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• A Service to mark the opening of the Legal Year

  Tuesday, 1st October 2024

  This annual service which marks the start of the Legal Year in England and Wales will be conducted by The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, and attended by Members of the Legal Profession.

  Judges Service Special Service

• Podcast

  Westminster Abbey's podcast is a mix of sermons, services and reflections, plus lectures on issues of faith, ethics and policy from the Westminster Abbey Institute.

• Celebrating the Commonwealth

  Celebrating Commonwealth Day, one of the most important dates in the Abbey's year.

• Westminster Abbey prays for the health of The Princess of Wales

  Friday, 22nd March 2024

  Everyone at Westminster Abbey wishes The Princess of Wales well following the news of her cancer diagnosis.

• Mayors of the London Boroughs attend Evensong

  Monday, 21st October 2024

  Evensong to celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey was held in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayors of the London Boroughs, together with members of the Greater London Lieutenancy, on Sunday 20th October 2024.

• Swiss President pays respects to innocent victims

  Thursday, 28th April 2022

  Swiss President pays respect to innocent victims: The President of the Swiss Confederation, His Excellency Ignazio Cassis, laid a wreath at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial during a visit to Westminster Abbey on.

  Innocent Victims' Memorial Wreathlaying

• A Service of Thanksgiving and Reflection to mark the 80th Anniversary of Christian Aid

  Thursday, 12th June 2025

  A Service of Thanksgiving and Reflection to mark the 80th Anniversary of Christian Aid will be held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th June 2025 at noon.

• Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

  Princess Elizabeth Stuart was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel. She was the only surviving daughter of James VI of Scotland.

• Chilean Navy honours Admiral Lord Cochrane

  Thursday, 23rd May 2024

  Wreaths were laid by HE The Ambassador of Chile, Mrs Ximena Fuentes Torrijo, and by Vice Admiral Andrew Burns, representing the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff.

• Westminster Abbey holds annual Civic Service

  Monday, 2nd July 2018

  Matins, attended by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Lindsey Hall, and Councillors of Westminster, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1st July.

  Civic Service

• St Margaret’s holds a Service for the New Parliament

  Wednesday, 8th January 2020

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, gave the Address at Service for the New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on 8th January 2020.

  Service for the New Parliament

• The life of The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated at Service of Thanksgiving

  Members of the Royal Family celebrated the life and work of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

• Sung Eucharist on Easter Day

  Sunday, 31st March 2024

  The Abbey’s principal Easter service, sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

  Holy Week and Easter

• Abbey to mark Warrior centenary

  Thursday, 29th October 2020

  Westminster Abbey will mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior with a special service, to be broadcast live on BBC One, on 11th November.

• HM The Queen marks Warrior centenary

  Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 4th November 2020 to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.

• The Countess of Wessex attends All Souls’ Day service

  Monday, 2nd November 2020

  HRH The Countess of Wessex attended Sung Eucharist for All Souls' Day in Westminster Abbey on Monday 2nd November.

  All Souls' Day HRH The Countess of Wessex Sung Eucharist

• 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.

• Zouch Allen

  Zouch Allen, surgeon of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, was buried in the north ambulatory on 28th December 1620.

• Martyrs of the Reformation

  In October 1977 Lady Fisher of Lambeth unveiled a memorial stone to Martyrs of the Reformation. This is to the west of Elizabeth I’s tomb.

• Westminster Abbey prays for the health of HM The King

  Monday, 5th February 2024

  HM The King meeting members of the Choir of Westminster Abbey

  HM The King