Bath Abbey celebration service to mark end of £19m restoration

were removed and re-interred before construction work began in 2018.

The project also involved creating new underground spaces for events, new loos, office space as well as making the Abbey floor more accessible for people using wheelchairs by removing fixed pews.Rector, Rev Canon Guy Bridgewater, said: "The Celebration Service is a chance to express our gratitude to God - and to everyone who has helped renew Bath Abbey by their generosity, patient faith and hard work.

The service will include music from the abbey's choirs, interviews with some of the people involved in the Footprint Project and a sermon from the guest preacher, the Dean of Westminster Abbey, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle. "The vision of a fully restored Abbey floor, and greatly enhanced facilities for welcome, worship and ministry with the city and its visitors, has been gloriously fulfilled - and there are so many thank-yous now to be said," Canon Bridgewater added.Project director Nathan Ward said: "We've finally reached a point where the construction has finished and we can take over the spaces.

He added: "There's a huge amount of people involved in the project... and we're now finally seeing it and giving tours for people who were involved early on.The visitor centre is due to open later in the year.Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend David Hoyle, will also hold a sermon at the service

19 million pounds to restore a damned abbey, imagin how many homeless hungry children that could have helped. The only churches, cathedrals and abbeys should be the woods and forests.

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