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Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
Today's services
| Thursday, 1st October 2026 | ||
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| Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, social reformer, 1885 | ||
| Thérèse of Lisieux, religious, 1897 | ||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | St Faith's Chapel |
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | St Faith's Chapel |
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ley A Prayer of King Henry VI |
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| View Order of Service | ||
Latest news
Judges mark the start of the new legal year 2026
Thursday, 1st October 2026
Abbey marks 86th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Sunday, 20th September 2026
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.
The King Charles III Sacristy
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