Welcome to Westminster Abbey

Welcome to Westminster Abbey

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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

Tuesday, 21st March 2023
Services on this day are yet to be published. Please check back later, or see our Regular Services page.

The Abbey is open for Private Prayer 10.00am-3.30pm, Monday-Saturday.

News and Events

A brass band plays a concert in College Garden, Westminster Abbey

X Brass on the Grass lunchtime music X

Tuesday, 8th August 2023

12:00 (doors open) - 2:00pm
College Garden
Free (no booking required)

Peter Holder posed in Westminster Abbey

X Summer Organ Festival: Thomas Trotter X

Wednesday, 9th August 2023

7:00pm - 8:10pm
The Abbey
£15

Being the Church in the 21st century: challenges for a young global communion

Being the Church in the 21st century: challenges for a young global communion

Thursday, 10th August 2023

10.00am - 4.30pm
Jerusalem Chamber
Free, booking required

Symposium: Hope in Adversity

Symposium: Hope in Adversity

Wednesday, 16th August 2023

12.45pm - 2.00pm
Cheyneygates
Free, booking required

Released for Mission: thinking and living our structures theologically

Released for Mission: thinking and living our structures theologically

Event cancelled

Thursday, 17th August 2023

10.00am - 4.30pm
Jerusalem Chamber
Free, booking required

Peter Holder posed in Westminster Abbey

X Summer Organ Festival: Thomas Trotter X

Tuesday, 22nd August 2023

7:00pm - 8:10pm
The Abbey
£15

The Charles Gore Lecture: A Theology of Hope for the 21st Century

The Charles Gore Lecture: A Theology of Hope for the 21st Century

Thursday, 24th August 2023

6.30pm - 7.45pm
The Abbey
Free, booking required

Lecture: The Vital Role of Hope in Conflict Resolution

Lecture: The Vital Role of Hope in Conflict Resolution

Thursday, 24th August 2023

6.30pm - 7.45pm
Lady Chapel
Free, booking required

Sunlight shining through the stonework in the Cloisters, Westminster Abbey

X Summer Sessions X

Thursday, 10th August 2023

4.00pm - 8.00pm
Cloister entrance
£7 - £18

Abbey Insider: The Queens’ Diamond Jubilee Galleries

Abbey Insider: The Queens’ Diamond Jubilee Galleries

Thursday, 10th August 2023

12.00pm - 1.00pm
Cheyneygates
£10 per ticket for members of the Association