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• Abbey unlocked tour - August

  Thursday, 1st August 2024

  Tour Westminster Abbey before we open our doors to the public and experience parts of the church only seen by a handful of people.

• Westminster Abbey honour for Lord Wilson

  Wednesday, 12th June 2013

  A memorial ledger stone in the north-west corner of the nave of Westminster Abbey to The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS was dedicated on Tuesday 11th June 2013.

  Harold Wilson Memorial dedication

• Charles Dickens

  Writer and Novelist

  A small stone with a simple inscription marks the grave of Charles Dickens, famous English novelist, in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.

• Ben Jonson

  Poet, Playwright and Actor

  Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. He was born on 11th June 1572.

• Abraham Cowley

  Poet

  In Poets' Corner is a monument to poet Abraham Cowley. It consists of an oval panel on a pedestal with a large wreathed urn above.

• Edmund Spenser

  Poet

  On the south wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble memorial to Edmund Spenser, poet and author of The Faerie Queene.

• Thomas Shadwell

  Writer and Playwright

  Thomas Shadwell, dramatist and writer of comedies and operas, has a black and white marble monument in the east aisle of Poets' Corner.

• Commonwealth Festival

  Saturday, 22nd February 2025

  Explore the rich cultural tapestry of the Commonwealth with a day of activities, performances and events for all ages.

  Events Commonwealth Family

• Elizabeth Gaskell

  Writer and Novelist

  In 2010 a memorial to Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist and biographer, was dedicated in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It consists of a window panel.

• Sir John Betjeman

  Writer, Poet and Broadcaster

  On a pillar in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey is a memorial to Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate and broadcaster.

• Thomas Campbell

  Writer and Poet

  Poet and writer Thomas Campbell is buried in Poets' Corner. He has a life sized marble statue near Shakespeare's memorial, by sculptor W. Calder Marshall.

• Lord Byron

  Poet

  The memorial stone to George, 6th Baron Byron in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey was given by the Poetry Society and unveiled on 8th May 1969.

• Samuel Butler

  Poet

  In Poets' Corner is a memorial to satirist Samuel Butler. This was originally floor standing but was reduced and moved up onto the wall.

• John Reith, 1st Baron Reith

  Broadcaster

  A tablet to John, 1st Baron Reith, first Director of the BBC can be seen in the lobby leading to the Jubilee Galleries in Westminster Abbey.

• Zachary Macaulay

  Statesman and Abolitionist

  Zachary Macaulay has a life size bust in the nave. He was a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

• Sir David Frost

  Broadcaster

  On 13th March 2014 a memorial stone was unveiled to Sir David Frost in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey during his thanksgiving service.

• Frederick Denison Maurice

  Writer

  A white marble bust to theologian and Christian socialist Frederick Denison Maurice stood for many years on the west window sill of St George's chapel.

• George Herbert

  Poet

  In St George's chapel in Westminster Abbey is a two light stained glass window to the memory of poets George Herbert and William Cowper.

• Richard Cumberland

  Writer and Playwright

  Playwright and novelist Richard Cumberland is buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. His grave is near to the grave of his friend Dr Samuel Johnson.

• Anthony Trollope

  Novelist

  A memorial stone to Anthony Trollope, novelist, was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey by Prime Minister John Major on 25th March 1993.