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

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    Mar 2

    Find out more about the Holy Week and Easter services and events taking place at the Abbey. Discover more:

    A depiction of Christ on the Cross, with two other men either side of him.
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  2. 2 hours ago

    'I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.' Psalm 9: 1-2

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Tickets are now on sale for our Holy Week concert. On 12th April, the will be joined by period-instrument orchestra St. James' Baroque for a performance of Bach’s powerful setting of the Passion story. Discover more:

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Our Visitor Experience team are always available to help you during your visit to the Abbey. Feel free to ask them any questions, or simply say 'hi'. 👋

    A member of the Visitor Experience team helping an Abbey visitor.
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  5. 8 hours ago

    There are spectacular views wherever you look in the Abbey but we think this one - of the 101-ft high nave ceiling - is hard to beat. Discover more about the Abbey's architecture:

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  6. 11 hours ago

    4⃣ Margaret Cavendish Cavendish was a writer of poems and essays, published under her own name at a time when women wrote anonymously. She is buried next to her husband, William. Her effigy shows her holding a book, pen-case and ink well. Discover more:

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  7. 13 hours ago

    Henry II was born 1133. He was known as Henry 'Curtmantle' or 'Fitz Empress' when he was young and succeeded King Stephen in October 1154.

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  8. Mar 3

    3️⃣ Angela Burdett-Coutts   This great Victorian philanthropist applied her fortune to many charities connected with the Church of England, the poor, children and animals.
 She died of acute bronchitis and was buried at the Abbey in 1907.   Discover more:

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  9. Mar 3

    'O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!' Psalm 8:1

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  10. Mar 3

    Join is in the Abbey on Sunday as Charlie Newsome-Hubbard from St Clement Danes gives our next free organ recital at 5.00pm. He'll be performing a programme including music by Bach, Dupré, Ross and Franck. Everyone is welcome and there's no need to book:

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  11. Mar 3

    A memorial to Scientist Robert Hooke was unveiled in the Abbey in 2005. Hooke was curator of experiments before being elected Fellow at the Royal Society. He played a major role in the rebuilding of London after the great fire. Discover more:

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  12. Mar 2

    ‘Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me; make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.’ Psalm 38: 21-22

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    Mar 2
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    It was so amazing to see the final resting place of these queens! Visiting Westminster Abbey was a highlight of my life to date!!!

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  14. Mar 2

    2⃣Mary Queen of Scots Mary was a claimant to the Crown and a danger to her cousin Elizabeth I. She fled to England after her army was routed and she was confined by Elizabeth and finally executed. Mary's tomb is in the Lady Chapel. Discover More:

    The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots
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    Mar 2

    Join us for Eucharist for Ash Wednesday today at 5pm with music by Byrd and Allegri

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  16. Mar 2

    Lawyer and Abolitionist William Murray, Lord Mansfield was born in 1705. He was Lord Chief Justice of England from 1756-88 and played a key role in ending slavery in England with his judgment in the case of James Somerset. Discover more:

    William Murray monument - A judge on a seat
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  17. Mar 2

    Today we are marking Ash Wednesday with services in the Abbey throughout the day. Everyone is welcome to join us for Holy Communion with the Imposition of Ashes at 12.30pm, and Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes at 5pm:

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  18. Mar 1

    'Jesus said: 'If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.'' Matthew 16: 24-25

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  19. Mar 1

    Our Vergers have been hard at work preparing the Abbey for Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent tomorrow. One of their most important tasks was to hang the Lenten array at the High Altar. Everyone is welcome at services in the Abbey throughout Lent:

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  20. Mar 1

    Westminster Abbey Institute’s spring events season begins at 6.30pm on Tuesday 8 March with Claire Foster-Gilbert in conversation with film and theatre director Josie Rourke as they discuss Trust in Oneself. To find out more and to book (free):

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