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What to see and do

There are many parts of the Abbey you’ll want to see when you visit. Explore the most popular spots to find out which interests you.

Multimedia guide

Use our multimedia guide when visiting the Abbey. You can download the guide on your mobile or tablet, or use a device we supply.

Visiting Choirs at Westminster Abbey

When the Abbey Choir is on leave, visiting choirs are welcomed, upholding the Abbey’s pattern of choral services.

Trust in public life

Miroslav Volf gives the annual Gore Lecture on God, Gratitude, and Being at Home in the World.

Stand and be counted

Stand and Be Counted offered lectures and symposia for all those concerned with the health of Politics.

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.

Architecture

Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2015

Sunday, 18th January 2015

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

14th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 6th May 1999

Delivered by The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 6th May 1999 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Monday, 19th September 2022

Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death.

State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Advent II Reflection: God who wants to be known

Sunday, 8th December 2024

"God wants to be known in history" says The Reverend Canon Mark Birch, as he reflects on the Luke's gospel for the Second Sunday of Advent.

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

Sunday, 9th September 2018

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: The quiet victory of the pale Galilean. Lest we forget that social media might be a force for good in.

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 Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2017

Sunday, 5th February 2017

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2017: Justice for all Our Old Testament and Gospel readings make it sound like God is very cross with us today. .

Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday after Trinity 2015

Sunday, 7th June 2015

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

Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2017

Sunday, 7th May 2017

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

It is a proper tribute to Charles Gore, Canon of Westminster, bishop successively of three dioceses, founder of the Community of the Resurrection and distinguished theologian, that a lecture should be named in his honour.

Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2015

Friday, 25th December 2015

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

Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday before Lent 2017

Sunday, 19th February 2017

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

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018

Sunday, 15th July 2018

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018: Who’s in charge? It can matter quite a lot. Who’s in charge? Sometimes the question is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter.

Address given at the Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving on Remembrance Sunday 2024

Sunday, 10th November 2024

Being accurate and honest about the past is constant, hard work.