News and events
Abbey re-opens for services
Friday, 3rd July 2020
Abbey mourns Canon Tuckwell
Monday, 29th June 2020
Welcome to Westminster Abbey
A royal church and World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
About the AbbeyWorshipping at the Abbey
We've re-opened for private prayer and will resume holding regular daily services from Sunday 5th July.
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Podcast
Abbeycast, a podcast produced in a locked down Westminster Abbey, is released every Sunday morning and on other days to mark festivals and events. Each episode features a reading, short address, anthem, prayers, blessing and music from our Choir.
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Virtual tours
While we're closed to worshippers and visitors, why not take a virtual tour of the Abbey.
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Our history
The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, and is the final resting place of 17 monarchs. The church we see today was begun by Henry III in 1245. It’s one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country, and has the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint at its heart.
The Abbey's history
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 homeVisit 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.
We are not selling tickets to visit the Abbey at this time.
Today's services
| Friday, 3rd July 2020 | ||
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| St Thomas the Apostle | ||
| There are no services on this day | ||
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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 shopI’ve worked here for over thirty years and have seen many of the major services - it’s strange to realise that you are in a small way part of history.
