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  • Summer: Art at the Abbey workshops

    Friday, 1st August 2025

    Unwind and get creative with free outdoor drawing sessions in the Abbey’s peaceful gardens and cloisters this August.

    Events Summer at the Abbey

  • Chilean Navy pays tribute to Cochrane

    Thursday, 18th May 2017

    The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Thursday 18th May 2017.

  • Abbey marks Kristallnacht 75th Anniversary

    Monday, 11th November 2013

    A Service of Solemn Remembrance and Hope to mark the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 10th November 2013.

    Special Service

  • Creation Lates: Summer sessions

    Wednesday, 14th August 2024

    Explore the Abbey after hours and enjoy live music in the Cloisters.

  • Summer: Wednesday Abbey Lates

    Wednesday, 6th August 2025

    Enjoy a peaceful, self-guided visit to Westminster Abbey after hours, with time and space to explore at your own pace.

  • Summer: Evenings at the Abbey

    Wednesday, 13th August 2025

    Spend a summer evening exploring the Abbey after hours and unwind with live music outside.

  • Creation Family Fun: Wild Westminster

    Monday, 5th August 2024

    Investigate the Natural World this summer in our historic walled garden in central London.

  • Creation Family Fun: Nature Tales

    Monday, 19th August 2024

    Get curious about creation by exploring animal stories from around our wonderful world that help us be better humans.

  • Creation stories: Sowing the seeds

    Tuesday, 13th August 2024

    Join us for an enchanting evening of storytelling in Dean's Yard.

  • Creation tour: Meet our Head Gardener

    Tuesday, 13th August 2024

    Take a stroll around the Abbey’s green spaces with the Abbey’s Head Gardener, Jan Pancheri.

  • Summer: Wild Westminster Family Day

    Thursday, 28th August 2025

    Go wild in Westminster! Explore the plants and creatures of our walled garden, where nature has thrived for centuries.

  • Summer: Covert and Classified Family Day

    Thursday, 14th August 2025

    Shhh… there are spies hidden in the Abbey! Step into a world of mystery, puzzles and spy training at our Covert and Classified Family Day.

  • Westminster Abbey reveals Cromwell’s original grave

    Tuesday, 4th August 2009

    Visitors to Westminster Abbey until the end of August will be able to see the original grave of English Civil War revolutionary Oliver Cromwell for the first time in over 60 years.

    Oliver Cromwell

  • 11. Anne of Bohemia

    Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

  • Singing returns to the Abbey

    Monday, 17th August 2020

    Choral services resumed at Westminster Abbey for the first time in five months when six members of the Abbey’s choir sang at the 11.15am Eucharist.

    Choir of Westminster Abbey COVID-19

  • Princess Royal and Chilean Navy honour Lord Cochrane

    Thursday, 19th May 2016

    Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined representatives of the Chilean Navy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 19th May for the annual wreath-laying ceremony to honour Admiral Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Chilean Naval Day.

    Royal Visit HRH The Princess Royal Chilean Navy Day

  • 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

  • Summer: Local Lives Walking Tour

    Thursday, 7th August 2025

    Take a guided walk around Westminster Abbey to uncover the diverse stories of the people who shaped its vibrant past.

  • The Oldest Door

    Monday, 8th August 2005

    The oldest door in Britain was identified and dated for the first time at Westminster Abbey, in August 2005.

    Britains oldest door

  • President of Austria visits Abbey

    Thursday, 30th August 2012

    His Excellency Mr Heinz Fischer, the President of 
Austria, made a private visit to Westminster Abbey on Thursday 30th 
August 2012.

    State Visit

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