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  • Plan uw bezoek

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  • Programma la tua visita

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  • Family Tour: Easter and the Abbey

    Monday, 7th April 2025

    Join us to explore Westminster Abbey, looking for links to the Easter story.

    Events Family

  • Sir David Suchet records St John’s Gospel in the Abbey

    Sunday, 28th March 2021

    Westminster Abbey will offer a specially recorded reading of St John’s Gospel in the Jerusalem Chamber at the Abbey as part of its Easter offering this year.

  • Beyond Victory: Westminster Walking Tour

    Saturday, 10th May 2025

    Take a reflective walk with guide Katie Wignall as she examines what the memorials in the Westminster area tell us about the impact and legacy of the Second World War.

    Beyond Victory

  • Summer: Local Lives Walking Tour

    Saturday, 2nd August 2025

    Take a guided walk around Westminster Abbey to uncover the diverse stories of the people who shaped its vibrant past.

    Summer at the Abbey

  • Summer: Stories from the Stones tour

    Wednesday, 6th August 2025

    Step into the Abbey cloisters after hours to uncover stories that bring to life the names etched in the stones.

  • Fascinating Women of Westminster Abbey tour

    Saturday, 1st March 2025

    From actresses, writers and spies to philanthropists, social reformers and modern martyrs - discover the extraordinary lives of some of the women buried and commemorated in Westminster Abbey.

  • Creation tour: Meet our Head Gardener

    Tuesday, 6th August 2024

    Take a stroll around the Abbey’s green spaces with the Abbey’s Head Gardener, Jan Pancheri.

    Creation

  • Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - February

    Tuesday, 20th February 2024

    Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

  • Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - April

    Saturday, 13th April 2024

    Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

  • Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - May

    Thursday, 9th May 2024

    Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

  • Voice and Verse Tour: Beyond Poets’ Corner

    Saturday, 12th October 2024

    Join this journey to bring Poets’ Corner to life as we explore the Abbey through the stories and words of our most famous poets.

    Voice and Verse

  • Beyond Victory Tour: Commemorating the Second World War

    Thursday, 1st May 2025

    As the nation marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, explore the enduring legacy of the conflict in Westminster Abbey.

  • Special verger tours: Association members

    Monday, 8th January 2024

    Join two of our expert vergers on a tour that will take you behind the scenes at the Abbey and see how the clergy prepare for different services and occasions.

    Westminster Abbey Association

  • Rave reviews for Abbey choir

    Friday, 26th October 2007

    The Abbey choir’s tour Down Under has brought rave reviews from the Australian press for its “flawless” and “brilliant” performances.

    Australia tour The Choir of Westminster Abbey

  • Bequest

    The fireplace in the Jerusalem Chamber with its cedar overmantel

  • VE Day

    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.

  • Abbey treasures celebrated in Librarian’s new book

    Wednesday, 6th August 2008

    Treasures of Westminster Abbey, the third guidebook commissioned by Westminster Abbey Enterprises Ltd from Scala Publishers, was launched on Thursday 31st July in Jerusalem Chamber.

    Treasures of Westminster Abbey Abbey Shop

  • Esther de la Tour de Gouvernet, Lady Eland

    The graves of Esther de la Tour de Gouvernet, her mother and grandmother are in the north ambulatory. The gravestone inscription was re-cut in 1997.

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