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
| Sunday, 31st August 2025 | ||
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| Eleventh Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.00am | Morning Prayer | Quire |
| said with hymns | ||
| View Order of Service | ||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of St Barnabas, Dulwich | Stanford Communion Service in C Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of St Barnabas, Dulwich | Ayleward Responses Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Robert Mackley Vicar, St Mary the Less, Cambridge |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave |
| given by Victoria Ulriksen | Grieg arr Nordstoga Praeludium (Holberg Suite) |
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| 6.00pm | Holy Communion | St Margaret's Church |
| said with hymns | Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| View Order of Service | ||
News
Abbey launches Ukrainian-language multimedia guide tour
Tuesday, 19th August 2025
Abbey marks 80th anniversary of VJ Day
Monday, 18th August 2025
Enjoy summer at the Abbey
Friday, 11th July 2025
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
We're constructing a new building - named in honour of HM The King - to transform the welcome we offer to the millions of people who come to the Abbey to enjoy one of the world’s great churches.
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