Poets' Corner is the burial site for a number of the London playwrights.

Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, William Davenant and Michael Drayton are all buried in the Abbey, as are poets Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser.

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Memorial to Ben Jonson at Poets' Corner

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Address

Poets’ Corner
South Transept
Westminster Abbey
Parliament Square
Victoria Street
SW1P 3PA

Latitude/longitude

51.49879294,-0.12768431

National Grid Reference

51° 29′ 58″ N, 0° 7′ 39″ W 51.499444, -0.1275

Directions

From Westminster Underground Station cross Bridge Street, turn left onto St Margaret Street into Parliament Square where the Abbey is to be found. Poets’ Corner is most easily accessible from the West Door.