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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

Exterior

Tympanum above the North Entrance.

North door of the abbey, with rose window and flying buttresses above.

Plan of the abbey, showing side chapels and key royal tombs.

Exterior

Interior

Soft light filters through high windows, casting shifting shadows on ancient stone.

Towering arches, dim golden glow.

The church's interior has Purbeck marble piers and shafting

Interior

Artwork

A painting of a king on the abbey possibly Edward I.

Medieval wall paintings in the south transept, depicting St.Thomas and St Christopher

The abbey choir, with stalls designed by Edward Blore.

Artwork

Stained glass

The Queen's Window, designed by David Hockney.

The rose window in the north transept depicts Christ and the Apostles.

Stained glass

Burials

Some of the memorials to writers in Poets' Corner, including William Shakespeare.

Tomb of Elizabeth I, containing the remains of Elizabeth and Mary I.

The grave of scientist Stephen Hawking in the nave of the abbey

Burials

The Unknown Warrior

Royal occasions

In popular culture

"When I behold, with deep astonishment / To famous Westminster how there restort / Living in brass or stony monument / The princes and the worthies of all sort"

In 2022, it was announced that the abbey had given rare permission to film inside the church for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Fibreboard prop copies of marble Westminster Abbey monuments made for the filming of The Da Vinci Code, on display in Lincoln Cathedral.

In popular culture