Visit the Abbey
We warmly welcome many visitors each year to discover over ten centuries of British history in this remarkable building.
Take a virtual tourThe Abbey and St Margaret's Church are currently closed for general visiting but we remain open for worship and you are welcome to join us at our daily services.
The Abbey is also open for individual prayer from 10:30am - 12:30pm, Monday to Saturday.
Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers, poets, priests, heroes and villains since 960AD. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the resting place of more than 3,000 great Britons.
We warmly welcome many visitors each year to discover over ten centuries of British history in this remarkable building.
Take a virtual tourThe Chapter Office, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London, SW1P 3PA
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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 historyThe 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.
RoyaltyMore 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.
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 helpWestminster Abbey was awarded the 2018 Hall of Fame Certificate of Excellence from
TripAdvisor which 'recognises 5 consecutive years of consistently-high ratings from travellers'.
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It’s very hard not to be enthusiastic working at the Abbey. If this place doesn’t make you smile I don’t know what will.