Discover more about the objects presented to the monarch during the coronation service and find out what each one represents. Which objects feature in a coronation service? Watch Dr Tony Trowles, Head ...

Enjoy and experience regular and special services from Westminster Abbey from wherever you are in the world - either live or on demand. You are unable to view this content as it is hosted by a ...

John Pym, politician and leader of the popular party in the Long Parliament, died at Derby House in Westminster on 8th December 1643. His magnificent funeral was held a few days later and both Houses ...

Please join in saying the words and singing the hymns printed in bold type. The church is served by a hearing loop. Users should turn their hearing aid to the setting marked T. Photography, filming, ...

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 ...

Curator Dr Susan Jenkins shares more about the lives and poetry of nine Poet Laureates who are buried or memorialised in Poets' Corner. The official post of ‘Poet Laureate’ (laureate meaning crowned ...

Plan your journey by bicycle. Bike racks are available close to the Abbey and can be found on the Transport for London cycle parking website. Please note that folding bikes are not permitted in the ...

John Gay, the celebrated poet and dramatist, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey on 23rd December 1732, in the central part of the area near Thomas Parr's grave. The funeral was a ...

On 12th November 1954 a memorial was unveiled at Westminster Abbey for William Caxton, merchant and England's first printer and publisher. He also imported books into England and was a bookseller. The ...

A memorial window to writer and preacher John Bunyan was unveiled in the west aisle of the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 25th January 1912. It was erected by public subscription and designed ...

The over life-size white marble bust of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was unveiled in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey on 1st March 1884, on a pillar near to the tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer. Funds ...

In the south transept of Westminster Abbey is the grave of Dr Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic. He lies just in front of Shakespeare's memorial. The inscription in brass letters reads: SAMUEL ...