exhibition opening times.
A stitched journey through Britain at war, from 1939 to VE Day 1945. Explore 80 textile panels and life-sized characters bringing to life stories of rationing, evacuees, the Blitz, and the joy of peace—told through creativity, craft, and imagination. The FINAL WEEK of the exhibition!
Poppies Stitch Club: Mini Stitch Sessions: 25–28 May
Be part of something truly special with The Fabric Vault and help create a breathtaking installation of handmade poppies.
Make Do & Mend 26 & 28 May 10:00-12:00
Broken toys that need a little care? Loose seams, stubborn zips, or favourite things that have just worn out?
Join the Lichfield Repair & Share Cafe team and bring well-loved items back to life in the spirit of wartime “Make Do and Mend”.
The Secret Plant Army of WWII
Pick up a trail map and discover the wartime herbs growing in the Cathedral Close, and how they were used to make essential medicines when imports were cut off.
Plan your visit: lichfield-cathedral.org/family.