Please find below all of our services and events taking place in the Abbey. All are most welcome to join us for any of our services and we look forward to seeing you.

Morning Prayer

Occurring
Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at for 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Morning Prayer is said in St John & St Catherine each day at 9am, using the Church of England Daily Prayer app.

Abbey open

Occurring
Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at for 6 hours, 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

The Abbey is open from 8.45am until 4.30pm daily.

Access may be restricted during services. Please look at the website www.tewkesburyabbey under 'service times' for weekly services.

Centering Prayer

Occurring
Every Wednesday at for 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

In St Margaret's Chapel

Holy Communion BCP

Occurring
Every Thursday at for 40 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Book of Common Prayer in the Lady Chapel

Evening Prayer (when Choral Evensong is not sung)

Occurring
Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at for 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Evening Prayer is said in St Margaret's Chapel each day at 4pm, using the Church of England Daily Prayer app.
Weekday Evening Prayer is said when Choral Evensong is not sung.
All are welcome.

Choral Evensong Sung by Schola Cantorum

Occurring
Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at for 1 hour
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Choral BCP Evensong (during term time)

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Bell Ringing Practice

Occurring
Every Thursday at for 1 hour, 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

All welcome, meet at North Transept Door

Morning Prayer

Occurring
Every Sunday at for 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Morning Prayer is said in St John & St Catherine each day at 7.30am, using the Church of England Daily Prayer app.

Holy Communion BCP

Occurring
Every Sunday at for 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Book of Common Prayer in the Lady Chapel

High Mass

Occurring
Monthly. Every Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Our service of High Mass takes place at the High Altar using contemporary language from the Church of England liturgy. Includes the distribution of communion with a sung mass by our Tewkesbury Abbey Choir and congregational hymns.

Choral Evensong

Occurring
Every Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Choral Evensong Sung by the Abbey Choir

Holy Communion

Occurring
Every Tuesday at for 30 mins
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

A service of Holy Communion, held in the chapel of St Margaret.

Musica Deo Sacra - A Festival Celebrating Music in the Liturgy

Occurring
for 6 days, 20 hours
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Founded in 1969, Musica Deo Sacra is a festival celebrating music in the liturgy, held in the majestic setting of Tewkesbury Abbey. Each year a choir of mixed voices, comprising professional and semi-professional singers, assembles to sing some of the jewels of church music written over many centuries, ranging from ancient plainsong composers. The nine choral services – Masses, Evensongs, Compline, a Requiem and Matins – are the beating heart of the festival, and performing this music within the proper liturgical context, rather than a concert, gives the week a unique and special flavour.

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Musica Deo Sacra - Solemn Evensong

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
Tewkesbury Abbey
Address
Tewkesbury Abbey Church Street Tewkesbury Gloucester, GL20 5RZ, United Kingdom

Wesley I am thine
Byrd Responses
Wood in F (Collegium Regale)
Weelkes Gloria in excelsis Deo
Preacher: Revd Canon Dr Sarah Brush
(Vice-Principal, Ripon College Cuddesdon)