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Answers to frequently asked questions about visiting Westminster Abbey, including opening hours, ticket prices, accessibility, facilities, getting here, and what's on.

The Baby

Christmas is one of the most special festivals in the Christian calendar. Make yourself comfortable as you explore the story of Jesus' birth and create Christmas crafts to bring festive cheer to your home. Enjoy weekly over advent or indulge in one sitting and take a moment to think about what the Christmas story means to you.

Christmas Day Reflection

Wednesday, 25th December 2024

Hear the good news of Christ's coming with The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster.

Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2018

Tuesday, 25th December 2018

The heart of the joy of Christmas gives almost universal pleasure.

Sermon Christmas Day 2023

Monday, 25th December 2023

Sermon Christmas Day 2023: In the beginning was the Word. Now, I need some room, some leeway. this morning. Perhaps, and please, you might be patient? I do know it is Christmas.

Christmas Day: The Beginning of Everything

Wednesday, 24th December 2025

Merry Christmas from Westminster Abbey! In this reflection, the Dean of Westminster explores the good news of Jesus' birth through the Gospel of John.

Sermon given at Midnight Mass at Christmas 2018

Monday, 24th December 2018

‘When the angels had left them, the shepherds said one to another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”’

Reflection: Second Sunday of Advent

Monday, 1st January 0001

Read or watch the reflection from the Second Sunday in Advent 2023, Making a good beginning

Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016

Sunday, 25th December 2016

Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016: What’s in a name? What’s in a name? The famous quotation from Shakespeare assures us that a rose by any other name would smell as.

Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017

Sunday, 24th December 2017

Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Every tall story comes true It was the smell that first alerted her. Not an unpleasant smell, not at all, just.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of Christmas Day 2024

Wednesday, 25th December 2024

...but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son.

Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2026

Sunday, 18th January 2026

What are we looking for?

Misericords

The word misericord comes from the Latin misericordia, meaning pity or mercy. These hinged oak seats in the chapel tip up to form a ledge.

Art

Advent Reflection #1: Who are we expecting?

Sunday, 1st December 2024

Listen as The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, reflects on Luke’s gospel passage for the First Sunday of Advent.

Feast of the Epiphany Reflection: God made manifest

Sunday, 5th January 2025

Join The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, on the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord, as he explores why Christ’s birth matters.

Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2015

Sunday, 20th December 2015

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

Sermon Given at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2015

Thursday, 24th December 2015

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

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..

Sermon at Ascension Day 2019

Thursday, 30th May 2019

We celebrate today the last of our Lord’s resurrection appearances.

Ascension Day

Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019

Tuesday, 24th December 2019

It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.

Midnight Mass