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• Music

  Uncover the role and significance of traditional and commissioned music within coronations throughout history.

• Beyond Victory Exhibition: 80 Years of Christian Aid

  Monday, 26th May 2025

  Discover the rich history and lasting impact of Christian Aid in this captivating photographic exhibition.

  Events Beyond Victory

• Gerlinde - Visitor Experience Manager

  You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened.

• Teacher CPD and INSET

  Explore how you can bring over 1,000 years of faith and history to life with one of our free guided tours for teachers and trainee teachers of History and RE.

• Martin - The Dean’s Verger

  It’s a privilege to live and work here – the Abbey really is the heart of the country and its history.

• Visit the Abbey

  A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.

• Plan your visit

  Each year, we welcome over a million visitors. We’re generally open Monday to Saturday for visiting, and hold regular services to which all are welcome.

• Story Building - Place

  After Geoffrey Chaucer was buried here, Poets’ Corner became the place where many other creative people were buried and remembered. This space in the Abbey’s South Transept remembers people who have explored the world in all sorts of creative ways. Stretch your creative muscles with these videos.

• Coronation Chair

  Uncover the history behind a chair that has taken centre stage in coronations for over 700 years.

• Library & research

  Our library and muniment room house the extensive and historic collections of books, manuscripts and archival material belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

• Fraternité conservation spotlight: Housekeeping

  Friday, 15th March 2024

  Join our Conservation Team in conversation about looking after a building where history is still being made.

• Crafting the Abbey tour

  Tuesday, 13th May 2025

  Uncover the history and meaning behind some of Westminster Abbey’s rich material heritage in this special tour for London Craft Week.

• Summer: Evening in the cloisters

  Thursday, 21st August 2025

  Enjoy a relaxed summer evening in the cloisters with live music, drinks, and centuries of history all around you.

  Summer at the Abbey

• Welcome to Westminster Abbey

  Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.

• Souvenir Guide

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

• After school clubs

  Explore 1,000 years of mystery and history in your classroom with Westminster Abbey’s after school clubs. Available to primary schools in the SW1 and SE1 postcode districts.

• Battle of Britain

  The Grave of the Unknown Warrior is one of the most famous remembrance memorials in the country but Westminster Abbey's connections to remembrance stretch far beyond this grave's poppy border. Unearth the story of the Unknown Warrior, make a poppy and explore the stained-glass windows of the RAF chapel.

• Abbey bells to ring for royal milestone

  Tuesday, 8th September 2015

  Westminster Abbey will mark a royal milestone Wednesday 9th September, when Her Majesty The Queen will become the longest reigning monarch in British history.

  bell ringing HM The Queen

• Students celebrate inspirational figures

  Tuesday, 15th June 2021

  From writers and musicians to scientists and engineers, Westminster Abbey has for centuries been the final resting place of some of the most distinguished figures in our history.

  Learning

• Abbey opens its roof to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee

  Thursday, 21st April 2022

  Abbey opens its roof to the public for the Platinum Jubilee in Summer Festival of events.