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Westminster Abbey and Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Abbey is not currently open for public worship, general visiting or private prayer. Meanwhile, the community of Abbey clergy are continuing to worship and pray, in-line with government guidance. They are also producing a podcast to mark key liturgical events.

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How to get to the Abbey

The Chapter Office, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London, SW1P 3PA

Underground

Westminster (Jubilee, District & Circle Lines)
St. James’s Park (District and Circle Lines)

National Rail

London Victoria (0.8 miles)
London Waterloo (0.8 miles)

Buses

Find your best journey via the Transport for London website

Inside the Abbey

At the heart of the nation

A place for worship, celebration and ceremony, many of Britain’s most significant historic moments of the past one thousand years have happened here. Since 1066, the Abbey has hosted every coronation, and is the final resting place for the great kings, queens, poets, musicians, scientists and politicians of our past. We’d love you to come and take a look.

Our history
Welcome to the Abbey

Welcome to the Abbey

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Statues and monuments in Poets' Corner, including William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Jane Austen

Poets' Corner

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Kings, queens and royal visits

The Abbey has hosted many of Britain’s most significant historic events. It has been the coronation church since 1066, and we’ve held 16 royal weddings. 30 kings and queens are buried here.

Royalty

Famous names of the Abbey

More than 3,000 famous people are buried and many others commemorated in the Abbey, including kings and queens, writers, musicians, scientists, politicians, and noblemen and women.

See them all
See them all
Support Us

Support Us

Support from our visitors and donors helps us care for the Abbey and keeps us open as a living working church. We are independent and receive no funding from the Church, the Government or, the Crown. So, your help really counts.

How you can help

TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

Westminster Abbey was awarded the 2018 Hall of Fame Certificate of Excellence from
TripAdvisor which 'recognises 5 consecutive years of consistently-high ratings from travellers'.

We appreciate your feedback, so please leave a review of the Abbey on the TripAdvisor website.

TripAdvisor 2018 Certificate of Excellence

I’ve worked here for over thirty years and have seen many of the major services - it’s strange to realise that you are in a small way part of history.

Pamela - Rector's Secretary

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