Visitors and children are always warmly welcomed at any of our services.

The main morning service is at 11am. From Easter Sunday to Remembrance we are in the Cathedral and then from Remembrance to Palm Sunday in Little Dunkeld Kirk.


Dunkeld Cathedral - 11am
(Easter to Remembrance Sunday)

Disabled Access & Loop Sound System

Little Dunkeld - 11am
(Sunday after Remembrance to Palm Sunday) Disabled Access & Loop Sound System

St. Anne's Dowally - 2pm
(Services are held on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of the month) No Disabled Access or Loop Sound System

Servite House
On the first Sunday of the month at 3pm. a group from the local churches leads a service in the sitting room of the Servite Sheltered Housing complex. Visitors and friends are always welcome.

Rivendell House
A service is held in the local residential home on the third Thursday of the month. In March, June September and December the usual service is preceded by a short celebration of communion.

Dunkeld Cathedral Chancel

Celebration of the Sacrament of Communion
is celebrated at 11am and 6.30pm on the first Sundays of March, June, September and December every year. On the Sunday following each of these there is a communion service at Dowally.

Service Recordings
Recordings of services on CD and tape are available each week.
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Stepping Stones
Children are always welcome at worship and during school term ‘Stepping Stones’ (for children up to Primary 7) takes place during the service. When Stepping Stones is not on small children can get a ‘happy bag’ with activities and a Bible story book to keep them occupied during the sermon. Just ask a duty elder for one when you come in.
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Church Music
A CD entitled "The Bells, Choir and Organ of Dunked Cathedral.", under Organist and Choir Director, Michael Anderson, MA, FRCO. The CD, costing £10, can be purchased by contacting the Session Clerk.

For suggested readings and music for weddings
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Dunkeld Cathedral

Dunkeld Cathedral
The Cathedral sits on a site of Christian worship stretching back to the late 6th. century. Construction was started in the mid 13th. century but the building was only complete for around 100 years when the Reformation led to serious damage. The Choir was restored after the Reformation and continues to be used as the Parish church today.

Little Dunkeld

Little Dunkeld
 Built just a few years before the Telford Bridge, Little Dunkeld takes its name from its location and not its size. It served as the Parish church for the area south of the River Tay and the two parishes (Cathedral and Little Dunkeld) were united in 1974.

St. Anne's Church, Dowally

St. Anne's Dowally
 Dowally is situated on the A9 about 4 miles north of Dunkeld and has always been part of the parish of Dunkeld. A lovely little building it was modified by using paneling from the Cathedral after it was renovated in 1908. It also inherited the original organ from the Cathedral which still works today!

Full Parish Details


Our Minister
The Revd. R Fraser Penny was inducted to the Parish of Dunkeld in January 2001, after ministries at the New Wellwynd Parish Church in Airdrie, Lanarkshire and before that, Harray and Sandwick in Orkney.
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Church of Scotland
As the Parish Church of Dunkeld, we are part of the Church of Scotland.  The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in structure and has been since the settlement after the Glorious Revolution in 1688. The term Presbyterian refers to the style of church government based on a series of courts (or committees). Each local church has a Kirk Session which consists in the minister and a number of elders. Each minister and an elder from every parish is a member of the Presbytery which has oversight of a larger area and the supreme court of the church is the General Assembly which meets annually in Edinburgh.

You don't have to be a member of the Church of Scotland to worship with us, but we warmly invite your membership in our national church.
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Described as the Gateway to Highland Perthshire, Dunkeld is a beautiful small town which is easy to find from all directions.
By Road on the A9
Approximately 12 miles north of Perth and 12 miles south of Pitlochry.
Full Directions Map of Directions

By Train

Scotrail run regular train services to Dunkeld & Birnam and the train station is within easy walking distance of the Cathedral, accommodation and all amenities.
Timetables