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• And the winner is…

  Peckham Park Baptist Church approached us to support their half term “Apprentice Challenge”. Young people were tasked with exploring and understanding the Abbey before presenting their sales pitch inspired by their favourite area of this great church.

• Tervezze meg látogatását

  Azt szeretnénk, hogy az apátság meglátogatása biztonságos és élvezetes legyen, ezért hasznos tippeket kínálunk, hogy megtervezhesse látogatását.

• Frequently asked questions

  Answers to your most-asked questions about membership of the Westminster Abbey Association.

• Programma la tua visita

  Vogliamo che la tua visita all'Abbazia sia sicura e piacevole. Ecco alcuni utili consigli.

• Edward the Confessor and Edith

  Edward the Confessor was King from 1042 to 1066. He founded a monastery to St Peter, known as Westminster Abbey. His body still lies in his Shrine.

• Prices and entry times

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

• Abbey at home

  Although we’d love to see you, we know that not everyone can visit us in person. We have a growing collection of videos to bring Westminster Abbey to you. Watch them to find out more about the Abbey and use materials you have at home to make your own Abbey inspired crafts. Share your creativity using #WAbbeyFun

• Unknown Warrior

  At the west end of the Nave is the grave of the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from France to be buried in 1920.

• Elizabeth II

  Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on 2nd June 1953. Her wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, took place in 1947. Her funeral was held on 19th September 2022.

• It’s all about the (career) journey

  Since its foundation in 1976, The Prince’s Trust has supported over a million young people aged 11-30 through a range of courses, grants and mentoring support. The Trust’s work assists young people to improve skills, increase self-confidence and helps them to move into jobs, education, training and volunteering. David Williams, from the Trust’s Delivery Partnership and Volunteering Team, explores how partnering with Westminster Abbey helps fulfil these aims.

• Study of the ‘cosmatesque’ mosaics published

  Friday, 18th October 2019

  A nine-year, two-volume study into the Abbey's ‘cosmatesque’ mosaics has been published this week by Oxbow Books.

  The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey Cosmati pavement 750th anniversary

• Visit us

  Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, and statesmen, poets, heroes and villains. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066.

• Parliamentarians pay tribute to Lord Weatherill

  Friday, 26th October 2007

  Parliamentarians past and present, family and friends packed the Abbey this week to remember the life and work of a former Speaker of the House of Commons, The Lord Weatherill.

  Lord Weatherill

• Trade Justice Movement Event

  Friday, 15th April 2005

  The opening event of the Trade Justice Movement's vigil last Friday night, which took place in the Abbey, included singers Ronan Keating and Beverley Knight, and actors Vanessa Redgrave and Pete Postlethwhaite.

  Trade Justice Movement Make poverty history Action for Trade Justice

• Choir on US tour

  Friday, 14th October 2005

  The choir left on Friday 14th October for a tour of the United States.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey USA tour Recording

• Spectator reviews new book on the Coronation Chair

  Thursday, 15th August 2013

  A review in The Spectator magazine on The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone has given the Coronation Chair “the comprehensive study it deserves” according to James Yorke, former curator in the V&A’s furniture department.

  Coronation Chair

• The Measure of All Things exhibition opens

  Monday, 21st July 2014

  The Measure of All Things, an exhibition by Hughie O'Donoghue R.A., has opened in the Chapter House as part of Westminster Abbey's plans to mark the centenary of the First World War.

  Exhibition WW1

• Celebrate Lumiere London at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 10th January 2018

  Westminster Abbey will again be one of the highlights of Lumiere London when the festival of lights returns to the capital from 18th – 21st January 2018.

  Lumiere Festival

• New Abbey Choir CD celebrates neglected Tudor composer

  Friday, 2nd March 2018

  The Abbey Choir celebrates the release of a new CD on Hyperion Records today, Friday 2nd March. Conducted by James O’Donnell, who also plays the organ interludes on the disc, Missa Videte miraculum is a compelling introduction to the work of early Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – c. 1557).

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• U is for UNESCO

  Discover over 1,000 years of faith and history with our brand-new A to Z of Westminster Abbey. Perfect for primary-aged children, and their accompanying adults, these independent and team activities are designed to spark creativity, ignite imaginations and keep young brains ticking, with little or no materials required. Letter-by-letter, uncover the many places, themes and beliefs that can be found within this national place of worship. What are you waiting for?