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Tours for primary
Whether you are able to visit in person or virtually, we welcome schools from all over the UK to explore Christianity in the context of Westminster Abbey
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Coronation Club
Find out more about the history of coronations at Westminster Abbey and explore a range of videos, events, articles and more.
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Bomb damage
On 8th May 1945, Winston Churchill announced that the Second World War in Europe at an end. This was VE Day or Victory in Europe Day.
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St Margaret's Church
St. Margaret’s is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey. It’s sometimes called ‘the parish Church of the House of Commons’. Everyone’s welcome to visit.
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The relic of Archbishop Romero, a piece of the blood-stained alb in which he was martyred, displayed on the High Altar in a reliquary designed by Fernando Llort
HE Mrs Elisabeth Hayek Weinmann, Ambassador of El Salvador, attended Evensong commemorating the centenary of the birth of Blessed Oscar Romero at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 23rd September.
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The service was conducted by the Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Rector of St Margaret's and Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey, and the Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Chaplain to the speaker of the House of Commons
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 9th June 2015.
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His Excellency Roland Drago, the Ambassador of Chile, lays a wreath at the grave of Admiral Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Chilean Navy Day
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined representatives of the Chilean Navy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 19th May for the annual wreath-laying ceremony to honour Admiral Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Chilean Naval Day.
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The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord of Williams of Oystermouth
The Reverend Canon Martin Seeley, Principal, Westcott House, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; and the Reverend Canon Michael Beasley, Director of Mission in the Diocese of Oxford, was ordained and consecrated Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans at a Eucharist at Westminster Abbey on Ascension day, Thursday 14th May 2015.
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Westminster Abbey Holds Annual Civic Service
Westminster Abbey's annual Civic Service was held on Sunday 5th July at 11.00 am.
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The Annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st October 2015
The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 1st October 2015.
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The Right Honourable Baroness D'Souza CMG, Lord Speaker, reads Acts 10: 9-16
The 750th anniversary of the Simon de Montfort Parliament was remembered at Evensong in Westminster Abbey at 5.00 pm on Thursday 22nd January 2015.
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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, gives her testimony from the Great Pulpit
A Service of Solemn Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1st February 2015.
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Iona Pite, John Winston Churchill, and Christabel Fraser, great-great-grandchildren, are helped to lay their flowers on the memorial of Sir Winston Churchill in the Nave
Members of the Churchill family and representatives of Churchill-related organisations joined the congregation at a wreath laying to commemorate the Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD at Westminster Abbey on Friday 30th January.
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The signing of the Distinguished Visitors' Book
His Excellency Señor Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United Mexican States, accompanied by Señora Angélica Rivera de Peña, visited Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 3rd March 2015 during a State Visit to the United Kingdom as the guests of Her Majesty The Queen.
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Sharanya Manivannan reads Gathering
Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th March 2015.
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Michael and Shakira Caine
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of The Lord Attenborough CBE was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 17th March 2015.
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His Excellency The Honourable Sir Lockwood Smith KNZM, High Commissioner for New Zealand, reads 2 Corinthians 4: 7-16
Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service in Westminster Abbey on Saturday 25th April in Commemoration and Thanksgiving to Mark the Centenary of the ANZAC Landings. The National Anthem was sung.
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The Order of Service
Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Thanksgiving Marking the 70th Anniversary of Victory in Europe at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 10th May 2015.
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Westminster Abbey Institute Welcomes New MPs
The Westminster Abbey Institute hosted a reception on Tuesday 12th May 2015 to welcome new Members of Parliament.
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The silence is kept after His Excellency the Ambassador of Chile, Mr Ronald Drago, lay a wreath on the grave of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
The Chilean Navy paid its annual tribute at the grave of Admiral Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald, on Thursday 18th May 2017.