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.
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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
| Sunday, 8th September 2024 | ||
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| Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity | ||
| The Accession of His Majesty The King, 2022 | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | The National Anthem |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| live-streamed; sung by the Lay Vicars | Byrd Mass for three voices Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | The National Anthem Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave |
| given by Richard Gowers | Mendelssohn arr Best Overture to St Paul |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Darke in F Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| View Order of Service | ||
News
Westminster Abbey celebrates poets and poetry in Voice and Verse events season this autumn
Wednesday, 4th September 2024
St Margaret’s holds a Service for the New Parliament
Tuesday, 23rd July 2024
A Service of Thanksgiving in the 30th year of South Africa’s democracy
Tuesday, 16th July 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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