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• Poets’ Corner

  Poets’ Corner Westminster Abbey is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here.

  Notable people

• Romantic poets

• Victorian poets

• War poets

• Medieval, Tudor and Stuart poets

• Poets' Corner Honour for Elizabeth Gaskell

  Friday, 24th September 2010

  A memorial window panel in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner to the Victorian novelist and biographer Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was dedicated on Saturday 25th September 2010.

  Elizabeth Gaskell Poets' Corner Memorial dedication

• Abbey honours Philip Larkin with Poets’ Corner memorial

  Thursday, 1st December 2016

  A memorial to the poet Philip Larkin CH CBE was dedicated in Poets’ Corner in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on Friday 2nd December 2016.

• Covid vaccination centre opens in Poets' Corner

  Wednesday, 10th March 2021

  The NHS has opened a new Covid-19 vaccination clinic in Westminster Abbey.

  Coronavirus

• Voice and Verse Tour: Beyond Poets’ Corner

  Saturday, 12th October 2024

  Join this journey to bring Poets’ Corner to life as we explore the Abbey through the stories and words of our most famous poets.

  Events Voice and Verse

• Poets’ Corner

  When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

• Voice and Verse 15-Minute Talk: Poets' Corner - October

  Tuesday, 8th October 2024

  Enrich your visit to Westminster Abbey by attending a drop-in talk about the history of Poets’ Corner every Tuesday across the Autumn Season.

• Voice and Verse 15-Minute Talk: Poets' Corner - November

  Tuesday, 5th November 2024

  Enrich your visit to Westminster Abbey by attending a drop-in talk about the history of Poets’ Corner every Tuesday across the Autumn Season.

• Voice and Verse Panel: Poets' Corners Across the Pond

  Thursday, 14th November 2024

  In this special event, speakers from Westminster Abbey, London, and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, jointly reflect on the significance and impact of a Poets' Corner within a place of worship.

• P is for Poets' Corner

  Discover over 1,000 years of faith and history with our brand-new A to Z of Westminster Abbey. Perfect for primary-aged children, and their accompanying adults, these independent and team activities are designed to spark creativity, ignite imaginations and keep young brains ticking, with little or no materials required. Letter-by-letter, uncover the many places, themes and beliefs that can be found within this national place of worship. What are you waiting for?

• Poets' Corner

  Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, and statesmen, poets, heroes and villains. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066.

• Ein kurzer geschichtlicher Überblick der Westminster Abbey

  Die Westminster Abbey ist seit dem Jahr 1066, als Wilhelm der Eroberer König wurde, Krönungskirche. In der Abbey haben zudem zahlreiche königliche Hochzeiten und Begräbnisse, nationale Feierlichkeiten und Gedenkfeiern stattgefunden.

• Een korte geschiedenis van Westminster Abbey

  Westminster Abbey is al sinds 1066 de kroningskerk, toen Willem de Veroveraar er gekroond werd. Ook hebben er in de Abbey tal van koninklijke huwelijken, begrafenissen en nationale vieringen en herdenkingen plaatsgevonden.

• Breve storia dell'Abbazia di Westminster

  Dal 1066, anno di incoronazione di Guglielmo il Conquistatore, l'Abbazia di Westminster è il luogo dove vengono incoronati i sovrani. È stata anche teatro di numerosi matrimoni e funerali reali, ma anche di festeggiamenti nazionali e di commemorazioni.

• 웨스트민스터 사원의 간단한 역사

  웨스트민스터 사원은 윌리엄 1세("정복자 윌리엄")의 대관식을 거행한 1066년 이후로 대관식 교회의 역할을 수행해오고 있습니다. 또한 수많은 왕족의 결혼과 장례식, 국가적 축하 및 기념 행사를 개최한 곳이기도 합니다.

• Lunchtime Talk: Women Poets

  Wednesday, 9th October 2024

  Professor Helen Hackett explores the lives and works of several women poets, considering why only some of them have been memorialised in Westminster Abbey.