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• Baroness Boothroyd remembered at St Margaret's memorial service

  Tuesday, 16th January 2024

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of the Right Honourable The Baroness Boothroyd OM was held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 16th January 2024.

  St Margaret's Church

• 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.

  Special Service Srebrenica Memorial Day

• Remembering Chernobyl

  Tuesday, 26th April 2005

  The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, led the Chernobyl Children's Project and others in a brief wreath laying service at 12 noon on Tuesday 26th April, at the Innocent Victim's Memorial.

  Wreathlaying Chernobyl Children's Project Innocent Victims Memorial

• 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

• Charles Gore lecture: Theology for Commonwealth: God’s Dreaming, Common Worth, Planetary Communion

  Wednesday, 17th September 2025

  Join us for a lecture that offers a theology look for Commonwealth by turning our attention from Word to Dreaming, from wealth to worth, from common good to planetary communion.

  Charles Gore Memorial Lectures

• Beyond Victory: Westminster Walking Tour

  Saturday, 10th May 2025

  Take a reflective walk with guide Katie Wignall as she examines what the memorials in the Westminster area tell us about the impact and legacy of the Second World War.

  Events Beyond Victory

• 'With courage to endure'

  The updated memorial in Poets' Corner, now with the correct spelling of the Brontë sisters' surname

• Portrait of a Dean

  Dr Tony Trowles, Head of the Abbey Collection, explores how Dean John Williams, who has no Abbey memorial himself, left the biggest legacy of all.

• A Service to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies

  A Service to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies took place at Westminster Abbey on 6th May 2009 at 11.00am.

• A Service to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of Combat Stress

  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attended a Service to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Combat Stress, at Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday 12th May 2009.

• An Observance for Commonwealth Day 2010

  An Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on 8th March 2010 was attended by HM The Queen with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH The Prince of Wales with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

• Princess Alexandra Attends Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale

  Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, Patron, The Florence Nightingale Foundation, attended A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

• 78th anniversary of the Battle of Britain

  A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Britain took place at Westminster Abbey on 16th September 2018.

• Abbey opens its doors and welcomes two Archbishops

  Two of the first visitors were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby; and Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.

• Battle of Britain Sunday 2009

  A Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication to mark Battle of Britain Sunday was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 20th September 2009.

• HRH The Duke of Gloucester and the Prime Minister Attend NVA Evensong

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester and the Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, and over 1000 members of The Normandy Veterans’ Association attended Evensong on Sunday 25 October at 3.00pm, marking the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Campaign.

• Office for Royal Maundy

  Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended the Office for the Royal Maundy at Westminster Abbey on Maundy Thursday, 21st April 2011.

• Princess Royal Attends Royal British Legion’s 90th Anniversary Service

  HRH The Princess Royal attended a service of thanksgiving to mark the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 20th September 2011.

• The Dalai Lama visits Westminster Abbey

  The Dalai Lama visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 20th June 2012 for A Moment of Prayer and Reflection in the Nave.

• Westminster Abbey marks Kristallnacht anniversary

  A Service of Solemn Remembrance and Hope on the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th November 2018.