The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...

You are surrounded by history at the Abbey, not like a museum where it’s just displayed, but here you are standing where history has happened.

If you buy an online ticket via the Westminster Abbey website you can upgrade it to an annual pass free of charge. This will enable you to visit the Abbey three times for the price of one. Simply ask ...

Edward was born in the precincts of Westminster Abbey on 2nd November 1470, while his father Edward IV was in exile and his mother Elizabeth (Woodville) was taking Sanctuary within the Abbey, under ...

Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...

Everyone is welcome to attend these recitals, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry. It’s very hard not to be enthusiastic working at the Abbey. If this place doesn’t make you smile ...

The Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, who died at the battle of Trafalgar (off the south coast of Spain) on 21st October 1805. This ...

Services are free of charge. Times and locations may change at short notice. Security checks are in place upon entry. Photography is not permitted during services. The Society of Our Lady of Pew ...

See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals. You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.

The Abbey bells can usually be heard before services and in celebration of church festivals and royal occasions. See the Abbey bells page for a history of bell ringing at Westminster Abbey.

At different times of the day, or in different seasons, the light falling in the Abbey will light up something that you have walked past a million times and never seen before.

In the north west tower chapel in Westminster Abbey is a free standing white marble statue to Captain James Montagu. An over-life-size figure of James in naval uniform stands on a pedestal on which is ...