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• Charles Gore Lecture 2022

  Tuesday, 5th April 2022

  Professor Anna Rowlands gives the annual Charles Gore Lecture on The Roots of Trust: theological and political reflections on trust in troubled times.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist with Confirmation on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017

  Sunday, 25th June 2017

  Sermon given by The Right Reverend Michael Marshall Honorary Assistant Bishop, Diocese of London.

• The Charles Gore Lecture 2017

  Tuesday, 7th February 2017

  Speaker: Marilynne Robinson; Chair - The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

• St Margaret's Church

  St. Margaret’s is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey. It’s sometimes called ‘the parish Church of the House of Commons’. Everyone’s welcome to visit.

• Evensong

  This service follows the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer and consists of choral music from the Anglican tradition, scripture readings, and prayers.

• Matins

  This service, like Evensong, follows the pattern in The Book of Common Prayer and consists of choral music, scripture readings, and prayers.

• Entry Times

  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.

• The Nation's Memory

  When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

• The Opening of the Field of Remembrance

  the bells of St Margaret's church are rung half-muffled following the ceremony at about noon

• Morning Prayer

  Brief service of psalms, readings from Holy Scripture, and prayers. Said from Monday to Saturday in St Faith’s Chapel. Entry via the Great West Door.

• Holy Communion

  Service in which the Holy Scriptures are read, prayers offered, and bread and wine consecrated and received as the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

• Evening Prayer

  Service following the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer of psalms, readings from Holy Scripture, prayers, and a hymn sung by the congregation.

• Sung Eucharist

  This is a service in which Holy Scriptures are read, a sermon is preached, prayers are offered, and bread and wine are consecrated and received.

• A Service to mark the opening of the Legal Year

  Tuesday, 1st October 2024

  This annual service which marks the start of the Legal Year in England and Wales will be conducted by The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, and attended by Members of the Legal Profession.

  Judges Service Special Service

• ANZAC Day

  ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces on 25th April 1915.

• Regular services

  What to expect at our regular services, which are open to the public and free of charge.

• Poet Laureates

  Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner.

• Abbey opens to visitors after longest closure since 1953 Coronation

  Tuesday, 7th July 2020

  Visitors will be welcomed back to Westminster Abbey on 11th July, after closure due to the coronavirus pandemic – the longest period of time it has been closed to visitors since the coronation.

  COVID-19

• The Queen Consort opens the Field of Remembrance 2022

  Her Majesty The Queen Consort opened the 94th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November 2022. The annual event, which.

• Voice and Verse Readings: Remembrance

  Thursday, 7th November 2024

  To mark the opening of the Field of Remembrance, serving members of the British Armed Forces will read poems in the Abbey across the afternoon.

  Events Voice and Verse