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• Buckingham Palace announces date for Duke of Edinburgh service

  Monday, 7th February 2022

  Buckingham Palace has announced that a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey will take place on Tuesday 29th March.

• First public display in London for Diamond Jubilee Portrait of The Queen

  Sunday, 19th May 2013

  A portrait of Her Majesty The Queen depicted standing on the Cosmati pavement in Westminster Abbey will go on public display for the first time in London as part of the Abbey’s celebrations for the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s coronation.

  Ralph Heimans HM The Queen

• London Mayors attend Abbey Evensong

  Monday, 20th October 2025

  Evensong celebrating the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey was held in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayors of the London Boroughs, together with members of the Greater London Lieutenancy, on Sunday 19th October 2025.

• Westminster Abbey Garden Tour

  Monday, 4th August 2025

  Take a stroll around the Abbey’s green spaces with our Head Gardener, Danny Britten.

• Celebrate Lumiere London at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 10th January 2018

  Westminster Abbey will again be one of the highlights of Lumiere London when the festival of lights returns to the capital from 18th – 21st January 2018.

  Lumiere Festival

• Westminster Abbey Garden Tour

  Tuesday, 1st April 2025

  Take a stroll around the Abbey’s green spaces with our Head Gardener, Danny Britten.

• Rose Garden

  The Head Gardener at Westminster Abbey shares her experience and insight about how the team care for England's oldest cultivated garden.

• Westminster Abbey to be lit for Lumiere London Festival

  Monday, 4th January 2016

  Westminster Abbey will be the spectacular backdrop for a light installation as part of Lumiere London, the city's first major light festival. The exterior of the Abbey will be lit each evening of the festival, from Thursday 14th - Sunday 17th January 2016.

• Evensong with the Mayors of London

  Sunday, 19th October 2025

  At this service on the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey, we welcome the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayors of the London boroughs.

• Celebrating St Edward

  In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.

• Go City and London pass

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

• Paralympic flame arrives at Abbey

  Wednesday, 29th August 2012

  The London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay was welcomed to Westminster Abbey today by The Reverend Jane Hedges, Canon of Westminster.

  Paralympics Reverend Jane Hedges London 2012

• 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

• London landmark

  A joyful noise: the bells of Westminster Abbey:.

• London celebrates

  On 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill announced that the Second World War in Europe at an end. This was VE Day or Victory in Europe Day.

• Can we use our London Passes or Voucher?

  Visiting the Abbey in a group is a wonderful day out. We welcome private tour groups as well as school and university groups all year.

• England's Oldest Garden

  From mice to elephants and dragons to unicorns, the Abbey is an ark of exciting animals. Popping up on memorials, knight helmets, flags and candlesticks, animals have acted as symbols of power, loyalty and courage and captured our imagination in terrific tales for hundreds of years. Choose your animal counterpart and explore the Abbey's marvellous menagerie.

• St Stephen, deacon, first martyr, patron of the Palace of Westminster

  St Peter flag

• Creation Family Fun: Wild Westminster

  Friday, 2nd August 2024

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

  Family Creation

• Abbey celebrates Olympic Games

  Monday, 16th July 2012

  HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy KG GCVO, attended a Service in Celebration of the London Olympic Games at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 15th July.

  Special Service Royal Visit HRH Princess Alexandra Olympic Games