The Dean of Lincoln Cathedral has said the famous landmark needs to do more to attract visitors.

The Very Reverend Alec Knight said it was the only major cathedral not to have a dedicated visitor officer and that many facilities need upgrading.

His comments came after a review which has led to a shake-up of the cathedral's management structure.

The changes include the creation of new posts including a director of music and a manager of fabric estates to oversee conservation of the cathedral.

'Visitor experience'

But there will be no new visitor officer because there is no money for one.

Mr Knight said the reveiew had looked at the "visitor experience".

"It is clear that a number of our facilities need to be upgraded.

The cathedral is a wonderful building leaving many visitors amazed by its size and beauty

Alec Knight Cathedral dean

"We need new toilets, the signs inside and around the cathedral need to be brought up to date and it would be good to have proper exhibition space for some of the wonderful treasures that the cathedral owns."

He said 150,000 people visit Lincoln Cathedral every year but said that could be increased.

Organ Laureate

"We recognise that whilst the cathedral is a wonderful building leaving many visitors amazed by its size and beauty and heartened by the warmth of the welcome they receive, if it is to remain an attraction of quality we can't stand still.

"Therefore we need to appoint a visitor officer who will help us to achieve Lincoln as a 'centre of excellence' for visitors from home and abroad.

"We do not have the funds to appoint anybody to this post yet, but hope that the moves that we are making towards realising the cathedral's potential will eventually enable us to make such an appointment."

Under the management shake-up, Colin Walsh, the current organist and master of choristers, will take on a new role as Organ Laureate which will see him continuing to play at the cathedral.