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• St Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 23rd November 2016

  The St Cecilia Service: A Celebration of Music was held at Westminster Abbey at 11.00am on Wednesday 23rd November 2016.

  Special Service The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Judges Service Marks the Start of the Legal Year

  Monday, 2nd October 2017

  The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 2nd October 2017.

  Choir Judges Service

• Westminster Abbey Marks 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

  Tuesday, 31st October 2017

  A service to mark the 500th anniversary of the 95 Theses and the start of the Reformation was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 31st October 2017.

• Annual Judges Service Marks Start of Legal Year

  Wednesday, 1st October 2014

  The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 1st October 2014.

• Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir to sing at Abbey

  Monday, 7th May 2018

  The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir sings at Evensong at the Abbey today, Monday 7th May as the finale of their European tour – a rare opportunity to hear one of Europe’s finest cathedral choirs, and music from the Danish choral tradition including works by Waldemar Åhlén, David Sandstrøm and Carl Nielsen.

• Judges service marks start of the legal year

  Monday, 1st October 2018

  The annual Judges Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday 1st October 2018.

• Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell Remembered

  Princess Alexandra attended a Westminster Abbey service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale and to mark the centenary of the funeral of Edith Cavell.

• Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse

  HRH The Duke of Kent attended the dedication of a memorial stone to PG Wodehouse at Westminster Abbey on Friday 20th September 2019.

• Judges service marks start of the 2019 legal year

  Tuesday, 1st October 2019

  The annual Judges Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 1st October 2019.

• BBC Radio 4 to broadcast Matins from the Abbey

  Friday, 9th April 2021

  A Service of Morning Prayer from Westminster Abbey in Thanksgiving for the Life of HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 8.10am on Sunday 11th April.

• Duke of Edinburgh Thanksgiving service at the Abbey

  Thursday, 23rd December 2021

  Buckingham Palace has announced that a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of His Royal Highness The Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh will take place in the spring of 2022 at Westminster Abbey.

• Buckingham Palace announces date for Duke of Edinburgh service

  Monday, 7th February 2022

  Buckingham Palace has announced that a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey will take place on Tuesday 29th March.

• 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.

• Former Sub-Dean Canon Robert Reiss dies aged 80

  Monday, 30th January 2023

  The Reverend Canon Dr Robert Reiss, former Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer of Westminster Abbey, has died aged 80.

• The rough trade of politics

  On 18th October 2021, Westminster Abbey welcomed Parliamentarians to St Margaret’s Church as we mourned the tragic death of Sir David Amess MP.

• Weston Family

  Philanthropist

  The family of Garry Howard Weston have given generously to the restoration of Westminster Abbey. A new lift to the triforium has been named the Weston tower.

• Lord Robens of Woldingham

  Politician and Philanthropist

  As a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal Lord Robens of Woldingham, politician and industrialist, has a small stained glass window.

• Michael Mayne

  Writer, Dean and Priest/Minister

  The ashes of Michael Clement Otway Mayne K.C.V.O, Dean of Westminster, are buried in the nave near the graves of his predecessors in office.

• RAF Coastal Command

  Airman

  On 16th March 2004 a memorial was dedicated in the south cloister to RAF Coastal Command with a relief carving in light grey Carrara marble.

• Sir Herbert Baker

  Architect

  Architect Sir Herbert Baker is buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 9th June 1862 at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.