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• A Reflection for Good Friday

  Friday, 10th April 2020

  I was outside in the Abbey garden. The sun shone on cherry blossom and tulips. Spring ablaze before me, full of new life and promise.

  Friday Reflection COVID-19 Holy Week and Easter

• Medieval Monastery tour

  Wednesday, 2nd October 2024

  Explore the history of the Benedictine monastery at Westminster Abbey, from the time when the first twelve monks arrived in 960AD until the dissolution of the monastery under Henry VIII in 1540.

  Events

• Sir Thomas Bromley

  Politician

  Sir Thomas Bromley died on 12th April 1587 and was buried in the chapel of St Paul in Westminster Abbey. He was born in 1530.

• Sir John Franklin

  Explorer

  The famous Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin has a memorial in St John the Evangelist's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

• Abbey celebrates Unknown Warrior anniversary

  Tuesday, 9th November 2010

  Westminster Abbey will this week celebrate the 90th anniversary of one of its most poignant memorials, The Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  Grave of the Unknown Warrior

• Abbey finds rare 17th century manuscript in tin trunk

  Friday, 3rd November 2017

  The manuscript, thought to date from 1603-1604, is a copy of Donne’s The Courtier’s Library, a satirical attack on corruptions in the church and establishment: rather like a 17th century version of Private Eye.

• James and Mary Kendall

  Diplomat

  James Kendall and his niece Mary are buried in Westminster Abbey. James Kendall, politician and governor of Barbados, is buried in the south choir aisle.

• Abbey development plan update

  Wednesday, 4th August 2010

  The Dean and Chapter wish to provide an update on the progress of the Abbey’s development plans under the 2020 Vision, following its statement in June and December, 2009.

  Cellarium Cafe Education Centre

• A Reflection on Restlessness

  Friday, 1st May 2020

  Westminster has changed. I am living in a changed environment. Shops and offices are shut. Parks may be full, but the city pavements are deserted.

• A new girls' choir for St Margaret's Church

  Friday, 17th March 2023

  St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, is to launch a new choir for girls aged eleven to seventeen.

  St Margaret's Church Music

• Autumn season of events celebrates human dignity

  Tuesday, 26th September 2023

  A new season of events at Westminster Abbey this autumn, Dignity, will remember those whose impact on national life may have been overlooked or forgotten.

• Lunchtime Talk: Remembering the Second World War

  Wednesday, 11th June 2025

  Keith Lowe reflects on how nations around the world have commemorated the Second World War, 80 years on since the end of the conflict.

  Beyond Victory

• George Granville Bradley

  Dean and Writer

  George Granville Bradley, Dean of Westminster, is buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey. A brass covers his grave.

• David Livingstone

  Writer, Explorer, Physician and Doctor

  David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, died at Ilala in the centre of Africa in May 1873. His grave is in the centre of the Nave.

• Geoffrey Chaucer

  Scientist, Writer and Poet

  Geoffrey Chaucer is buried in the south transept, now known as Poets' Corner. He was the author of The Canterbury Tales.

• Patrons lend their support to the St Margaret’s Choristers

  Friday, 1st March 2024

  Five patrons from across the worlds of public service and the arts have lent their support to the St Margaret’s Choristers – a new girls’ choir founded at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, last year.

• President of the Republic of Korea visits the Abbey

  The President of the Republic of Korea, HE Yoon Suk Yeol visited the Abbey on Tuesday 21st November as part of his State Visit to His Majesty The King.

• An Ash Wednesday Reflection

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