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• Sermon given at Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 2020

  Sunday, 5th July 2020

  We closed the Abbey doors on 20th March; a little over a hundred days ago. Then, this place of national memorial and celebration, this church that welcomes over a million visitors a year, went quiet.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018

  Sunday, 29th April 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018: Casting out fear Rosie Keville lives with the consequences of fear. Every day Rosie is confronted by terrified young men,.

• 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.

• The Charles Gore Lecture 2001

  Tuesday, 13th November 2001

  Every one has a worldview, whether they know it or not, just as everyone speaks prose, whether they know it or not. As someone who has spent half a lifetime working as a theoretical physicist

• 1st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Wednesday, 4th June 1986

  Delivered by His Eminence Cardinal Basil Hume OSB, Archbishop of Westminster at Westminster Abbey.

• One People Oration 2001

  Monday, 2nd July 2001

  Speaker: Mr Richard Dowden

• Westminster Abbey offers help to churches planning First World War Vigils

  Thursday, 17th April 2014

  Westminster Abbey has published a suggested First World War Vigil structure online which is intended to offer material to the wider Church, community groups and other faith communities which may be helpful in planning their own commemorative event on the night of 4th August 2014.

  WW1

• Archbishops endorse Abbey's First World War vigil liturgy

  Friday, 27th June 2014

  The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have endorsed Westminster Abbey’s liturgy for churches planning to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

  Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of York

• Abbey announces plans to transform visitor welcome

  Thursday, 12th September 2019

  Westminster Abbey has been granted planning consent by Westminster City Council for a project to improve the welcome it offers to its 1.3 million visitors.

• New Tower for Westminster Abbey

  Thursday, 26th February 2015

  Westminster Abbey has been granted planning permission by Westminster City Council to build a new stair and lift tower at the east end of the church. The tower will enable public access for the first time to the Abbey's eastern Triforium, an elevated internal gallery, which is to be transformed into a new museum and exhibition space: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. This will be the most significant addition to the building since Nicholas Hawksmoor's iconic west towers were completed in 1745.

  Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

• Souvenir Guide

  We are open to visitors from Monday to Saturday. Find out more about how you can visit.

• Westminster Abbey submits plans for new access tower

  Friday, 17th October 2014

  Westminster Abbey today formally submitted a planning application to Westminster City Council to build an access tower to the Triforium, the first essential phase of a major new project.

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• The Liber Regalis

  Find out how a highly decorated manuscript from the 14th century has guided the understanding of coronation services at Westminster Abbey.

• Employment opportunities

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• The Reverend Tessa Bosworth

  The Reverend Tessa Bosworth is a Minor Canon and Succentor at Westminster Abbey.

• Abbey staff honoured for role in The Late Queen’s funeral

  Monday, 27th March 2023

  Three members of the Abbey staff have been honoured for their role in the funeral of The Late Queen last September.

  State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

• The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival

  Find out about The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival, Minor Canon and Sacrist at Westminster Abbey.

• Abbey proceeds with development plans

  Thursday, 10th December 2009

  Westminster Abbey is to take the next steps in the Dean and Chapter’s development plans, which have the purpose of improving access for visitors.

• The Reverend Mark Birch MVO

  The Reverend Mark Birch has been a Minor Canon at Westminster Abbey since January 2015.