One part of the abbey is known as Poets’ Corner, where a selection of illustrious literary figures have been buried, beginning with Geoffrey Chaucer, author of “The Canterbury Tales,” in 1400.

Philip Larkin is to be honoured with a memorial stone in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, to be laid alongside those of some of the most revered names in English language poetry like TS Eliot ...

The stones, bones and thrones of the famed Westminster Abbey provide a wonderfully cluttered walk through its English ...

The Abbey is 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 ...

Summer: Evenings at the Abbey Selected dates in July and August Make the most of summer evenings with a special after-hours experience at Westminster Abbey. Wander through beautiful spaces like the ...

Outside Westminster Abbey, while London police stood guard before locked doors, passersby saw a glint of light through stained-glass windows. Inside the Abbey, from behind a canvas screen in Poets ...

It may seem like a long 13 years after his death that Ted Hughes was honored in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey, but compared with other literary greats like Shakespeare and Byron, the wait was ...

Rising above the Thames in London, Westminster Abbey has been the site of coronations since 1066 and the final resting place for royalty, authors, poets, statesmen and scientists.

Westminster Abbey was briefly referenced in Roger Miller’s No. 1 hit, “ England Swings ” in 1964. The song, written and sung by Miller, mentions famous landmarks like the abbey and Big Ben.