Coventry Priory Visitors Centre

Coventry Priory Visitor Centre & Undercrofts achieved global recognition in 1999 when it was visited by Channel 4 Time Team at the request of Coventry City Council. Working alongside city archaeologists and Northampton Archaelogists they uncovered on their 1st visit to the city a burial chamber which was radio carbon dated to 870AD showing evidence... that the site was occupied throughout the Anglo Saxon, Medieval and Tudor Period. St Osburgh founded a convent on this site before it was burned to the ground by The Vikings. Lady Godiva and her husband Leofric Earl of Mercia founded a Benedictine monsastery here for 24 friars and an Abbot between 1020 and 1030. On the 4th October 1043 the Priory was consecrated as a church. Leofric died and was buried in the church in 1057, ten years later in 1067 Godiva died and was buried in the Abbey. In 1102 the church was given full Cathedral status when Bishop Robert de Limesey moved his see from Chester to Coventry. After being closed for 14 months from February 2016, In May 2017, a brand new social enterprise, Coventry Priory Community Interest Company has reopened the tourist attraction centre, the museum with its 800+ pieces of medieval architecture and the Benedictine Revelation IV wall painting that would of stood on the walls of The Chapterhouse which housed parliament in 1404 and 1459. We now have a beautiful conference room, meeting room and training room situated upstairs and we your guests can view all the historic finds in their breaks. We also offer Tours of the cities 1st cathedral Undercrofts where the monks used to live on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11,12,1 & 2. Talk and Walk Tour with the cities Deep Fat Friar set off from here on Tuesday evening at 6pm and Saturday at 2pm to expose the Medieval City Wall. If you are looking for a unique venue to hold your next meeting or training session or conference in the heart of the city with beautiful medieval Coventry on your doorstep get in touchRead More