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• The Epiphany of our Lord Sung Eucharist

  Monday, 6th January 2025

  The main service to observe The Epiphany of our Lord, which traditionally marks the visit of the Magi or ‘Wise Men’ to the child Jesus.

  Advent Christmas

• A Battle of Britain airman

  A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, 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.

• Abbey Advent Calendar

  Open a door every day on our Abbey Advent Calendar.

• 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.

  ...weekday during school term-time. EYFS, KS1 and KS2 learners (Ages 4-11)£2 per child for self-led, £6 for guided tour KS3, KS4 and Post-16 learners...

• Privacy policy

  This Policy describes our current policies and practices with regard to personal data and sensitive personal data collected by us from you.

  may collect personal information about children in the following circumstances: If a child is baptised at the Abbey or St Margaret’s, we collect their name and...

• Abbey Congratulates Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

  Friday, 5th July 2013

  The Dean & Chapter of Westminster congratulates the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son.

  The birth of any child brings great joy to families and friends.

  HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge bell ringing

• Leopold Muller

  Philanthropist

  Leopold Muller was a generous donor to the restoration of the Lady Chapel. He has a small window in one of the apsidal chapels.

  This gives his name and shows a rampant lion, a shield, a Star of David with flames and a child in a wheeled chair, representing Treloar College.

• Mary, Countess of Kent

  Mary, Countess of Kent was buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey on 20th March 1644 but nothing marks her grave.

  Their only child Henry, Lord Grey was buried on 20th June 1644.

• Henry son of Henry VIII

  Henry was buried in Westminster Abbey on the north side of the Sanctuary area near the entrance to the chapel of St Edward the Confessor.

  ...new High Altar was being constructed by Sir Gilbert Scott in the 1860s a small lead coffin of a child was found to the northern part of the step in front of it.

• Stephen Baber

  Stephen Baber was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 27th March 1679 but his gravestone is no longer readable.

  son and child of Benjamin Baber, Gent, one of the Aldermen of the City of Bath by Elizabeth his wife, and was born October 19 1663 and departed this life March...

• Douglessa and Ambrosia Gorges

  Lady Douglas (or Douglessa) Gorges and her daughter Ambrosia were buried in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey but neither had any monument or gravestone.

  They were the first wife and a child of Sir Arthur Gorges (died 1625), poet.

• Michael Hare

  In the west cloister is the grave of Michael and Mary Hare. He lived in Millbank street Westminster. Mary was a child of James Merest.

  was a child of James Merest, assistant clerk in the House of Lords and his second wife Jane (daughter of Charles Batteley who was baptised in the Abbey in 1707).

• Edward Ashurst Morris

  In St Margaret's church Westminster, in the north wall, is a stained glass window to Edward Ashurst Morris, designed by Edward Frampton.

  ...the lower panels are two brothers clasping hands and there are two figures representing Fortitude, with a sword and shield and Charity, embracing little

• Sarah Hucks

  Sarah Hucks, wife of Joseph and sister of Viscount Grimston, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey. She has no marker.

  Their only child Sarah married firstly Reverend Anthony Cope, Dean of Armagh, and secondly Charles Jackson, bishop of Kildare.

• George Sparrow

  In St Margaret's is a memorial tablet to George Sparrow, Government agent, and members of his family. Unfortunately this is now hidden behind the organ.

  tablet is erected by Margaret Elizabeth last surviving child of the above named George & Mary Sparrow, in commemoration of the death of her beloved parents...

• Frances Louisa Parnell

  On the wall of the west cloister is a modern memorial, designed by J. Peter Foster in slate and white marble, to Frances Louisa Parnell.

  She was a young child of politician Sir Henry Brooke Parnell who was created Baron Congleton in the English peerage in 1841 and died the following year.

• Edward Gee

  Writer and Priest/Minister

  Reverend Dr Edward Gee, author, was buried in Westminster Abbey on 6th March 1730 "within the north gate of the tombs", presumably the north ambulatory.

  Their infant children Elizabeth and Henry had been buried there and daughter Martha in 1731.

• Alphonso Marsh

  Musician and Composer

  Alphonso Marsh, composer and royal musician, was buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey on 9th April 1692 but he has no marker.

  Their child Mary was baptised at St Margaret's in 1685.

• Raymond Gordon

  Philanthropist

  The ashes of Raymond Gordon, founder of the children's Horse Rangers charity, are buried in St Margaret's. On the south west wall is a memorial.

  The ashes of Raymond Gordon, founder of the children's Horse Rangers charity, are buried in St Margaret's Church Westminster.