(Photo: Getty/iStock)Attendance at Church of England cathedrals rose for the fifth year in a row in 2025, with Sunday services enjoying particularly strong growth among adults. Latest figures show that 32,600 people attended cathedral services in an average week, including Evensong, Morning and Evening Prayer and Sunday Eucharist. Major Christian festivals enjoyed strong turnouts, with Christmas attendance rising by six per cent, and Easter seeing a five per cent increase. It is the first time that Easter service attendance has matched pre-pandemic turnout, although overall attendance across services and events remained below 2019 figures. A further 657,700 people attended 2,080 specially arranged services during the year, while 295,000 took part in additional regular services, including those held for schools.