Westminster Abbey Books

This 48 page lively and engaging guide to Westminster Abbey is filled with over 80 stunning colour photographs. A floor plan of the Abbey is provided, allowing you to plan your visit and highlighting...

Treasures of Westminster Abbey celebrates an iconic building and its rich artistic heritage. Seventeen out of the thirty-nine sovereigns crowned in Westminster Abbey also lie buried within its walls...

This 40 page booklet looks at the history of the Coronation Chair and the Stone of Destiny. From the commissioning of the chair by Edward I to house the Stone of Destiny, which he seized from...

This short tour guidebook is the perfect introduction to Westminster Abbey for your first visit. It takes you on a tour of the main areas of the church and describes some of the things to notice as...

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries, which opened in June 2018, are an exciting new development in the history of Westminster Abbey.  The eastern triforium, which runs around the Abbey's interior...

Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Protestant icon of British national and imperial identity. Celebrating the 750th anniversary...

This 24 page publication takes an in-depth look at the Tomb of the 'Unknown Warrior' at Westminster Abbey. Written by James Wilkinson, it looks at the idea behind the Unknown Soldier, the selection...

The Queen’s Window was designed by renowned artist David Hockney for Westminster Abbey and unveiled in autumn 2018. In an extended conversation between Hockney and fellow-artist Tacita Dean recorded...

Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church have many connections with the United States of America, from Sir Walter Raleigh - buried in the second decade of the 17th century - to Martin Luther King...

Westminster Abbey has many identities – as a place of worship, theatre of state, resting place of kings and memorial to statesmen and poets. The internationally acclaimed artist Alexander Creswell...

Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the ‘Great Pavement’ in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor;...

Most of us think that theology is what you do if you haven't got a life. At best, we think it needs to be practical to be of any use. But theology is in fact all about life and how we live it as...