Westminster

Chapter House Westminster Abbey

You should take an audio tour to enjoy this unique, octagonal building to the full. In the Chapter House, within the precints of Westminster Abbey, you can see some of the finest of all medieval wallpaintings and English sculpture.

Built in 1520 by the Royal Masons, the Chapter House still has its original floor of newly conserved glazed tiles, its delicate central column and beautiful vaulted ceiling.

When you visit the Pyx Chamber, you can see some of the Abbey treasures and then move on to the Abbey museum, containing a range of medieval royal effigies.




By Tube: Westminster on District and Circle Lines.
By train: Victoria and Charing Cross both 3/4 mile. Waterloo 1 mile
By bus: No 11 passes the Abbey. Tel 020 7222 1234 for details

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