Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families and more – there’s something for everyone at the Abbey. Many of our events are free and open to anyone. Our in-person events are held at ...

Find out what it’s like to be an Abbey chorister, ideal for boys aged 6 – 8. Our choristers enjoy an outstanding education at the Abbey Choir School, coupled with specialist musical training and the ...

Anne married Henry VIII as his fourth wife at Greenwich on 6th January 1540 but the marriage was annulled in July of that year. So she was never crowned queen. He found she was not as attractive as ...

She ordered that her wax effigy, dressed in her coronet, robes and shoes worn at Queen Anne's coronation, be set up in Henry VII's chapel near the grave of Ludovic Stuart, cousin of James I, (d.1624) ...

Richard, the 'Lionheart', was born on 8th September 1157 at Oxford, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He joined the Third Crusade to the Holy Land but returned to England when he heard of his ...

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A very large white marble statue was erected in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in memory of James Watt (died 1819), the great civil engineer, by the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey. This cost ...

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 ...

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 ...

For three days only, explore over 100 icons in this exhibition from members of the British Association of Iconographers. Away from the buzz of the Abbey, discover many different expressions of hope ...