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• The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

  High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of Corpus Christi 2018

  Thursday, 31st May 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of Corpus Christi 2018: Might it have been said to Jesus, "Wonderful, Master, but what does it mean?" There is a story about the composer Robert Schumann..

• The Quire

  Come to one of the daily choral services at Westminster Abbey and you will hear our Choir singing from their stalls in the quire.

  Architecture

• Pyx Chamber

  The Pyx Chamber is one of the oldest surviving parts of Westminster Abbey. This room in the east cloister is part of the Undercroft which was built about 1070.

• 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.

• Royal tombs

  Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.

  Royalty

• Processional banners

  We have six processional banners, which are carried at festivals and certain special services. At other times, they’re usually displayed either side of the altar.

  Art

• 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.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2016

  Sunday, 24th January 2016

  Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

  Sunday, 16th September 2018

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: How we judge others says far more about us, than how we are judged by others. Just a few moments ago,.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist with Inauguration of St Margaret's Choristers

  Sunday, 1st October 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist with Inauguration of St Margaret's Choristers: This is wonderful, but it is also a little awkward. This is a bit awkward. Mainly, this is wonderful, but.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter 2024

  Sunday, 12th May 2024

  They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

• The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 1

  Tuesday, 15th February 2005

  Before I moved to Westminster Abbey, I used to live near an Immigration Detention Centre. Three years ago, just before Christmas, I heard there was no priest working at the Chaplaincy.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday of Advent 2015

  Sunday, 13th December 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Cosmati Pavement

  The Cosmati Pavement was laid down in 1268 by order of Henry III who had started re-building the Abbey in the new Gothic style.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Lent 2015

  Sunday, 8th March 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Chaplain.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2015

  Sunday, 29th November 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon Theologian.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2017

  Sunday, 4th June 2017

  Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2017

  Sunday, 6th August 2017

  Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Birch Minor Canon and Sacrist.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2017

  Sunday, 3rd September 2017

  Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Birch Minor Canon and Sacrist.