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  • 13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 7th May 1998

    Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 25th September 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Honest and the knowledge that a different sort of community exists in God and can be ours. I have.

    State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

  • Sermon Given at Evensong Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Re-organisation of Local Government in London

    Sunday, 8th March 2015

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2017

    Sunday, 4th June 2017

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • 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.

  • Sermon given at the Evening Service on the First Sunday of Christmas 2017

    Sunday, 31st December 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Dr Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618)

    Sunday, 28th October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018 commemorating the life of Walter Raleigh (c 1554–1618): Do we see the hidden reality in the life of Sir Walter.

  • 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.

  • 11th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 9th May 1996

    Delivered by David Hare, Playwright at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th May 1996 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 31st May 1990

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.

  • Home educated groups

    Home educators are welcome to visit as individuals or as part of a home educated group with other families. Bookings can be made for a self-led visit or a guided tour.

  • One People Oration 2019

    Monday, 21st October 2019

    There are many churches and cathedrals in the world, some of which are more beautiful, more ancient, more glorious than Westminster Abbey.

    One People Oration

  • 32nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 11th May 2017

    Salley Vickers addresses the crucial role of the arts in giving shape and form to abiding intangible realities, suggesting the vital importance of nurturing the imagination through the arts in an increasingly secular society.

  • One People Oration 2017

    Monday, 6th November 2017

    Speaker: Sir John Major; 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.

  • College Hall

    This is the oldest continuously used dining room in London. It was finished in 1376. Today it is the main dining hall for Westminster School.

    Architecture

  • 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

  • 7th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 7th May 1992

    Delivered by John Fenton at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1992 and at Lincoln Theological College and Keble College, Oxford.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2019

    Sunday, 13th October 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2019: Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? Jesus said.

    Edwardtide

  • 23rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 8th May 2008

    Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity, Chaplain and Fellow, New College Oxford and Canon Theologian, Salisbury Cathedral at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2008.

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