Through our local newspaper may I publicly plead for the cathedral to reopen its tea rooms please? When the weather is good there is nowhere better in Chichester to enjoy a drink and a cake. We always took all our visitors there and I would recommend it to tourists. Further enjoyment was added when the local wildlife people put up their viewing tent for us to see the peregrine falcon’s nest. I don’t know why it closed. If supplying hot food, etc, was too costly and non-profitable I’m sure people would be just as happy with a simple tea room. It’s a tragic waste of a brilliant little part of the cathedral and where the church can welcome people. Maybe someone from the diocese would care to comment? See also – Reader letter: Chichester’s Novium Museum should not house council facilities Have you read – Reader letter: Residents of Chichester’s Minerva Heights ‘deserve better’