Events at Westminster Abbey

Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families and more – there’s something for everyone at the Abbey. Many of our events are free and open to anyone.

Our in-person events are held at Westminster Abbey, London. Our online events are available worldwide.

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Photograph of top of tuba, part of a brass band, with building around College Garden including Westminster Abbey in the background

Summer: Brass on the Grass

16th July - 27th August 2025

College Garden
Free (no booking required)

Abbey unlocked tour - July

Abbey unlocked tour - July

1st - 30th July 2025

The Abbey
£150. Tickets will be released on Tuesday, 20th May 2025 at 2pm BST.

Hidden Highlights tour - July

Hidden Highlights tour - July

1st - 30th July 2025

The Abbey
£15

Photograph of member of the public chatting with member of staff wearing a red gown as part of visiting within Westminster Abbey

Summer: Wednesday Abbey Lates

23rd July - 20th August 2025 (selected dates)

The Abbey
Included in the price of admission

Photograph of quire screen ceiling covered in stars with illustrated figures of a family looking and pointing added on top

Summer: Stars and Planets Family Day

29th & 31st July 2025 (selected dates)

10:00am - 1:00pm
College Garden
Free (booking required)

Photograph of visitors in the cloister garth, an area of grass, within Westminster Abbey, listening to a musician playing the guitar

Summer: Evenings at the Abbey

30th July - 27th August 2025 (selected dates)

The Abbey
Included in the price of admission

Abbey unlocked tour - August

Abbey unlocked tour - August

1st - 29th August 2025

8.30am - 10.00am
The Abbey
£150. Tickets will be released on Tuesday, 17 June 2025 at 2pm BST.

Hidden Highlights tour - August

Hidden Highlights tour - August

1st - 30th August 2025

10:00am and 12:30pm
The Abbey
£15

Photograph of a hand holding a pen sketching on a large piece of paper with grass in the background

Summer: Art at the Abbey workshops

1st - 22nd August 2025 (selected dates)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloister entrance
Free (booking required)

Photograph of the back of two tourists taken photographs with their phones standing within College Garden in Westminster Abbey

Summer: Local Lives Walking Tour

2nd - 21st August 2025 (selected dates)

11:00am - 12:15pm
North Green
Free (booking required)

Westminster Abbey Garden Tour

Westminster Abbey Garden Tour

4th - 18th August 2025

10:00am
College Garden
£15 (plus booking fee)

Photograph of the greenhouse in College Garden within Westminster Abbey, a wooden structure with plant pots outside

Summer: Gardening tips for small spaces

5th & 19th August 2025 (selected dates)

10:30am - 12:00pm
College Garden
Free (booking required)

Photograph of female storyteller smiling and gesturing with other adults listening withing the cloisters of Westminster Abbey

Summer: Stories from the Stones tour

6th - 26th August 2025 (selected dates)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cloister entrance
Free (booking required)

Photograph of the cloisters in Westminster Abbey with illustrated figures of a boy, Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII added on top

Summer: Covert and Classified Family Day

12th & 14th August 2025 (selected dates)

10:00am - 1:00pm
College Garden
Free (booking required)

Close-up photograph of woman holding a book and turning the pages

Summer: Poetry at the Abbey workshop

14th - 28th August 2025 (selected dates)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloister entrance
Free (booking required)

Photograph of groups of visitors sitting on chairs within the garth, an area of grass, with the stone cloisters and West Towers of Westminster Abbey in the background

Summer: Evening in the cloisters

Thursday, 21st August 2025

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Cloister entrance
Free (booking required)

Photograph of illustrated lion and bird overlaid on photograph of College Garden in Westminster Abbey

Summer: Wild Westminster Family Day

26th & 28th August 2025 (selected dates)

10:00am - 1:00pm
College Garden
Free (booking required)

Abbey unlocked tour - September

Abbey unlocked tour - September

1st - 23rd September 2025

8.30am - 10.00am
The Abbey
£150. Tickets will be released on Tuesday, 15 July 2025 at 2pm BST.

Lunchtime Talk: Enshrined in Gothic Glory

Lunchtime Talk: Enshrined in Gothic Glory

Wednesday, 10th September 2025

1:00pm - 1:50pm
St Margaret's Church
£5

Charles Gore lecture: Theology for Commonwealth: God’s Dreaming, Common Worth, Planetary Communion

Charles Gore lecture: Theology for Commonwealth: God’s Dreaming, Common Worth, Planetary Communion

Wednesday, 17th September 2025

6.30pm - 7.45pm
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

Battle of Britain Service 2024

Battle of Britain Sunday service

Sunday, 21st September 2025

11:00am - 12:00pm
The Abbey
Free (booking required)

The clock tower of St Margaret's Church, Westminster

Events at St Margaret's Church

Find out about the upcoming services and events taking place at St Margaret's Church

Upcoming events at St Margaret's Church

Other Events

Marilynne Robinson giving a lecture at Westminster Abbey in 2017

Institute lectures

View videos and listen to podcasts of past Institute lectures.

Past lectures
A group of children and their parents participate in a family learning session in Westminster Abbey's cloisters

Family days out

We run a lively programme of events for families throughout the year.

Family visiting
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