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  • Abbey Celebrates The Queen's 90th Birthday

    Thursday, 21st April 2016

    Westminster Abbey will mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen at Evensong on Thursday 21st April and with a full peal of bells at 1.00pm.

    HM The Queen 90th birthday

  • Dean & Chapter commissions Abbey paintings

    Thursday, 15th March 2018

    Westminster Abbey’s Dean & Chapter has commissioned a unique series of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Creswell.

    Alexander Creswell Exhibition Lady Chapel

  • 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 welcomes Lord Mayor of Westminster

    Monday, 6th September 2021

    Matins, attended in Civic State by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Jonathan Glanz, was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 5th September 2021.

  • Abbey remembers Canon Jane Sinclair

    Thursday, 7th October 2021

    A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Reverend Canon Jane Sinclair was held in St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 7th October 2021.

  • Abbey Tribute to Sir Simon Milton

    Monday, 31st October 2011

    A service of thanksgiving to celebrate the life and work of Sir Simon Milton was held at Westminster Abbey on Monday 31st October 2011.

    Special Service Sir Simon Milton

  • Abbey marks Kristallnacht 75th Anniversary

    Monday, 11th November 2013

    A Service of Solemn Remembrance and Hope to mark the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 10th November 2013.

  • Abbey releases music for the Coronation Vivats 

    Sunday, 30th April 2023

    Westminster Abbey has today released the words and music of the Vivat acclamations which will be sung at the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen on Saturday 6th May.

    Coronation news Music

  • Abbey in Wartime

    Westminster Abbey is a treasure house of paintings, stained glass, textiles and artefacts – and is also where some significant people are buried or remembered.

  • Abbey Bells Ring for Royal Anniversary

    Monday, 20th November 2017

    Westminster Abbey will mark the 70th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on Monday 20th November.

  • 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

  • Abbey hosts the Lighting of the Benedictine Torch

    Wednesday, 2nd March 2011

    A Service of Blessing for the Benedictine Torch took place at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 2nd March at 12 noon.

  • Westminster Abbey Marks Srebrenica Anniversary

    Monday, 6th July 2015

    A Solemn Commemoration for Srebrenica Memorial Day was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Monday 6th July.

    Srebrenica Memorial Day

  • Abbey Marks St Andrews Milestone

    Wednesday, 11th December 2013

    A Service of Thanksgiving for the 600th Anniversary of the University of St Andrews was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 10th December 2013.

  • Abbey Celebrates St Peter's Day

    Thursday, 30th June 2016

    Westminster Abbey, since 1560 the Collegiate Church of St Peter Westminster, has from the beginning been under the patronage of St Peter, Apostle and Martyr. On St Peter's Day, Wednesday 29th June 2016, a Sung Eucharist was celebrated at which the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, preached the sermon.

    St Peter's Day

  • Robert Hooke memorialised at Westminster Abbey

    Wednesday, 23rd February 2005

    Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of seventeenth-century English scientists will be memorialised at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 3 March at 6.00pm.

    Robert Hooke Memorial dedication

  • Prime Minister of Canada visits Abbey

    Wednesday, 12th June 2013

    The Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th June 2013.

    State Visit

  • 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.

  • Auction house steps in to help Abbey

    Thursday, 18th March 2021

    A major auction house is stepping in to help raise funds for the preservation of the Westminster Abbey, its collections, and its music foundation which are all at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Abbey hosts Whitehall carol service

    Wednesday, 19th December 2012

    The annual Whitehall Carol Service was held at Westminster Abbey, in association with Christians in Government, on Wednesday 19th December 2012.

    Whitehall Carol Service

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