Hello, The gate is at the back of the chapel!

Thats out of regular term time for any year.

Ring the college porters lodge they will be able to advise you on times 🙂

No - sorry. Services only take place during term time. The last Evensong of this term is Sunday 7 July.

Sorry for the delay in replying. We now operate a ticketing system for this service. If you wish to attend, please come to the College early on Christmas Eve morning, with some photographic identification. A queue will form in the early hours and we will begin distributing tickets at approximately 7am. Each ticket will be for a specific seat in the Chapel and valid only for the person who collects it. As the number of tickets is limited, you are advised to arrive in good time. Those who do receive tickets will be invited to come back after 1:30pm to gain admission to the Chapel. Only one ticket will be given per person; approximately 500 will be available.

You need to come to the front gate of the College on King's Parade approx 30 minutes before the start of the service. To check the times of services please look at the Chapel services page on the website where you can download a pdf of the services this term (NB choral services are only during term time).

Evensong is at 5.30 pm Monday to Saturday and 3.30 pm on Sunday during term time (please note that there are no choral services out of term). Tickets are not required. Just come to the front gate of the College, on King's Parade, 30 minutes before the start time of the service. Full details of all services can be found on the Chapel Services page on the College website.

Evensong happens every day during the university term. Roughly that means early October to early December, mid January to Easter, Easter to early July. Check the college web site for exact dates.

Beetee200. I am hoping against hope that it was a joke post by a student - ditto the one about the senseless opulence.

Last year, the last people were admitted into the college to queue about 9.00am, having been waiting outside on King's Parade before this. Your 'ticket' is a booklet with information about the service, and so you're free to come and go, as long as you take it with you and show the porters at the gate each time you come back in. They print the same number of booklets as there are seats, but often a few College members with tickets will not turn up, or those queueing will decide to leave, and so some of those in the reserve queue outside the gate (perhaps 15 or 20) might also get a seat. (I know someone in this situation last year, who arrived about 9.30 but got a place.) However, as you suggest, it's worth getting there earlier. There is a regular group who queue overnight, but the first year we queued, we arrived about 4.30am and were around 15th in the queue. You're right in that the earlier you are, the better (closer to the choir) the seat you'll get. Some are in the chapel itself, but most are in the ante-chapel (behind the organ screen), where you'll hear the service but won't see as much. That's a rather long and rambling answer - I hope it's helpful. It's a wonderful experience, and there's always a great atmosphere in the queue, with strangers talking to one another for hours!