Flaxley Abbey

#3006 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Flaxley Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England, now a Grade I listed manor and private residence, near the village of Flaxley in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is the former seat of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1154 (870 years ago)Coordinates: 51°50'12"N, 2°27'4"W

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Flaxley Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dean Heritage Centre, Westbury Court Garden, May Hill, International Centre for Birds of Prey.

3.4 miSW
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean
87 min walk • The Dean Heritage Centre is located in the valley of Soudley, Gloucestershire, England in the Forest of Dean and exists to record and preserve the social and industrial history of the area and its people.
2 miSE
Park, Garden
Westbury Court Garden
51 min walk • Westbury Court Garden is a Dutch water garden in Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England, 9 miles southwest of Gloucester. It was laid out in 1696–1705, a rare survival not to have been replaced in the 18th century by a naturalistic garden landscape as popularised by Capability Brown.
3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
May Hill
94 min walk • May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest.
5.4 miN
Park
International Centre for Birds of Prey, Newent
139 min walk • The International Centre for Birds of Prey, formerly the National Birds of Prey Centre, in the United Kingdom houses a large collection of birds of prey with over 60 species of owls, eagles and hawks. It works towards the conservation of birds of prey through education, captive breeding, research and rehabilitation.
6 miSE
Park
Frampton Court
154 min walk • Frampton Court is a Grade I listed country house and estate of about 1,500 acres in Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England. It has been owned by the Clifford family since the 11th century. The main buildings are the 18th century Frampton Court and, on the opposite side of the village green, Manor Farm.
5.3 miW
Church
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
136 min walk • Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
2 miNW
Park
Plump Hill
52 min walk • Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry is a 4.5-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and held under agreement with the Forestry Commission since 1982.
5.9 miSE
Church
Saint Andrew
150 min walk • St. Andrew's Church in Whitminster, Gloucestershire is a village church constructed from Cotswold stone. The church site dates from 1086, although no part of the surviving fabric is visibly older than the 14th century.
4.8 miSW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean
123 min walk • The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail is a point of interest in the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The Sculpture Trail links several different site-specific sculptures commissioned for the forest.
6 miNE
Locality
Highnam Woods
153 min walk • Highnam Wood is a nature reserve located in Gloucestershire and established by the RSPB to protect bird species in the region. A two-kilometre nature trail passes through the park, giving tourists a view of Britain's rarest breeding woodpecker species, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
2.9 miW
Locality
Laymoor Quag
73 min walk • Laymoor Quag is a 3.5-hectare nature reserve within the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site. The site is owned by the Forestry Commission and managed under agreement by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust since 1982.