Tree-studded quadrangle surrounded by historic Abbey buildings, popular for lounging & football.
Explore a place that's touched the lives of kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers, poets, priests, heroes and villains since 960AD. Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the resting place of more than 3,000 great Britons.
At the heart of the nation
A place for worship, celebration and ceremony, many of Britain’s most significant historic moments of the past one thousand years have happened here. Since 1066, the Abbey has hosted every coronation, and is the final resting place for the great kings, queens, poets, musicians, scientists and politicians of our past. We’d love you to come and take a look.
General opening times
Monday - Saturday: 9.30am - 3.30pm (last entry)
Sunday: Open for services
Open to visitors most days, but as Westminster Abbey is a living working church, we may need to close some areas off to the public at times and offer reduced opening hours.
Some areas of the Abbey are inaccessible to wheelchairs and visitors with reduced mobility. We offer free admission to such visitors and their carers. You can enter through the North Door where there is a small ramped step.
Wheelchairs
We have wheelchairs you can use - please ask an Abbey Marshal when you arrive.
Visually impaired visitors
We offer an audio described tour that has been created with the assistance of VocalEyes.
Assistance dogs
Guide dogs, hearing dogs and assistance dogs are welcome. We don't allow other animals.
Visitors with hearing difficulties
The Abbey is equipped with a hearing loop system that covers the whole of the Abbey main building. This system is used at all Services.
Accessible toilets
Yes, they are located in the Cloisters.
Verger-guided tours
For 90 minutes, you'll be personally guided by one of the Abbey’s vergers. This tour includes a visit to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor (not open to general visitors) as well as the royal tombs, Poets’ Corner, the Lady Chapel and the Nave.
Group visits
We currently welcome guided tour groups of up to 20 visitors when accompanied by a Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Find out more about our current group visit arrangements.
