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 ...

In the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey is a memorial to philanthropist Jonas Hanway. This shows a relief of Britannia distributing clothing to boys destined for service at sea, a ...

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 ...

Learn about the lives and legacies of those remembered in the Abbey and discover how people from all walks of life have ended up in the nation's church. Join a member of staff at 10:30am every Tuesday ...

A new building – to be named The King Charles III Sacristy in honour of HM The King – will be constructed to house state-of-the-art welcome, security and ticketing facilities, allowing the Abbey ...

The ashes of 'the father of the Royal Air Force' Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.S.O. are buried in the RAF chapel at the east end of the Lady Chapel in Westminster ...

Edward was a son of Richard, 3rd Duke of York and his wife Cicely, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. He was born at Rouen in France on 28th April 1442. On 4th March 1461 King Henry ...

Joan was a daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile and was born at Acre in the spring of 1272. It’s very hard not to be enthusiastic working at the Abbey. If this place doesn’t make you ...

Henry was born at Winchester Castle on 1st October 1207, eldest son of King John and Isabella. He succeeded his father in 1216. His was one of the longest reigns in English history. Demolition of ...

Edward was born in the precincts of Westminster Abbey on 2nd November 1470, while his father Edward IV was in exile and his mother Elizabeth (Woodville) was taking Sanctuary within the Abbey, under ...

William Benson, first Dean of Westminster, is buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey (in the area formerly called the chapel of St Blaize). The memorial stone was put in by Dean Stanley in ...