Take a virtual tour of Gloucester Cathedral to explore the most-loved spaces and delve into the more hidden areas. Using modern technology, this new way of viewing the entire Cathedral has opened up this 1,000-year-old sacred space to everyone, anywhere in the world.
The virtual tour is available on the Cathedral’s website, allowing users to journey through almost every corner of this remarkable building. Take a look around the Nave, Quire and Lady Chapel before delving into other historic areas such as the medieval Library, iconic Tower and subterranean Crypt.
The tour was created by Scott Currie, owner of Gloucester-based company Virtual360toursglos.
Scott says, “Having lived in Gloucester for almost 16 years, I have long been aware of the importance and beauty of the Cathedral. Last summer, I showed some family members around who were visiting from Canada, and they absolutely loved it. This inspired me to approach the team to see whether they would be interested in working together to create a new virtual tour. It took around seven visits to complete, and I hope the end result does justice to the sheer scale and beauty of our wonderful Cathedral.”
To create the virtual tour, Scott used state-of-the-art cameras which sync with satellites to precisely pinpoint a location. The cameras were operated using a tablet, spinning 360 degrees to capture over one million pixels at each location. This process was repeated over 850 times to cover the entire Cathedral. The images were then knitted together to create a digital floor plan, with information tags added throughout to bring the space to life.
The virtual tour will allow everyone to navigate through these areas at their own pace, from wherever they are in the world.
Lorna Giles, Head of Visitor Experience at Gloucester Cathedral, added: “We are hugely grateful to Scott and Virtual360toursglos for creating this spectacular new virtual tour for us. As well as inspiring people to come and visit us in future, it is amazing to see how modern technology can open up this sacred space to those who perhaps aren’t able to discover it in person. We very much hope that everyone will enjoy using this wonderful new resource.”
The virtual tour can be found at https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/visit/virtual-tour
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