Westminster Abbey Hidden Highlights Tour

About the Hidden Highlights Tour.

Westminster Abbey. Great North Door entrance. The Hidden Highlights Tour started here and we worked our way to the right of the photo where a section of the…

Fist stop on the tour was behind the facade where there was ongoing work on unearthing the remains of people buried there.

Excavation site. Many of the burials date back to the Roman times.

Excavation site.

Excavation site. Some of the burials were very near the surface and date to the time of the plague.

Excavation site.

Excavation site.

Excavation site.

Excavation site.

Excavation site.

Crimea and Indian Mutiny Memorial. At the top sits St George who is slaying a dragon.

Statues of 20th Century Martyrs.

Plaque identifying the 20th Century Martyrs.

A plaque honoring the memory of Franklin Roosevelt. He is the only U.S. President honored so at the Abbey.

The Coronation Chair.

The Coronation Chair. Latest to sit on this chair was Charles II.

The Coronation Chair.