HRH The Duchess of Gloucester opened the 98th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 5th November 2026. The annual event, which marks the start of the nation’s Remembrance ...

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 ...

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion: et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem: exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet. Rest eternal grant to ...

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 ...

You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully maltreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God ...

A new book has been published exploring the memorials, monuments and historical connections that link Westminster Abbey with Indigenous communities around the world. Edited by the Abbey's Public ...

Experience an immersive evening of music, readings, and discussion, hearing how individual voices have shaped the long story of democracy in the UK. Sitting within the nation’s house of memory, ...

Who is buried here and why? Take a fresh look at the Abbey as an evolving place of national memory on this thought-provoking guided tour. Explore the role of national memory at Westminster Abbey, a ...

Book your Abbey entry ticket or tour ticket in advance. Plan your journey by bicycle using the Transport for London website. Bike racks are available close to the Abbey and can be found on the ...

The memorial stone to George, 6th Baron Byron in Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey was given by the Poetry Society and unveiled on 8th May 1969. It adjoins the memorials to Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll ...