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• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Advent 2023

  Sunday, 10th December 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Advent 2023: John Baptist’s voice came from the edge, not from the centre of power. Many of you, I expect, will.

• Sermon preached at Evensong on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

  Sunday, 15th September 2024

  God be with you till we meet again.

• Sermon given at the Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2020

  Sunday, 19th July 2020

  Sermon given at the Eucharist on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity 2020: Here is Paul’s big idea: however bad it looks, God intends salvation. I was born in Lancashire, you might struggle.

• 20th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 12th May 2005

  Delivered by The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th May 2005 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• 12th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 15th May 1997

  Delivered by The Rt Rev. and Rt Hon. Lord Habgood at Westminster Abbey on Thursday the 15th May 1997 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• One People Oration 2011

  Thursday, 10th March 2011

  Speaker: His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General

• Fraternité Family Fun: Rose window making

  Tuesday, 13th February 2024

  Get inspired by the beautiful rose windows of Westminster Abbey and Notre Dame de Paris and make your very own.

  Event Family Learning

• Stained glass windows

  Westminster Abbey was founded in the year 960 AD. Since then there have been three churches on the same site. The current church is 750 years old and full of beautiful statues and windows. Join us to find out about and recreate some of the wonders you would encounter inside.

• Westminster Abbey to celebrate HM The Queen’s reign with Hockney window

  Monday, 21st November 2016

  David Hockney, one of Britain’s most influential contemporary artists, has accepted an invitation from Westminster Abbey to design a stained glass window to celebrate the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

  David Hockney

• The Piper windows

  Entry to St Margaret’s is free. Find out more about the church with our free plan and guide or ask about the free guided tour.

• St George's Day

  Saturday, 23rd April 2005

  Representations of St George and his dragon can be seen in Westminster Abbey on Henry VIIs tomb and grille, in the Lady Chapel statue series, in stained glass windows to the YMCA and Sir Benjamin Baker in the nave, and in the window in St Benedicts chapel.

  St George

• Battle of Britain

  The Grave of the Unknown Warrior is one of the most famous remembrance memorials in the country but Westminster Abbey's connections to remembrance stretch far beyond this grave's poppy border. Unearth the story of the Unknown Warrior, make a poppy and explore the stained-glass windows of the RAF chapel.

• Enhance your visit

  On VE - or Victory in Europe - Day in May 1945, Westminster Abbey hosted thanksgiving services every hour, welcoming an estimated 25,000 people. Join us this May and June as we unpack life beyond victory, with a season of events about rebuilding society and the legacy of conflict.

• Fragments of stained glass

  Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see fragments of stained glass, 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.

• Joan Howson

  Artist

  Joan Howson (1885-1964), stained glass artist, worked on the re-glazing of the windows in the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey after wartime bomb damage.

• Marie Celeste Hora

  James Hora erected two memorials to his wife Marie Celeste - a stained glass window in Westminster Abbey and a small tablet in St Margaret's.

• Lord Harris of Peckham

  Philanthropist

  Lord Harris of Peckham was a major donor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal and the stained glass in the east windows of the Lady Chapel are his gift together with his wife.

• Peter Wellesbourne Kemp-Welch

  On the south wall of St Margaret's church Westminster is a memorial window to Peter Wellesbourne Kemp-Welch. This was designed by John Piper.

• Sir Ninian Comper

  Architect

  The ashes of architect and stained glass designer Sir John Ninian Comper are buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey.

• J.R. Clayton & Alfred Bell

  Artist

  John Richard Clayton and Alfred Bell designed several stained glass windows for Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church Westminster. Clayton also designed some memorials.