Discover over ten centuries of British history in a building in the heart of London where worship takes place every day.

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.

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.

The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range of human emotions and experiences; from the depths of anger, resentment, and ...

the Abbey bells will be rung for St David's Day (transferred from Sunday) at about 5.45 pm following Evensong ...

The poet, writer and dramatist Aphra (Astrea or Aphara) Behn (1640-1689) was buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey, near the steps up into the church. Thomas Sprat was Dean of Westminster ...

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 ...

Several members of the family of Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans are buried or commemorated in Westminster Abbey. Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans He was born in London on 8th May 1670, ...

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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII and his queen Katherine of Aragon was buried in Westminster Abbey, on the north side of the Sanctuary area near the entrance to the chapel of St ...

Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by ...