A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
About the AbbeyCoronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
Book ticketsOpen for visiting today from 9.30am until 3.30pm
| Monday, 26th October 2020 | ||
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| St Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664 | ||
| St Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, scholar, 899 | ||
| 8.00am | Morning Prayer | Nave |
| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave |
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| The Book of Common Prayer; sung by the Lay Vicars | Byrd Look down, O Lord |
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Tuesday, 13th October 2020
Friday, 9th October 2020
Wednesday, 28th October 2020
Various times | Online | Free, booking required
A museum high above the Abbey floor, with amazing views and fascinating objects to see.
Find out moreSupport 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 helpView 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.
