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• Hidden Highlights tour - July

  Monday, 1st July 2024

  Explore behind the scenes of the Abbey on a guided tour of some areas not usually open to the public.

  Select your chosen date and time (the time slot must be before or the same time as the tour time slot) and select your general admission tickets.

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• Voice and Verse Song Recital: Journeying

  Thursday, 7th November 2024

  Enjoy the beautiful sound world of the Abbey and its artists, as the Abbey’s Lay Vicars perform a recital of English Song featuring texts by poets buried or memorialised in Poets’ Corner.

  ...twentieth century masterpieces and new commissions. Ticketing information Concert tickets are non-transferrable and non-refundable. This event does...

  Music Voice and Verse

• Lunchtime choral concert: Armada!

  Wednesday, 24th June 2026

  Join us as the singers of St Margaret's Consort transport us with music from 1588.

  information Attendee tickets for young people under the age of 18 are free. Westminster City card holders receive 50% discount...

• Lunchtime Organ Recital: The Music of César Franck

  Wednesday, 20th May 2026

  Francois Cloete, Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey, plays César Franck’s Trois chorals pour orgue

  Ticketing information Attendee tickets for young people under the age of 18 are free.

• Lunchtime Talk: A Stonemason’s Guide to Britain’s Churches

  Wednesday, 8th January 2025

  Andrew Ziminski explores the often-overlooked features and furnishings that await discovery in our Parish Churches.

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• Lunchtime Talk: Women Poets

  Wednesday, 9th October 2024

  Professor Helen Hackett explores the lives and works of several women poets, considering why only some of them have been memorialised in Westminster Abbey.

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• Lunchtime Talk: First World War Poets

  Wednesday, 13th November 2024

  Join Max Egremont as he discusses the work and legacies of Britain's First World War poets.

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• Lunchtime Talk: The Tudors, Faith, Family and Fortune

  Wednesday, 11th December 2024

  Leanda de Lisle considers the role of religion in the dramatic story of the Tudor succession and explores the faith of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

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• Westminster Abbey celebrates poets and poetry in Voice and Verse events season this autumn

  Wednesday, 4th September 2024

  This autumn the Abbey will host a series of special events celebrating our much-loved literary figures, alongside those of new and emerging poets.

  Booking Find out more about our Voice and Verse season and how to book tickets

• Abbey to host first Advent/Hanukkah celebration

  Monday, 26th November 2007

  In a major first for Jewish/Christian relations in the UK, Westminster Abbey and the Council of Christians and Jews will celebrate two major festivals together this year.

  No tickets are required.

  Council of Christians and Jews Hanukkah

• An Abbey welcome to Holy Week and Easter

  Friday, 23rd March 2018

  Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s Church welcome worshippers and visitors to our annual celebration of Holy Week, the most solemn week of the Church’s year, culminating in the most joyful festival, Easter Day.

  No tickets are needed.

• 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

• Advent and Christmas

  Christmas is one of the most special festivals in the Christian calendar. Make yourself comfortable as you explore the story of Jesus' birth and create Christmas crafts to bring festive cheer to your home. Enjoy weekly over advent or indulge in one sitting and take a moment to think about what the Christmas story means to you.

• Animals

  From mice to elephants and dragons to unicorns, the Abbey is an ark of exciting animals. Popping up on memorials, knight helmets, flags and candlesticks, animals have acted as symbols of power, loyalty and courage and captured our imagination in terrific tales for hundreds of years. Choose your animal counterpart and explore the Abbey's marvellous menagerie.

• Art and architecture

  Westminster Abbey was founded in the year 960 AD. Since then there have been three churches on the same site. The current church is 750 years old and full of beautiful statues and windows. Join us to find out about and recreate some of the wonders you would encounter inside.

• Commonwealth

  As a royal church, Westminster Abbey celebrates the Commonwealth every day. The Commonwealth Service in March is a particularly joyful and hopeful celebration. Watch these videos to discover more about this family of nations who work together to make the world a better place, through song, dance and creativity.

• Faith

  Westminster Abbey is, first and foremost, a living, working church where people of all faiths and none are welcome. Be still and reflect about how faith weaves the Abbey's 1,000 year story together.

• Knights and dragons

  Knights have long been a part of Westminster Abbey’s story, with many buried and remembered inside the church. Today, the Lady Chapel even remembers modern knights during their lifetime. The Knights of the Order of the Bath each have their own special flag and crest. Over to you to explore what it takes to be a knight, perhaps even defeating a few dragons…

• Lent and Easter

  Lent and Easter can be times of reflection, hope and new beginnings for communities all over the world. Take on the kindness challenge in our Lent series and discover how C.S. Lewis' Narnia parallels the Christian story celebrated at Westminster Abbey.

• Remembrance

  The Grave of the Unknown Warrior is one of the most famous remembrance memorials in the country but Westminster Abbey's connections to remembrance stretch far beyond this grave's poppy border. Unearth the story of the Unknown Warrior, make a poppy and explore the stained-glass windows of the RAF chapel.