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• Westminster Abbey People Share Stories for #MakeHistory Campaign

  Thursday, 9th March 2017

  Westminster Abbey has released a new collection of images telling the stories of the people who work behind the scenes to support the Abbey’s first public appeal in 30 years to raise funds for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries.

  Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

• Westminster Abbey to honour Sir Roger Bannister

  Thursday, 22nd July 2021

  Westminster Abbey is to dedicate a memorial to Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes and who later.

• Sir Humphrey Bourchier

  Soldier

  Sir Humphrey Bourchier (or Bourgchier) is buried in St Edmund's chapel. The Purbeck marble altar tomb once had a brass figure on it.

• Henry and Millicent Fawcett

  Philanthropist and Statesman

  In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.

• Hugh & Muriel Dowding

  Airman

  The ashes of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory, are buried in the Royal Air Force chapel.

• William Caxton

  On 12th November 1954 a memorial was unveiled for William Caxton, merchant and England's first printer and publisher. He also imported books into England.

• New Tower for Westminster Abbey

  Thursday, 26th February 2015

  Westminster Abbey has been granted planning permission by Westminster City Council to build a new stair and lift tower at the east end of the church. The tower will enable public access for the first time to the Abbey's eastern Triforium, an elevated internal gallery, which is to be transformed into a new museum and exhibition space: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. This will be the most significant addition to the building since Nicholas Hawksmoor's iconic west towers were completed in 1745.

• The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to open on 11th June

  Monday, 4th June 2018

  The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries will open at Westminster Abbey on Monday 11th June.

• Lunchtime Talk: Creating the Commonwealth

  Wednesday, 12th February 2025

  Join Professor Philip Murphy as he traces the complex origins of the organisation now known as the Commonwealth.

  Events Commonwealth

• The rough trade of politics

  On 18th October 2021, Westminster Abbey welcomed Parliamentarians to St Margaret’s Church as we mourned the tragic death of Sir David Amess MP.

• Voice and Verse Panel: Poets' Corners Across the Pond

  Thursday, 14th November 2024

  In this special event, speakers from Westminster Abbey, London, and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, jointly reflect on the significance and impact of a Poets' Corner within a place of worship.

  Voice and Verse

• Sir Mark Rylance returns to Westminster Abbey

  Sir Mark Rylance will return to Westminster Abbey with a company of actors bringing the words of William Shakespeare to life for six special performances in April.

• The Queen attends Commonwealth Service

  Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended The Commonwealth Service: A Celebration of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey on Monday 13th March 2017. They were accompanied by The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, The Duke of York and The Earl of Wessex.