Westminster Abbey and Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Visitors can book tickets for dates in July and August and visit the many areas of the Abbey as before.

We are also open for worship and you are welcome to join us at our daily services. You can also attend individual prayer from 10:30am – 1:00pm, Monday – Saturday, but this is subject to change.

Some COVID hygiene guidance remains in place.

Welcome to Westminster Abbey

A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.

About the Abbey

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Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.

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Open for visiting tomorrow from 9.00am until 3.00pm

External view of Westminster Abbey with a magenta colouring

Summer Festival

Join us for behind-the scenes tours, open-air cinema and theatre, live music and family fun.

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Today's services

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Friday, 30th July 2021
William Wilberforce, social reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, anti-slavery campaigners, 1833, 1797, and 1846
8.00am	Morning Prayer	Quire
	said

12.30pm	Holy Communion	Nave
	said

5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by Hesperos	Smith Responses Gibbons Short Service Dunphy Mourning into Dancing
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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge.

News and events

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Roger Bannister completing the 4-minute mile

Westminster Abbey to honour Sir Roger Bannister

Thursday, 22nd July 2021

Four Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath chapel

Tuesday, 20th July 2021

Lost medieval sacristy opens to public for Summer Festival of events

Friday, 9th July 2021

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Support from our visitors and donors helps us care for the Abbey and keeps us open as a living working church. We are independent and receive no funding from the Church, the Government or, the Crown. So, your help really counts.

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