to the glory of your name. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili ...

A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale was held at Westminster Abbey at 6:30pm on Tuesday 12th May 2026. The service is held annually to celebrate nursing and midwifery and all ...

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 ...

This late-night service celebrates the birth of Christ, the Light of the World, in the midst of darkness. This late-night service celebrates the birth of Christ, the Light of the world, in the midst ...

The Koinonia lectures offer an opportunity to engage with the latest research from a wide range of theological and ecclesiological thinkers. The programme draws on distinguished speakers from ...

Westminster Abbey Institute’s annual Fellows’ programme aims to nurture and revitalise moral and spiritual values in public life and service. Geared at public servants in, or moving into senior ...

All groups led by Blue Badge Guides must purchase their group ticket through our portal in order to be allocated with a pre-determined time slot. Please note private groups must consist of one Blue ...

The nearest step-free underground station is Westminster station (0.1 miles). London Victoria station is also step-free (0.7 miles). For more information on how to get here by public transport, see ...

King George V, second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was born in 1865 and served in the Royal Navy until 1892 when he became heir to the throne following the death of his elder brother, ...

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 ...

Prince Rupert (1619-1682), Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland and Bavaria, was buried on 6th December 1682 in a vault with his mother in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in ...

William Buckland, geologist and Dean of Westminster has a memorial bust in the nave of Westminster Abbey but is buried with his wife in the churchyard at Islip in Oxfordshire, where he died. He was ...