Past special services
Read reports of past special services held at Westminster Abbey.
Abbey hosts annual St Cecilia service
Wednesday, 20th November 2019
Dr David Hoyle installed as 39th Dean of Westminster
Saturday, 16th November 2019
Members of the Royal Family honour war dead
Thursday, 7th November 2019
John Hall retires as Dean of Westminster
Friday, 1st November 2019
London Mayors attend Abbey Evensong
Monday, 21st October 2019
Westminster Abbey celebrates 750th anniversary of Henry III’s masterpiece
Tuesday, 15th October 2019
Judges service marks start of the 2019 legal year
Tuesday, 1st October 2019
Westminster Abbey Honours PG Wodehouse
Friday, 20th September 2019
Westminster Abbey marks Battle of Britain anniversary
Monday, 16th September 2019
Lord Ashdown remembered
Tuesday, 10th September 2019
Westminster Abbey welcomes new Lord Mayor
Monday, 8th July 2019
Thanksgiving Service for Baroness Trumpington
Tuesday, 25th June 2019
Lord Heywood remembered
Thursday, 20th June 2019
Abbey celebrates 300th anniversary of Westminster Hospital
Thursday, 23rd May 2019
Chilean Navy honours Admiral Cochrane
Tuesday, 21st May 2019
Abbey Marks Centenary of Police Women
Friday, 17th May 2019
Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell Remembered
Wednesday, 15th May 2019
Westminster Abbey celebrates Our Lady of Walsingham
Tuesday, 7th May 2019
Duke of Cambridge marks Royal Navy anniversary
Friday, 3rd May 2019
Westminster Abbey marks ANZAC Day
Thursday, 25th April 2019
Her Majesty The Queen attends The Commonwealth Service
Monday, 11th March 2019
Lord Carrington remembered at Westminster Abbey service
Thursday, 31st January 2019
Alleyn’s School celebrates 400th anniversary
Friday, 18th January 2019
Service of Thanksgiving for the Reverend Dr Anthony Harvey
Wednesday, 16th January 2019
Abbey celebrates life of St Maximilian Kolbe
Monday, 14th January 2019
Metropolitan Police Service holds Abbey carol service
Thursday, 20th December 2018
Westminster Abbey hosts Whitehall Carol Service
Wednesday, 19th December 2018
Westminster Abbey service celebrates Middle East Christians
Wednesday, 5th December 2018
Abbey marks Year of Engineering
Thursday, 22nd November 2018
Abbey marks the Centenary of the Armistice
Sunday, 11th November 2018
Abbey remembers the Fallen
Sunday, 11th November 2018
Westminster Abbey marks Kristallnacht anniversary
Friday, 9th November 2018
The Duke of Sussex opens the 90th Field of Remembrance
Thursday, 8th November 2018
St Margaret’s holds a Service for Parliament to mark the Centenary of the end of the First World War
Tuesday, 6th November 2018
Scouts and Guides celebrate shared traditions
Monday, 5th November 2018
London Mayors attend Evensong
Monday, 15th October 2018
Judges service marks start of the legal year
Monday, 1st October 2018
Westminster Abbey marks 78th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Monday, 17th September 2018
Westminster Abbey celebrates the life of Sir Peter Hall
Tuesday, 11th September 2018
Westminster Abbey celebrates the centenary of the RAF
Tuesday, 10th July 2018
Westminster Abbey celebrates 70th anniversary of the NHS
Thursday, 5th July 2018
Westminster Abbey holds annual Civic Service
Monday, 2nd July 2018
Spirit of Windrush celebrated at Westminster Abbey
Friday, 22nd June 2018
HRH The Prince of Wales attends Order of the Bath installation
Thursday, 24th May 2018
Chilean Navy pays tribute to Admiral Thomas Cochrane
Monday, 21st May 2018
The Arts Society celebrates 50th anniversary
Wednesday, 16th May 2018
Florence Nightingale remembered
Thursday, 10th May 2018
Royal attendance for ANZAC Day commemoration
Wednesday, 25th April 2018