Combined gift voucher for Cathedral tours launched

People can now buy a combined gift voucher for both St Magnus Cathedral tours – keep your feet on the ground with a wander around the historic graveyard or reach new heights with a tour of the upper levels of the building. 

For £20, you can enjoy: 

- Upper Level Tour, featuring the triforium, the tower, the spire and more.  

- Historic Graveyard Tour, revealing fascinating tales of those buried within.  

The combined gift voucher can be used for each tour once. Booking is essential for the upper level tours, whilst the graveyard tours run every Wednesday from April to September at 11am and there’s no need to book. 

The tours come highly recommended:  

“The best kept secret in Orkney” is how Orcadian Doreen Thomson described a tour of the upper levels of St Magnus Cathedral with family members recently. 

Doreen says she would “highly recommend” the experience to others. 

Gwenda Shearer delved into the history of the graveyard tour. She said: “I went on the first graveyard tour - loved it, it was interesting and informative.  Fran is a charismatic presenter and has included some very interesting people on the tour who are buried in the graveyard - I liked the timeline she used. I have no hesitation in recommending it.” 

Cathedral Curator, Fran Hollinrake, said: “It may be too early to mention the “C” word, but it’s never too early to get your stocking fillers in place so you can sit back and relax in December knowing you have got a gift with a difference for a loved one. 

“You can purchase the gift vouchers in the Custodians' Office inside the cathedral; payment is by card or cash. We look forward to seeing folk from home and away on our wonderful tours.”