Get ready for three of London's best carol concerts 2017

Book ahead for services at Westminster Abbey and St Paul's, plus all you need to know for making your pilgrimage to all London's best Christmas concerts

Service of Lessons & Carols, Westminster Abbey

If you only make one carol concert this year, make it this one. Does it get more magical than Westminster Abbey at Christmas? The two most popular concerts are on the 23 December, and Christmas Eve: services of lessons and carols which will elevate your Christmas spirit to new heights.

Booking opens on 14 November for all the concerts over December.

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WHEN
23 Dec 2017 – 24 Dec 2017, Two performances, both starting at 4:00pm
WHERE
Westminster Abbey
Dean's Yard , London, SW1P 3PA

St Paul's Cathedral Christmas Carol Service 2017

St Paul's Cathedral's carol service is an unticketed event on Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve's Eve where even the queue outside the doors is soaked in festive cheer. Queue on the day on Christmas eve and the 23rd December for the 4pm concert.

Image credit: Graham Lacdao, St Paul’s Cathedral

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WHEN
23 Dec 2017 – 24 Dec 2017, Service starts at 16:00, doors open one hour before
WHERE
St Pauls Cathedral
St. Paul's Churchyard, London , EC4M 8AD

Carols by Candlelight, Royal Albert Hall

Last year it was voted the best Christmas venue, and The Royal Albert Hall has a gently alternative Christmas Eve: a candlelit concert that's set in the 18th century with help from the Mozart Festival Chorus and Orchestra, good lighting and full 18th-century costume.

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WHEN
17 Dec 2016 – 24 Dec 2016, Christmas Eve has a 14:30 matinee and 19:00 evening performance
WHERE
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP

Best of the rest: London's loveliest Christmas carol concerts

Read our full list of Christmas carol concerts- for kids, charities, music lovers and mulled wine enthusiasts.

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WHEN
Across December
WHERE
Across London
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