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• The Cloisters

  The Cloisters date mainly from the 13th to the 15th centuries and were where the Abbey’s monks spent much of their time.

  Architecture

• Chapter House

  The "incomparable" 13th century Chapter House in the East Cloister was a daily meeting place for the monks and contains many mural paintings.

• Using our library and archives

  The Library and Muniments are now open again to researchers but for more limited times.

• Benedictine monastery

  The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.

  Christianity

• Abbey gardens

  College Garden, within the walls of the Abbey, has been in cultivation for over 900 years. It was used to grow food and medicinal herbs.

• Long Range Desert Group memorial dedicated

  Monday, 9th December 2013

  A memorial to the Long Range Desert Group was dedicated in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th December 2013.

  Long Range Desert Group Memorial dedication

• Westminster Abbey to install fountain to mark Capability Brown anniversary

  Wednesday, 7th September 2016

  Westminster Abbey will install a fountain in the centre of its principal Cloister to commemorate the tercentenary this year of the birth of Lancelot (Capability) Brown, the great landscape gardener.

  Capability Brown

• HRH The Princess Royal to dedicate Armed Forces Memorial

  Friday, 17th October 2008

  HRH The Princess Royal will dedicate a memorial in the Abbey’s South Cloister later this month to commemorate all those in the British armed forces who have died in conflicts throughout the world since the Second World War.

  Armed Forces Memorial

• Column Capital from St Edward the Confessor’s cloister, about 1100

  Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see this column capital, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.

• Creation Lates: Summer sessions

  Wednesday, 17th July 2024

  Explore the Abbey after hours and enjoy live music in the Cloisters.

  Events Creation

• The Dedication of the Intelligence Services' Centenary Plaque

  Wednesday, 14th October 2009

  Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended the Dedication on Wednesday 14th October 2009 in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey of a Plaque marking the Centenary of the Intelligence Services.

  Intelligence Services

• ‘Capability’ Brown fountain dedicated

  Wednesday, 30th May 2018

  A fountain in Westminster Abbey’s cloister garth to commemorate the tercentenary of the great 18th century landscape gardener Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was dedicated after Evensong.

  Alan Titchmarsh

• Alexander and Scipio Duroure

  Soldier

  General Alexander Duroure (or Du Roure) is buried in the east cloister. On the wall nearby is a monument to Alexander and his brother, Scipio.

• Food & drink

  Relax over delicious food and drink, whether you’re visiting Westminster Abbey or not. The Cellarium Café and Terrace serves meals throughout the day.

• Teresa Sciaccaluga

  Maria Teresa Sciaccaluga, a daughter of Bartolomeo Valle, merchant, was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey on 2nd November 1766.

• Sackville Whittle

  Physician and Doctor

  Sackville Whittle, surgeon to King Charles II, was buried in the north cloister. He was born about 1631 and was a son of William Whittle.

• Elizabeth Hollingworth

  In the area called the Dark Cloister, leading to the Little Cloister, is a wall tablet to Elizabeth Hollingworth, widow of William.

• Service of Thanksgiving for Anthony Harvey

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Reverend Dr Anthony Harvey was held at Westminster Abbey at 6.30pm on Tuesday 15th January 2019.

• Thomas Waldron

  Physician

  Dr Thomas Waldron, physician in ordinary to Charles II, was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey on 14th February 1677.

• Elizabeth Woodfall

  Elizabeth, daughter of printer Henry Sampson Woodfall, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey. Her tablet no longer remains.