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  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2025

    Sunday, 16th February 2025

    Blessed are you who are poor.

  • Address given at a Service to mark the opening of the Legal Year in England and Wales

    Wednesday, 1st October 2025

    Wisdom is what our world needs more than anything.

  • Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

    As a memorial to Charles Gore, a fund for a series of lectures was established. Since 1935 a lecture has been held almost every year.

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

  • Our Lady of Pew

    The Society of Our Lady of Pew venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and regularly holds Mass and retreats in the Abbey.

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    The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

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    On the outbreak of the second world war in 1939 many of the Abbey's treasures were evacuated for safety to country houses, such as Mentmore.

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  • Safeguarding

    As part of Westminster Abbey’s commitment to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults we have put in place a safeguarding policy and arrangements.

  • 39th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 22nd May 2025

    Rhidian Brook gives the 2025 Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture, discussing Writing in good faith: a pilgrimage in fiction, film and thought.

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • Chilean Navy Day 2025

    Wednesday, 21st May 2025

    The Chilean Navy will pay its annual tribute to Admiral Thomas Cochrane at a wreath laying in the Abbey on Wednesday 21st May.

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  • Order of the Bath service 2025

    Friday, 16th May 2025

    The Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Order will be held at Westminster Abbey on Friday 16th May 2025.

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  • Westminster Abbey Marks ANZAC Day 2025

    Friday, 25th April 2025

    Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh attended a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day at Westminster Abbey on Friday 25th April 2025.

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  • Judges mark the start of the new legal year 2025

    Wednesday, 1st October 2025

    Judges and members of the legal profession gathered in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 1st October 2025 for a service to mark the start of the legal year in England and Wales.

  • Chilean Navy honours Admiral Lord Cochrane

    Thursday, 22nd May 2025

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Wednesday 21st May 2025.

    Thomas Cochrane

  • One People Oration 2025: The courage to welcome - solidarity in a divided world

    Monday, 17th November 2025

    In one of his final public addresses before leaving office, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi reflects on a decade of global displacement, leadership, and moral responsibility.

    Westminster Abbey Institute Events

  • October 2025 - Handel

    Learn about the lives and legacies of those remembered in the Abbey and discover how people from all walks of life have ended up in the nation's church.

  • The Commonwealth Service 2025

    Monday, 10th March 2025

    The Commonwealth Service, a celebration of the Commonwealth which is in its 75th anniversary year, will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 11th March at 2.45pm.

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  • Abbey unlocked tour - August

    Friday, 1st August 2025

    Tour Westminster Abbey before we open our doors to the public and experience parts of the church only seen by a handful of people.

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