St Margaret's Church

St Margaret’s Church

St. Margaret’s, known as ‘the Church on Parliament Square’, is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey. It’s also sometimes called ‘the parish church of the House of Commons’.

The Church on Parliament Square

St. Margaret’s is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey also known as ‘The Parliamentary Church'

Service times

28th May - 3rd June 2023
Sunday, 28th May 2023
Day of Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
9.00am Morning Prayer St Margaret's Church
said with hymns
View Order of Service
6.00pm Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said with hymns

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Precentor

View Order of Service
Saturday, 3rd June 2023
8.00am Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said
8.40am Morning Prayer St Margaret's Church
said

WORSHIPPERS ATTENDING SERVICES ENTER FREE OF CHARGE. ALL ARE WELCOME.

Service times and locations may change at short notice. Security checks are in place upon entry.

Opening hours

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Tuesday, 30th May 2023
St Margaret's Church 10.30am - 3.30pm

Recent developments at St Margaret’s

Find out more about the current status of worship at St Margaret's as well as plans for the future

The future of St Margaret's

Upcoming events at St Margaret's Church

White marble tomb effigy of Elizabeth I wearing a crown and holding a sceptre and orb

Tracy Borman talk: Crown and Sceptre - 1,000 years of kings and queens

Friday, 2nd June 2023

6.00pm - 7.30pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Alice Hunt and Anna Whitelock talk: The British Coronation - past, present, future

Alice Hunt and Anna Whitelock talk: The British Coronation - past, present, future

Wednesday, 7th June 2023

6.00pm - 7.30pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Missal initial depicting a coronation

Helen Carr talk: Crowning a nation - Coronation and historical memory

Thursday, 22nd June 2023

6.00pm - 7.30pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Interior of St Margaret's Church, Westminster

St Margaret’s people

Clergy, musicians, bell-ringers, vergers and support staff – these are just some of the people running St Margaret’s.

Meet our people

How to get to St Margaret's Church

St Margaret's Church, St Margaret St, London SW1P 3JX

Underground

Westminster (Jubilee, District & Circle Lines)
St. James’s Park (District and Circle Lines)

National Rail

London Victoria (0.8 miles)
London Waterloo (0.8 miles)

Buses

Find your best journey via the Transport for London website