A unique opportunity to picnic in the heart of Durham Cathedral is on offer as part of the city landmark's week-long programme of events to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Visitors are invited to take along blankets and hampers to the cathedral and enjoy an al fresco lunch-time picnic in the usually out-of-bounds green space bordered by the Cloisters. The area will be open for picnics from 11am to 1pm each day between May 28 and June 5.
From the enclosure guests will be able to take in a different aspect of the cathedral as they relax on the grass, where they will be asked to avoid the fragile stone basin - the lavabo - at the centre, where monks of the former monastery once washed and which is now feeling the effects of having stood outside for hundreds of years. And anyone wanting to supplement their picnic during their visit can do so from the café which will be selling drinks, savouries and scones.
