Beverley Minster Roof Tours

Your two volunteer guides will meet you inside the Minster's main public entrance. Over an hour and a half, they'll introduce you to the characters in history responsible for the building of such an iconic and impressive medieval minster. After a short walk around the ground floor, you'll be guided up a narrow, spiral-stone staircase into the roof of the building. There you'll discover the incredible feats of engineering from almost a thousand years ago that hold this building together, you'll see the lifting of the boss to reveal the ground-floor 70 feet below and you'll go hunting for inscriptions left by people over the centuries that can be found all over the roofspace. You discover what brought thousands of pilgrims to this place from 700AD onwards and through this church and its own intimate history, you'll also learn about the history of England.

The tour all takes place within the dramatic loft space of the church. We don't go outside onto the roof itself as there is no safe way to take people out there. Sensible footwear is essential. No open-toed sandals, flipflops or high heels. Children must be aged 8 or over to join the tour.

Host or Publisher Beverley Minster