Service in which the Holy Scriptures are read, prayers offered, and bread and wine consecrated and received as the body and ...
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Organ recitals are held in the Abbey every Sunday afternoon. These 30-minute concerts are free of charge and a wide range of ...
Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquis of Londonderry, politician, was buried in the centre of the north transept of Westminster Abbey, to the south of the grave of William Pitt and his ...
The over life-size white marble bust of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 1st March 1884, on a pillar near to the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer. Funds ...
This Sung Eucharist commemorates the Last Supper, where Jesus broke bread with his disciples, and washed their feet as a sign ...
If you buy an online ticket via the Westminster Abbey website you can upgrade it to an annual pass free of charge. This will enable you to visit the Abbey three times for the price of one. Simply ask ...
Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families and more – there’s something for everyone at the Abbey. Many of our events are free and open to anyone.
The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...
A service to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) will take place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2025 as the nation comes together to honour and pay tribute to ...
James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed as Professor in the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He will leave the Abbey ...