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• 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

• Sung Eucharist on Easter Day

  Sunday, 20th April 2025

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

• Lent Digital Quiet Day

  Make Westminster Abbey a part of your Lent & Holy Week this year.

• Choristers see WWII relics

  Tuesday, 31st May 2005

  Choir School years forms 1 and 2 last week visited the temporary exhibition of a NAAFI truck and spitfire, outside the Cabinet War Rooms off Whitehall.

  WW2

• Make a donation

  A charitable trust has been established to assist in the Abbey's fundraising efforts – The Westminster Abbey Trust. You can make a donation to the Trust.

• 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.

• Sailors pay tribute to great admiral

  Tuesday, 16th October 2007

  Sailors marked the 300th anniversary of the death of the Royal Navy hero Sir Cloudesley Shovell with a wreathlaying ceremony conducted by Canon Nicholas Sagovsky at Admiral Shovell’s grave in the Abbey’s south choir aisle this week.

  Sir Cloudesley Shovell Wreathlaying

• Music

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

• Families

  Westminster Abbey is a wonderful place for you to discover as a family. Whether you want to become a royal for the day, create a new and exciting piece of art or sing with our world famous choir, there is something for everyone. We offer a varied programme throughout the year to help your family explore a thousand years of history. Join us in the Abbey every Saturday and during school holidays, or online on the first Saturday of the month.

• Service celebrates Middle East Christians

  The Prince of Wales attended a service to celebrate the contribution of Christians in the Middle East, at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 4th December.

• Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor of Westminster

  Abbey welcomes the new Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Hamza Taouzzale, at Matins on Sunday 3rd July 2022.

• Benefact Group celebrates support for good causes

  HRH The Prince of Wales attended a Service of Thanksgiving to mark over £100 million raised for good causes by the Benefact family in Westminster.

• Commonwealth Day Observation

  An Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey was attended by HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

• Abbey Honours the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela

  His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales represented Her Majesty The Queen at a Service to Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd March 2014.

• A Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation

  HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service to Mark the Passing of the World War One Generation at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 11th November 2009.

• Westminster Abbey marks 50th anniversary of the death of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

  Rediscovering Justice: A Service of Hope on the 50th anniversary of the death of the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr was held at Westminster Abbey at noon on Wednesday 4th April 2018. The service was attended by HRH The Duke of Kent.

• Spirit of Windrush celebrated at Westminster Abbey

  The Queen was represented by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London at a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing of the Windrush today.

• Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone

  A memorial stone to Nelson Mandela was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on 18th July 2018, the birth centenary of the former President of South Africa.

• Abbey marks Year of Engineering

  A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate The Year of Engineering 2018 was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 22nd November 2018 at noon.

• The Queen attends The Commonwealth Day Service

  Her Majesty The Queen attended The Commonwealth Service: A Celebration of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey on Monday 11th March 2019.