A dramatic, candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey This service will reflect upon the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful expectation 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. At choral Evensong most of the ...

If I were to try to sum up Advent in one word, it would have to be ‘bracing’. The main themes of this short season could hardly be more epic: death, judgement, afterlife, and the promise of Christ’s ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III) and his wife Princess Victoria. She was born at Kensington Palace on 24th May 1819 and succeeded to the ...

Westminster Abbey owns many embroidered vestments, such as copes, and altar hangings for use during the church year. The Abbey has many embroidered vestments and altar hangings in its collection.

At the eastern end of the magnificent Lady Chapel built by King Henry VII is a chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940. This ...

The bells of Westminster Abbey are much-loved, often heard ringing out across the city to mark church festivals and significant events in the life of the nation. In November 2021, we celebrate 50 ...

Charles I was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2nd February 1626. Due to religious difficulties his wife was not crowned with him For the first time ever at a coronation the anthem "I was glad" was ...

Westminster Abbey has very little medieval glass now remaining but there are good examples of glass from the 18th century to the present day. In the windows at the west end of the aisles of the nave ...

Neile, Dolben, Sprat, Atterbury, Bradford, Wilcocks, Pearce, Thomas and Horsley were also Bishops of Rochester at the same time as they were Dean. As Rochester was an impoverished diocese holding it ...

Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs. The martyrs are drawn from every continent and many Christian ...

The Cloisters were one of the busiest parts of the Abbey where the monks spent much of their time. A fire in 1298 damaged much of the area of the cloisters of the Norman church so they had to be ...