Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 9:30 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Church
- Description: Gothic abbey church in London, England
- Address: 20 Dean's Yard, London, SW1P 3PA
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Westminster Abbey
- Categories: Anglican or episcopal cathedral, Royal Peculiar, tourist attraction, abbey church, Anglican church building, collegiate church, building, tourism, historic site, place of worship and religion
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4994° or 51° 29' 58" northLongitude
-0.12739° or 0° 7' 39" westElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open Location Code
9C3XFVXF+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 364313092OpenStreetMap Feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6618996Wikidata ID
Q5933Westminster Abbey Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Westminster-abdy
- Arabic: Abadiya han Westminster
- Arabic: دير وستمنستر
- Armenian: Վեստմինստերյան աբբայություն
- Asturian: Abadía de Westminster
- Asturian: ilesia de la Colexata de San Pedru de Westminster
- Azerbaijani: Vestminster abbatlığı
- Bashkir: Вестминстер аббатлығы
- Basque: Westminster abadia
- Belarusian: Ўэстмінстэрскае абацтва
- Belarusian: Вэстмінстэрскае абацтва
- Bengali: ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার অ্যাবি
- Bengali: ওয়েস্টমিনস্টার অ্যাবে
- Bosnian: Vestminsterska opatija
- Breton: Abati Westminster
- Breton: abati Westminster
- Bulgarian: Уестминстърско абатство
- Burmese: ဝက်စမင်စတာ အက်ဗေး
- Burmese: ဝက်စမင်စတာ၊ အက်ဗေး
- Catalan: Abadia de Westminster
- Catalan: abadia de Westminster
- Chechen: Вестминстеран аббаталла
- Chinese: 威斯敏斯特修道院
- Chinese: 威斯敏斯特圣彼得协同教堂
- Chinese: 威斯敏斯特大教堂
- Chinese: 威斯敏斯特教堂
- Chinese: 西敏寺
- Chinese: 西敏寺大教堂
- Chinese: 西敏聖彼得協同教堂
- Croatian: Westminsterska opatija
- Czech: Westminsterské opatství
- Danish: Westminster Abbey
- Dutch: Westminster Abbey
- Egyptian Arabic: دير ويستمينستر
- Egyptian Arabic: كنيسة ويستمينيستار
- English: Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
- Esperanto: Abatejo Westminster
- Estonian: Westminster Abbey
- Finnish: Westminster Abbey
- French: Abbaye de Westminster
- French: abbaye de Westminster
- Galician: Abadía de Westminster
- Georgian: უესტმინსტერის სააბატო
- German: Westminster Abbey
- German: Westminsterabtei
- Greek: Αββαείο του Ουέστμινστερ
- Hebrew: מנזר וסטמינסטר
- Hindi: वेस्टमिंस्टर ऐबी
- Hindi: वेस्ट्मिन्स्टर ऍबी
- Hungarian: Westminsteri apátság
- Icelandic: Westminster Abbey
- Iloko: Westminster Abbey
- Indonesian: Westminster Abbey
- Interlingua: Abbatia de Westminster
- Irish: Abtheach Westminster
- Italian: Abbazia di Westminster
- Italian: Collegiata di San Pietro in Westminster
- Italian: abbazia di Westminster
- Japanese: ウェストミンスター大聖堂
- Japanese: ウェストミンスター寺院
- Japanese: ウエストミンスター大寺院
- Javanese: Westminster Abbey
- Korean: 웨스트민스터 사원
- Latin: Abbatia Westmonasteriensis
- Latvian: Vestminsteras abatija
- Literary Chinese: 西敏寺
- Lithuanian: Vestminsterio vienuolynas
- Luxembourgish: Westminster Abtei
- Macedonian: Вестминстерска катедрала
- Macedonian: Вестминстерска опатија
- Malay: Westminster Abbey
- Maltese: Abbazija ta’ Westminster
- Manx: Abban y Vannishter Heear
- Marathi: वेस्टमिन्स्टर अॅबी
- Narom: Abbaie de Vouêtmoûtier
- Nepali: वेस्तमिनिस्तर एब्बे
- Newari: वेस्तमिनिस्तर एब्बे
- Northern Sami: Westminster Abbey
- Norwegian: Westminster Abbey
- Norwegian Bokmål: Westminster Abbey
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Westminster Abbey
- Occitan (post 1500): Abadiá de Westminster
- Occitan (post 1500): Westminster Abbey
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Westmynster seo Mynstercirice
- Panjabi: ਵੈਸਟਮਿੰਸਟਰ ਐਬੇ
- Persian: کلیسای وستمینستر
- Polish: Kolegiata św. Piotra w Westminsterze
- Polish: Opactwo Westminster
- Polish: Opactwo Westminsterskie
- Portuguese: Abadia de Westminster
- Romanian: Catedrala Westminster
- Romanian: Westminster Abbey
- Russian: Вестминстерское аббатство
- Scots: Wastmeenster Abbey
- Scots: Wastmeenster Aibey
- Scots: Westminster Abbey
- Scottish Gaelic: Abaid Westminster
- Serbian: Вестминстерска опатија
- Serbo-Croatian: Westminsterska opatija
- Slovak: Westminsterské opátstvo
- Slovenian: Westminstrska opatija
- South Azerbaijani: وست مینیستر کیلیساسی
- Spanish: Abadia de Westminster
- Spanish: Abadía de Westminster
- Spanish: Abadía de Westminster.
- Spanish: Colegiata de San Pedro en Westminster
- Swedish: Westminster Abbey
- Swiss German: Westminster Abbey
- Tagalog: Westminster Abbey
- Tamil: வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர் மடம்
- Tatar: Вестминстер аббатлыгы
- Thai: เวสต์มินสเตอร์แอบบีย์
- Tosk Albanian: Westminster Abbey
- Turkish: Westminster Abbey
- Ukrainian: Вестмінстерське абатство
- Urdu: ویسٹمنسٹر ایبی
- Urdu: ویسٹ منسٹر ایبے
- Venetian: Abasia de Westminster
- Venetian: Cołejada de San Piero in Westminster
- Venetian: abasia de Westminster
- Vietnamese: Tu viện Westminster
- Waray (Philippines): Abadiya han Westminster
- Welsh: Abaty San Steffan
- Welsh: Abaty Westminster
- Western Frisian: Abdij fan Westminster
- Western Panjabi: ویسٹ منسٹر ایبی
- Wu Chinese: 威斯敏斯特教堂
- Yiddish: וועסטמינסטער אבי
- Yue Chinese: 西敏寺
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