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Event Start: 2nd December 2025, 18:00:00
Event End: 2nd December 2025, 21:30:00
Event Location: All Hallows by the Tower & Trinity House
The Mission to Seafarers’ annual Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols takes place on Tuesday 2nd December at All Hallows by the Tower Church, followed by a canapé and drinks reception at Trinity House.
Our Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols celebrates seafarers and their families. The carol service provides an opportunity to acknowledge this remarkable group of men and women, on whom we are all so dependent, at a time of year when many will spend Christmas far from family and friends. In the past, the Mission has welcomed guests from across the maritime industry in all its diversity, and we are sure this year will be no exception. We would like to thank our Gold Sponsor Shell and Bronze Sponsor Ardmore Shipping for supporting this event.
The service will be held at All Hallows by the Tower “the oldest church in the City of London,” founded in AD 675. The church has a Mariners’ Chapel with an altar dedicated to “all seafarers who are in danger or distress” and features numerous models of ships and memorials to naval disasters. For those joining the reception, Trinity House has an equally impressive maritime history and is itself a charity dedicated to safeguarding shipping and seafarers.
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Event Information
Carol Service Venue – All Hallows by the Tower, Byward Street, London, EC3R 5BJ.
Doors open: 17:15, and we ask all guests to be seated by 17:45 so that the service may start at 18:00.
Service Timings: 18:00-19:00
For those joining the reception, please see details below:
Reception venue – Trinity House, Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4DH.
Doors open: 19:00, you will be escorted from All Hallows to Trinity House after the Carol Service.
Timings: 19:00-21:30
You must have purchased a ‘Carol Service & Reception’ ticket for access to the reception.
Ticket Information
We have the following tickets available:
Carol Service Admission – free. This ticket provides access to the Carol Service at All Hallows only.
Carol Service & Reception – £37.00 (plus £1.50 booking fee). This ticket provides access to the Carol Service at All Hallows and the reception at Trinity House with drinks and canapés.
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Accessibility
All Hallows by the Tower – There is step free access at the North Door Entrance, off Byward Street.
Trinity House – Step free access is available as well as an elevator, please contact the Events team to arrange in advance of the event.
Travel Information
No parking is available at either All Hallows by the Tower or Trinity House.
Tower Hill Underground Station is the nearest tube station (Circle & District Lines).
Please contact [email protected] or call 020 7248 5202 with any queries.
We look forward to welcoming you.
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