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  • Group visits

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  • Verger-guided tours

    Guided tours, led by our vergers, are a great way to see the Abbey. School groups and private tour groups are also welcome to visit.

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  • 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 Special Service

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Edward's church

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

  • St Margaret's Choristers to sing their first service

    Wednesday, 27th September 2023

    The St Margaret's Choristers, a new choir for girls aged 11 - 17, will sing its first service in St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey.

  • Archbishop Angaelos leads annual Day of Prayer 2023

    Wednesday, 4th January 2023

    His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London will lead the annual Day of Prayer at Westminster Abbey in St Margaret’s Church on Saturday 28th January.

    day of prayer

  • A Service of Thanksgiving for the Lord Morris of Aberavon

    Wednesday, 28th February 2024

    A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of The Rt Hon the Lord Morris of Aberavon KG, KC will be held in St Margaret's Church, Westminster on Wednesday 28th February 2024.

  • New memorial for Ignatius Sancho

    Saturday, 14th October 2023

    Charles Ignatius Sancho who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, will be honoured when a new memorial is dedicated in St Margaret’s Church.

  • Service Marks Start of UK Legal Year

    Tuesday, 1st October 2013

    The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 1st October 2013.

    Judges Service

  • Guild restores Confessor's altar frontal

    Monday, 10th September 2007

    Sylvia Clarke and Ann Hilton painstakingly sewed on hundreds of sequins as well as carrying out other restoration work.

    Edward the Confessor Guild of St Faith

  • A celebration of Orlando Gibbons: 400th anniversary concert

    Wednesday, 24th September 2025

    400 years after his death, The St Margaret's Consort celebrates one of the most melodious and inventive of Tudor composers, Orlando Gibbons.

    Music

  • A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of The Lord King of Wartnaby

    Thursday, 26th October 2006

    The Rector of St Margaret's Church, Canon Robert Wright, officiated and gave the Bidding and the Blessing.

    Lord King of Wartnaby

  • The nation's parish church

    A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

  • Service marks 400 years of ties between UK & Japan

    Wednesday, 3rd December 2014

    His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO attended a Commemoration of 400 Years of Relations between the United Kingdom and Japan at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 at 6.00 pm.

    HRH The Duke of Gloucester

  • Service for CofE and URC

    Wednesday, 8th February 2012

    A Service of Reconciliation, Healing of Memories and Mutual Commitment for the Church of England and the United Reformed Church was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 7th February 2012 at 6.15 pm.

    Faith leaders United Reformed Church Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of York

  • Jo Cox MP remembered at St Margaret’s Service

    Monday, 20th June 2016

    A Service of Prayer and Remembrance to Commemorate Jo Cox MP was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Monday 20th June at 4.00pm.

    Jo Cox MP memorial service

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