点评:We were doing some touristy things in the local area. We have a long term goal of visiting all the cathedrals in the UK, so added Guildford to our list.
I have to admit on doing some research beforehand, I wasn’t expecting much. It’s not your traditional, old, stone built cathedral in the middle of a bustling local community.
But, I couldn’t have been more wrong. As we drove towards it, we saw this imposing cathedral dominating the skyline, built on a hill to add to its presence. On arrival, we found a free 2hr car park. (How many cathedrals have that!). We went inside to realise that they had laid on some children’s half term activities. But we hadn’t booked in advance, no problem. We were welcomed into this bustling local community, I was sure didn’t exist up on the hill. Our 7yo was able to take park in 4 different craft activities and listen to a story, all manned by the friendly volunteers.
This must be the most child friendly and welcoming cathedral we have visited. Special mention to the volunteers manning the craft activities on Wednesday 19th feb for making our visit special.
翻译:我们在当地做了一些旅游活动。我们的长期目标是参观英国的所有大教堂,因此将吉尔福德添加到了我们的名单中。
我必须承认,在事先做了一些研究后,我并没有期待太多。它不是传统的、古老的、石头建造的大教堂,坐落在繁华的当地社区中。
但是,我大错特错了。当我们开车前往时,我们看到这座雄伟的大教堂主宰着天际线,它建在山上以增加其存在感。到达后,我们发现了一个免费的 2 小时停车场。(有多少大教堂有这个!)。我们进去后发现他们安排了一些儿童半学期活动。但我们没有提前预订,没问题。我们受到了这个繁华的当地社区的欢迎,我确信山上没有这样的活动。我们 7 岁的孩子能够参加 4 种不同的手工活动并听故事,所有这些都是由友好的志愿者管理的。
这一定是我们参观过的最适合儿童、最热情的大教堂。特别感谢 2 月 19 日星期三参加手工活动的志愿者,他们让我们的这次访问变得特别。