Dunfermline Abbey

A worshipping community since 1072

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Abbey Life

Having been a centre of Christian Worship on this site for over a thousand years the church looks forward to the future with confidence in its place in the life of the town of Dunfermline....

Abbey Worship

Worship at Dunfermline Abbey follows a traditional Church of Scotland pattern with the Word of God taking central place. Morning Worship takes place every Sunday at 9.30am & 11.00am. There is a creche available, and the Sunday School and Abbey Youth Group meet during...

Visit the Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey sits at the heart of Dunfermline, Scotland’s ancient capital. Dunfermline lies thirty minutes from the centre of Edinburgh, across the spectacular Forth Bridges. Dunfermline`s royal and monastic past dominates a town whose lifeblood...

Welcome

Morning Worship takes place at 9.30am and 11am every Sunday.

There is a creche available, and the Abbey Kids and the Abbey Youth Group meet during the 11am service.
(during school term time).

Coffee and Tea are served between the services from 10.15am in the Church Hall in Abbey Park Place.

All are welcome to any of our services

Robert the Bruce

When the immortalised Robert died in 1329 he was buried in the choir of Dunfermline Abbey. Then in 1818 during foundation work for the building...

History of the Abbey

The Abbey Church is the centrepiece of Dunfermline, one of the oldest settlements in Scotland and once its proud capital. The history of The Abbey...

Music

Music has been an important feature of the liturgy at Dunfermline Abbey since the time of the Benedictine foundation in the twelfth century. The Abbey...

Support

It currently costs £558 per day to keep and maintain the Ministry of the historic Dunfermline Abbey which is wholly met by members the congregation...

Development Plan

The Abbey Church of Dunfermline Development Plan 2017-2022 including the video of the presentation given by members of the team during Worship on Sunday 19th...

Messy Church

Messy Church is an opportunity for families to come together, have fun, be creative together, eat together and worship together. Our first Messy Church in...

Review of 2018

It has been another very busy year at Dunfermline Abbey. We had the celebrations marking 200 years since the laying of the new Abbey Church foundation stone which included a world premier performance of Bones, Bogles and Coronets. We celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the NHS in Fife, and marked the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice of World War I with the Cascading Poppies Exhibition and a number of special services. We survived the Beast from the East, held our Easter Palm Sunday Parade down the high street with Sydney the donkey and the AYG organised the Easter Sunday Egg Rolling, the annual Quiz night and the Old folks treat. We had a fantastic Congregational Picnic on Aberdour Beach (in the sunshine!!!)and the Abbey was a venue in thr Dunfermline Outwith Festival. We finished of the year with our usual mix of the Marines Band, Christingle and Watchnight Services and the Nativity Play.