Welcome to Westminster Abbey
Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
Visit the Abbey
A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
Open for visiting tomorrow from 9.30am until 3.30pm
Today's services
| Tuesday, 15th October 2024 | ||
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| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | ||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire |
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Shrine |
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave |
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral | plainsong Iste confessor Domini |
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| View Order of Service | ||
News
HM The Queen visits Abbey's Sacristy project
Thursday, 3rd October 2024
Judges mark the start of the new legal year 2024
Tuesday, 1st October 2024
Happy ending for Brontë memorial in 85th anniversary year
Thursday, 26th September 2024
About the Abbey
An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated.
Autumn Season: Voice and Verse
Poets’ Corner is a literary pilgrimage like no other. Join us this season as we celebrate the power of words and stories penned by historic and emerging poets. Discover new ways of seeing the world through their captivating verses.
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Support from our visitors and donors helps us care for the Abbey and keeps us open as a living working church. We are independent and receive no funding from the Church, the Government or, the Crown. So, your help really counts.
