Everyone is welcome to attend these recitals, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry. It’s a privilege to live and work here – the Abbey really is the heart of the country and its ...
Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by ...
See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals. You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.
You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened.
A service of Word and Sacrament, according to Common Worship, in which the Holy Scriptures are read, prayers are offered, and bread and wine are consecrated and received as the body and blood of Jesus ...
The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...
Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
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 ...
William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange and Princess Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I of England. He was born at The Hague in Holland on 4th November 1650, a few days after his ...
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 ...
Britain's oldest door can be found in Westminster Abbey, in the passage leading to the Chapter House. The oldest door was dated for the first time in 2005 by the process known as dendrochronology. A ...