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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.

Today's services

Sunday, 30th August 2026
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Morning Prayer Quire
said with hymns
Order of Service available View Order of Service
11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of St Barnabas, Dulwich

Bednall St Martin's Service
Hubbard O Holy Spirit, come to us, we pray
Vierne Allegro (Symphonie II)

Preacher: The Reverend Aidan Platten Canon Precentor, Norwich Cathedral

Order of Service available View Order of Service
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of St Barnabas, Dulwich

Trendell Responses
Wood Collegium Regale
Mathias Let the people praise thee, O God
Whitlock Fanfare

Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon in Residence

Order of Service available View Order of Service
5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Thomas Hawkes

Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543
Franck Cantabile
Guilmant Final (Organ Sonata I in D minor Op 42)

6.00pm Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said with hymns

Preacher: The Reverend Paul Nicholson Priest Vicar

Order of Service available View Order of Service

Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.

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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

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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