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Throughout July and August, visitors are invited to experience the Abbey in new and surprising ways at a special season of ...
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. The service always includes one or ...
Discover Westminster Abbey in new and unexpected ways this summer. Be inspired with creative workshops, poetry, live music and hidden stories waiting to be uncovered.
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. The service always includes one or ...
Watch services from the Abbey Enjoy and experience regular and special services from Westminster Abbey from wherever you are in the world - either live or on demand.
Soak up the summer atmosphere with live music in the beautiful surroundings of Westminster Abbey’s historic College Garden.
From the late 13th century onwards funeral effigies of monarchs and other royal persons were carried in a funeral procession on the coffin beneath a canopy. The effigy was generally close to the ...
In the chapel of St Michael in Westminster Abbey is a large marble monument to Algernon Coote, Earl of Mountrath and his wife Diana.
The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range ...
Simon Preston CBE, who was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey from 1981 to 1987, and Sub-Organist between 1962 and 1967, has died aged 83.
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended a service celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 5th July 2023.