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• Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

  Saturday, 30th March 2024

  A beautiful and joyous service that celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  Holy Week Easter

• The Birthday of His Majesty The King

  the bells of Westminster Abbey are rung from 1.00 pm

• O King of the Nations [English]

  Discover the Great O Antiphons with Westminster Abbey, and take part in this Advent tradition.

• The King celebrates Commonwealth Day 2023 at the Abbey

  Monday, 13th March 2023

  Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort attended the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey at 2.45pm on Monday 13th March - The King’s first as monarch.

  Commonwealth Service Commonwealth Day Special Service

• Abbey hosts 12-hour overnight performance of Sixty-Six Books

  Monday, 24th October 2011

  Westminster Abbey was host to a performance of Sixty-Six Books on Friday 21st October in collaboration with the Bush Theatre.

  King James Bible

• Concert: Gloria!

  Saturday, 28th June 2025

  Making their concert debut, the St Margaret’s Choristers of Westminster Abbey perform Vivaldi’s perennial favourite with the renowned period instrument ensemble, The English Concert.

  Music St Margaret's Church concert

• Sung Eucharist with the Blessings of Palms and Procession

  Sunday, 24th March 2024

  Sung Eucharist with the Blessings of Palms and Procession: This Palm Sunday Sung Eucharist marks the start of Holy Week. It represents Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where the crowd laid.

  Holy Week and Easter

• Abbey Choir sings for Pope in St Peter's

  Friday, 29th June 2012

  Westminster Abbey’s Choir sang for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Friday 29th June, a historic occasion of great significance for Anglican-Catholic relations.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica

• Official Birthday of His Majesty The King

  the bells of Westminster Abbey will be rung from noon

• St Edward the Confessor, king, 1066

  St Peter flag

• Introducing The King Charles III Sacristy

  We’re transforming the welcome we offer to the millions of people who come to the Abbey to enjoy one of the world’s great churches. A new building – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – will be constructed to house state-of-the-art welcome, security and ticketing facilities, allowing the Abbey itself to be preserved in all its beauty and wonder as a sacred space.

• Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen

  Find out more about the history of coronations at Westminster Abbey and explore a range of videos, events, articles and more.

• Thanksgiving Service for Baroness Trumpington

  Tuesday, 25th June 2019

  A service of thanksgiving for the life and work of The Rt Hon The Baroness Trumpington DCVO, at St Margaret’s Church on 25th June 2019.

  Baroness Trumpington

• St Margaret's marks Desert Rats homecoming

  Tuesday, 17th June 2014

  A Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for the 7th Armoured Brigade deployed in Operation Herrick 19 in Afghanistan was held at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 17th June at 11.00 am.

  7th Armoured Brigade

• The Chennai Books Project

  Thursday, 30th March 2006

  A lunchtime concert was held in St Margaret's Church on Thursday 30th March by some of the Lay Vicars of the Choir of Westminster Abbey.

• Dr Rowan Williams Leads Celebrations for the Bicentenary of the National Society

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams paid tribute to the work of the National Society at a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Bicentenary of the National Society on Friday 14th October at 12 noon.

• Westminster Abbey Marks 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

  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.

• London Mayors attend Evensong together

  Evensong to celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey was held in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayors of the London Boroughs, together with members of the Greater London Lieutenancy, on Sunday 15th October 2017.

• Judges service marks start of the legal year

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

• 150th Anniversary of Peabody Celebrated

  A service to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Peabody and the work of its founder, George Peabody, was held at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 28th March 2012 at 11.00am.