Visit | Westminster Abbey
Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, and statesmen, poets, heroes and villains. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066.
Plan your visit - Westminster Abbey
Here is our selection of Abbey highlights. We sell a range of merchandise inspired by the life, history, architecture of Westminster Abbey and its location in the heart of London. You can shop online and have your order shipped worldwide. We do …
A royal church | Westminster Abbey
Dec 6, 2024 · Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
The Coronation Chair - Westminster Abbey
The Stone of Scone under the Coronation Chair. However, on 3rd July 1996 the Prime Minister (John Major) announced that the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland by the end of the year, returning to the Abbey only for coronations.
Prices & entry times - Westminster Abbey
Prices and entry times. Plan your visit with our complete list of visitor opening times and ticket prices. You can also find out about other ways to visit, including using the London Pass and Westminster City Save card.
A History of Royal Burials and Funerals - Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor was buried in 1066 in the new Abbey church he had built and many monarchs have their tombs around his Shrine. Henry III, Edward III and his queen Philippa of Hainault and Richard II and Anne of Bohemia have fine effigies on their tombs. Edward I has a large plain tomb chest but his queen Eleanor of Castile has a gilt bronze effigy. ...
Coronation stories - Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth I was crowned in the Abbey on 15 January 1559 - a date chosen by her astrologer John Dee. Huge crowds welcomed her procession though the city the day before the service, and afterwards she was greeted with the sound of drums and …
The Wedding of William and Kate | Westminster Abbey
She starts her walk down the Abbey’s Nave to the High Altar, a distance of 97 metres, carefully making her way around the Grave of the Unknown Warrior – the only grave in the Abbey which is never walked upon. The aisle has been transformed into an avenue of trees, lined with six field maples and two hornbeams, reflecting the couple’s love of the English countryside.
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Selected reading list: Coronation by Sir Roy Strong, 2005 The Stone of Destiny - artefact and icon edited by R.Welander, D.J.Breeze and T.O.Clancy, 2003 Liber Regalis, printed for the Roxburghe Club, 1870 Coronations - medieval and early modern monarchic ritual by J.M.Bak, 1990 A history of the English coronation by P.E.Schramm, 1937 English Coronation Records by …