Memorial of the month
Learn about the lives and legacies of those remembered in the Abbey and discover how people from all walks of life have ended up in the nation's church.
Join a member of staff at 10:30am every Tuesday and Thursday during visitor opening hours for a 10-minute talk about one of the thousands of memorials or graves that can be found around the Abbey. Please be aware this offer can be subject to cancellation at short notice.
These talks are available to those with a ticket to visit Westminster Abbey.
In the wake of the First World War, the Mothers’ Union raised money for a gilded altar frontal to be installed in St George’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, to serve as a “perpetual memorial to the sons and husbands who died”.
Join a member of the Abbey team in the Nave for a short 10-minute talk that will explore Westminster Abbey’s role as a site of national remembrance through the history of this beautiful altar front.
Talks will take place at 10:30am every Tuesday and Thursday during visitor opening hours. Look out for signage in the Abbey that will highlight the location of the talk.
On 4th October 1979, a memorial to Captain James Cook, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir Francis Chichester was unveiled in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey. Known as the Navigators' Memorial, it honours these three remarkable men, each of whom circumnavigated the globe by sea in different eras, leaving a legacy in the history of exploration.
Join a member of the Abbey team for a short 10-minute talk that will explore the stories behind the Navigators' Memorial and the significant feat of these three seafaring pioneers.
Talks will take place at 10:30am every Tuesday and Thursday during visitor opening hours. We will meet in Poets’ Corner.
