Canterbury Cathedral was put forward as a potential venue for Covid vaccinations but the offer was rejected, it has been revealed.

Bosses at the Dean & Chapter, which manages the world famous landmark, contacted health chiefs at the start of the inoculation programme.

But the offer was turned down as a sufficient number of sites to administer vaccines were already secured.

The city's MP Rosie Duffield said this weekend it would make "perfect sense" for the place of worship to follow in the footsteps of several of other cathedrals and become a jab clinic.

She tweeted to state that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, was in favour of the idea.

But the Cathedral has today revealed its services were not required.

A spokesman said: "Canterbury Cathedral was offered as a potential vaccination site to NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group at the start of the inoculation programme, but was not required as a sufficient number of sites had already been identified.

"If the Cathedral can be of use as a vaccination site in the future, we are keen to help."

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