Westminster Abbey
A Gothic royal church in Westminster that has hosted every English and British coronation since 1066 and holds the graves of numerous monarchs, scientists, and poets.
- Landmark
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Did you know
The Abbey's Poets' Corner began by chance when Geoffrey Chaucer was buried there in 1400, not for his poetry but because he had worked as Clerk of Works at the Palace of Westminster, and only later did it become a tradition to bury and memorialise writers there.
Local tip
Book a timed ticket online in advance to skip the entry queue, and go for the free choral evensong in the late afternoon if you want to experience the Abbey's interior without paying for a daytime ticket.
Finding it
- Address
- 20, Dean's Yard, Westminster, Millbank, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, SW1P 3PA
- Nearest station
- Westminster (Tube), 298 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Palace of WestminsterThe seat of the UK Parliament on the Thames, rebuilt in Gothic Revival style after an 1834 fire and topped by the Elizabeth Tower housing Big Ben.
- Churchill War RoomsThe underground bunker beneath Whitehall from which Winston Churchill and his war cabinet directed Britain's campaign during the Second World War.
- St James's ParkThe oldest royal park in London, a 58-acre garden between Buckingham Palace and Whitehall with a lake known for its pelicans.
- Guards MuseumA military museum inside Wellington Barracks near Buckingham Palace, telling the story of the five Foot Guards regiments (Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards) from the 17th century to today.