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The Cathedral Visitor's Centre
 As part of the Millennium Quarter
redevelopment the Cathedral used a narrow office building called
Hanging Bridge Chambers, seen below, to create a Visitors' Centre.
Designed by the Hurd Rolland Partnership, the building has the usual
features including an interactive interpretation centre, lecture
facilities, a shop and a restaurant.
 However, it is in the basement
that you find the "Jewel in the Crown".
 In the centre's restaurant you will find the
substantial remains of the 1421 Hanging Bridge. This is the bridge that
carried people over the now culvetted watercourse of Hanging Ditch to
the Cathedral.
 Two arches of the Tudor bridge have been exposed. As you can see, the arch on the left has 3 prominent ribs that were probably added at a later date to strengthen the bridge. Below you can see the portion of the bridge that is exposed outside of the building.  Here is an artists representation of the
bridge carrying people across the Hanging Ditch on to the
Cathedral grounds.
 ******** I took a photograph of the
building in the 1980s on the Catheaton Street side. At that time
it was being used as a Tandoori Restaurant.
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