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• Lessons and Carols prize draw 2023 - terms and conditions

  Please see complete terms and conditions regarding the the prize draw for tickets to the Service of Lessons and Carols services taking.

• Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Epiphany of Our Lord

  Monday, 6th January 2020

  Epiphany, the tinsel and the Christmas lights come down, a few chocolates wait on the sideboard for the moment when firm January convictions fail and we are back to business as usual.

  Epiphany

• 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.

• Terms and conditions

  These are the terms and conditions applicable to Westminster Abbey Association.

• The Queen Elizabeth II window

  David Hockney’s stained glass window in Westminster Abbey is a vibrantly-coloured contemporary work commissioned to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

  Art Royalty

• Access, facilities and FAQ

  We want your visit to the Abbey to be safe and enjoyable, so offer some useful tips to help you prepare for your visit.

• Homily given at the morning Holy Communion on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2024

  Sunday, 21st July 2024

  Beware of false prophets!

• Sermon at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018

  Sunday, 28th October 2018

  Sermon at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018: Vanity of vanities Last year one of my nephews came to stay with me for a couple of months whilst he was.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021

  Wednesday, 13th October 2021

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2021: Where do you think you belong? I met Simon Jenkins this week, the former.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021

  Sunday, 14th November 2021

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2021: We often fail to get angry about the right things, in the right way. The email arrived whilst I was on.

• 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.

  Architecture

• RAF Chapel

  At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel is the Royal Air Force chapel dedicated to the men who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

  Notable people

• Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2019

  Sunday, 28th April 2019

  Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Easter 2019: ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us?’ St. Luke approaches the end of his gospel with.

• Library collection

  Today’s library was established after the Abbey was founded as a collegiate church in 1560. It has been in the former monastic dormitory since 1591.

• 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.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

  Sunday, 5th August 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: What is the fantasy business you would set up if you could give up your day-job and throw caution to.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018

  Sunday, 2nd December 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018: Today we start the new Church Year with the beginning of a new season of Advent. Today we start the.

• Sermon given at the Installation of Paul Baumann CBE as Receiver General

  Saturday, 12th January 2019

  "This time of year seems to me to leave us in a state of querulous anxiety."

  Paul Baumann Receiver General

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2019

  Sunday, 17th November 2019

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Advent 2019: ‘See, the day is coming, burning like an oven.’ ‘On the 8th of the Jewish month of Ab, in late.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021

  Sunday, 12th December 2021

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021: Let our longing be worthy of the kingdom which John proclaimed In the iconography of the Christian East – what we.