As well as being a place of worship, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated.
Find out more about the Abbey’s historyAlthough Westminster Abbey was founded in 960AD, the building we see today dates from the reign of Henry III in the 13th century.
Learn more about our architectural historyThe Abbey suffered damage during World War Two, but daily worship continued.
How the Abbey survivedA chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain.
Discover moreYou are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened.