Ely Cathedral - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The cathedral appears on the horizon in the cover photo of Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell.
  • A number of John Rutter's choral albums feature the cathedral, a reference to early recordings of his music being performed and recorded in the Lady chapel.
  • Direct references to the cathedral appear in the children's book Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce. A full-length movie with the same title was released in 1999.
  • A section of the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age was filmed at the cathedral.
  • Filming for The Other Boleyn Girl took place at the cathedral in August 2007.
  • Parts of Marcus Sedgwick's 2000 novel Floodland take place at the cathedral after the sea has consumed the land around it turning Ely into an island.
  • Direct references to Ely Cathedral are made in Jill Dawson's novel Watch Me Disappear.
  • A week's filming took place in November 2009 at the cathedral, when it substituted for Westminster Abbey in The King's Speech.

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