Westminster Abbey and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The Abbey remains open for worship and you are welcome to join us at our daily Eucharist service if you are able to travel here safely within current government guidelines.
However, for the time being we are unable to open the Abbey and St Margaret’s Church for general visiting.
Welcome to Westminster Abbey
A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
About the AbbeyVisit the Abbey
Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
Take a virtual tourNews and events
A Celebration for Commonwealth Day to be shown on BBC One
Monday, 22nd February 2021
Lord-Lieutenant appointed Abbey’s High Bailiff
Friday, 19th February 2021
Passion and Pandemic: Seminar I
Monday, 22nd March 2021
1:15pm - 2:00pm | Online | Free, booking required
Podcast
Abbeycast, a podcast produced at Westminster Abbey, is released to mark feast days and major anniversaries. Each episode features a reading, short address, anthem, prayers, blessing and music from our Choir. Listen now
Virtual tours
While we're closed to visitors, why not take a virtual tour of the Abbey.
Explore the Abbey
Home learning resources
Explore our free, downloadable home learning resources about Westminster Abbey. These cover a variety of subject areas across multiple key stages, meaning you can keep learning wherever you are.
Learn at home
Support Us
Support from our visitors and donors helps us care for the Abbey and keeps us open as a living working church. We are independent and receive no funding from the Church, the Government or, the Crown. So, your help really counts.
How you can help
Shop at the Abbey
View our exclusive range of products. Every purchase supports our work.
Visit our shopHaving a daily relationship with a 1000 year old garden is a joy.
