Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...

Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. The service always includes one or ...

Enjoy a peaceful, self-guided visit to Westminster Abbey after hours, with time and space to explore at your own pace. Experience Westminster Abbey in a quieter light during our special Wednesday late ...

The monument to Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526-1596) in St John the Baptist's chapel is the tallest in Westminster Abbey, at thirty-six feet high. It is made of alabaster and marble with a ...

Near the west door of Westminster Abbey is a statue to politician and philanthropist Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. It was unveiled on 1st October 1888 and is by the sculptor Sir ...

The ashes of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon are buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. His wife was later buried with him. The small lozenge shaped stone originally read: Freeman ...

He was born in Hull on 24th August 1759, the only son of Robert and Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Bird). The family had long been settled in Yorkshire. William was educated in Hull and at St John's ...

The Duchess of Sussex has sent the bouquet she carried during her wedding ceremony at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, to Westminster Abbey to rest on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. This is a ...

to the glory of your name. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili ...

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent today attended a service of Thanksgiving to mark 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The Duke, the charity’s President, was joined in the ...

The Queen’s Window, a new stained-glass window by David Hockney celebrating the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which was recently installed in the north transept of Westminster Abbey, was ...

A medieval silk seal bag dating from the reign of King Henry III has gone on public display for the first time in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey following the discovery by ...