Its very old. I was expecting something modern, vibrant, colourful but its very grey with coloured glass

Fantastic building, one of the best examples in the country! Well worth a visit and to the local town (city) which has a great selection of local shops and eating places

Definitely worth a visit , fantastic architecture and history.

We could actually see the three spires of this cathedral from our holiday apartment several miles away, rising above the intervening trees and fields.
The weather was a bit damp, raining very slightly, when we decided to take a sight-seeing trip into the small city of Lichfield. We had no trouble parking the car. There are several car parks around the city centre and we chose the one next to the bus station. It was about a ten minute stroll through the main shopping area before we came up to the cathedral itself. As we walked up the approach on Dam Street, I was quite amazed by the great size of the building in comparison to everything around it.
Entrance was free, though the young lady at the reception desk inside gave us the opportunity to make a donation. We quite happily did so.
There was to be a guided tour at 2pm, but that was an hour off and so we elected to stroll around the enormous interior on our own. Despite the scale of the place, there weren't too many objects of particular beauty to catch one's eye, nor was there quite the reverential tranquillity one normally finds in such places. The busy activity of a group of people setting out seating possibly explained the latter.
There was a very nice set of stained glass windows at the far end and one of the resident guides was kind enough to come up and give us the history of them, how they originally from a Belgian church and were purchased from there in the wake of Napoleonic closures and re-installed in Lichfield.
In the chancery, off to one side, was an interesting piece of stone carving known as the Lichfield Angel, only dug up in 2003 during works at the cathedral. It apparently dates back to about 800AD.
We didn't make this a long visit as we hadn't had lunch yet and were getting hungry. It hadn't been one of the most interesting churches we've visited, but its size and long history were both impressive.

A beautiful piece of Art, magnificent !

Interesting place to go around. Also a nice city with places of interest to look at.

Beautiful building, such lovely architecture

Lovely setting - superb building - well worth a visit.

A few years ago I visited this beautiful Cathedral with my college friend and I was looking forward to showing my husband around, unfortunately I was prevented for doing this because we were travelling with our little well behaved Cocker Spaniel, resulted in one of us sitting outside while the other one explored. True the stained glass windows are beautiful, the carved sleeping children wonderful to see, as are the other artefacts (St Chad's manuscript), the Lichfield Angel and so much more. So instead of a leisurely visit we experienced a hurried visit - not at all what we planned, Thankfully the Clergy in our Churches are more enlightened and we are always made welcome not only to look round our Churches but to attend Services.

Visited Lichfield specifically to see this beautiful cathedral. Carvings to front and side a beautiful and the inside has some amazing stained glass windows which have been refurbished in York to show full beauty of original craftsmanship. Saxon manuscript of St Chad can also be viewed.

We didn't have time to go inside. The exterior renovation is excellent - certainly worth a visit.

Mooi gebouw, met alle koningen door de geschiedenis heen er op.

Spectacular Cathedral

Nice old church

This is a very beautiful and historical cathedral.

Just beautiful

Wonderful place

Nice, but quick because there was a service in progress

Lovely

Awesome cathedral!

What a wonderful evening at the cathedral we have not been to the grub club before and it was great , wonderful to see familys and there children enjoy the evening , everyone was so relaxed , the food was pretty good to, just wish it had been a little bit warmer, but really enjoyed It .

Lichfield is the only medieval in the world to have three spires. It is attractive from the outside including one of the oldest Gospels in England and the fabulous Lichfield Angle.

The cathedral is free to enter but a voluntary donation is expected.

The guides on site are really helpful and knowledgeable; they are very willing to share their love of the cathedral and its history.

A large icon in the shape of the Saint Chad cross shape, has been suspended from the roof in the nave. Very nice. It is great spiritual place to visit

I didn’t plan the visit in advance, just happened to have a free afternoon while I was in Birmingham. Lichfield was only 40 minutes away by train. Lichfield was as small as I had expected but suddenly I was in awe of the sheer size that overwhelmed me and the location. There’re so much to explore both exterior and interior. I highly recommend the visit, it is free but it will make you want to donate, it is even worth an effort.

Nice to have a walk round