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• Attending a service

  People from all over the world visit Westminster Abbey to join our services, which form part of a tradition of daily Christian worship.

• Church Pass

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

• John Church

  Musician

  John Church, composer, was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey on 10th January 1741. The Precentor called him "very worthy and honest".

• Festival of Saint Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

  Thursday, 25th November 2010

  The Festival of St Cecilia service was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral came together to sing the premiere of an anthem specially commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund with the help of the RVW Trust: ‘Vast Ocean of Light’, by Jonathan Dove.

  St Cecilia The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Peter Holder to be Organist at Christ Church, Oxford

  Tuesday, 14th May 2024

  Peter Holder, Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed Organist and Official Student (Tutorial Fellow) at Christ Church, Oxford. He will take up his new post in the autumn.

  Music

• The Dedication of St Margaret's Church

  the bells of St Margaret's Church will be rung following the Sung Eucharist at about 7.00 pm to mark the Dedication

• A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford

  Wednesday, 3rd February 2010

  A service to celebrate the 300th anniversary of St Edward’s Church of England Primary School and St Edward’s Church of England School and Sixth Form College in Romford was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.

  Special Service

• Make a donation

  A charitable trust has been established to assist in the Abbey's fundraising efforts – The Westminster Abbey Trust. You can make a donation to the Trust.

• MPs and peers mourn Sir David Amess at St Margaret’s Church

  Monday, 18th October 2021

  A Service of Prayer and Remembrance for Sir David Amess MP was held at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, on Monday 18th October 2021.

• Trinity Church New York

  In the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel is a wall plaque of silvered bronze, with the parish seal of Trinity Church, New York, USA.

• Fundraising concert for Ukraine to take place at St Margaret’s Church

  Thursday, 28th April 2022

  Dona Nobis Pacem: A Concert for Ukraine, will take place in St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 10th May at 7.00pm to raise funds in support of the DEC’s (Disasters Emergency Committee) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

• Recordings

  The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.

• Actors' Church Union

  Actor

  In 1920 the Actors' Church Union presented a hearse cloth or funeral pall to Westminster Abbey. This was given in memory of members who had died in the Great War.

• Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church

  Tuesday, 8th June 2010

  A Service for the New Parliament was held at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 8th June 2010.

  Service for the New Parliament

• St Margaret’s to open again for worship and visitors

  Thursday, 27th August 2020

  St Margaret’s Church will welcome back worshippers and visitors this autumn after being closed for over six months due to coronavirus and following building work.

  St Margaret's Church Worship

• St Margaret's organist wins Queen's Award

  Monday, 23rd November 2020

  Thomas Trotter, the organist at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, has been awarded this year’s Queen’s Medal for Music.

• The Passage Carol Service

  Thursday, 11th December 2025

  The Passage’s annual Carol Service will be held in St Margaret’s Church at 6:00pm on Friday 11th December.

• St Margaret's Review Group appointed

  Friday, 6th February 2015

  The Dean and Chapter has announced the appointment of a St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey review group under the chairmanship of The Rt Hon The Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE.

• Baroness Boothroyd remembered at St Margaret's memorial service

  Tuesday, 16th January 2024

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Right Honourable The Baroness Boothroyd OM was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 16th January 2024.

• Edward's church

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