Abbotsbury Swannery, Abbotsbury

Name: Abbotsbury Swannery
Address: New Barn Rd, Abbotsbury, DT3 4JG, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1305 871858

#3 among attractions in Abbotsbury

Top attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park, Gift shop

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Abbotsbury Swannery is the only managed colony of nesting mute swans in the world. It is situated near the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England, 14 kilometres west of Weymouth on a 1-hectare site around the Fleet Lagoon protected from the weather of Lyme Bay by Chesil Beach. The colony can number over 600 swans with around 150 pairs. Written records of the swannery's existence go back to 1393, though it probably existed well before that and is believed to have been set up by Benedictine monks in the eleventh century. ()

Elevation: 3 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°39'16"N, 2°36'4"W

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New Barn RdAbbotsbury DT3 4JG United Kingdom

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+44 1305 871858

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Abbotsbury Swannery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, St Catherine's Chapel, Rodwell Trail, Bennetts Water Gardens.

1 miNW
Garden, Park
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Abbotsbury
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0.5 miNW
Historical place, Church, Gothic architecture
St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury
14 min walk • St Catherine's Chapel is a small chapel situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage, and became a Grade I listed building in 1956. The chapel is also scheduled together with the field systems and quarries on the hill.
6.9 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Rodwell Trail, Weymouth
176 min walk • The Rodwell Trail is a short-distance footpath that runs from Wyke Regis to the town centre of Weymouth in Dorset – a distance of 3.5 kilometres.
5.3 miSE
Museum, Nature and wildlife, Garden
Bennetts Water Gardens, Weymouth
136 min walk • Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8-acre garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, in southern England. It holds national and international collections of water lilies which flower from late May through to September.
3.2 miNE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Hardy Monument, Dorchester
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0.7 miN
Monastery
Abbotsbury Abbey, Abbotsbury
18 min walk • Abbotsbury Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter, was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. The abbey was founded in the 11th century by King Cnut's thegn Orc and his wife Tola, who handsomely endowed the monastery with lands in the area.
6.9 miSE
Church
Wyke Regis Methodist Church, Weymouth
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4.5 miNE
Archaeological site
Nine stones
116 min walk • The Nine Stones, also known as the Devil's Nine Stones, the Nine Ladies, or Lady Williams and her Dog, is a stone circle located near to the village of Winterbourne Abbas in the southwestern English county of Dorset.
2.3 miN
Archaeological site
Kingston Russell Stone Circle
60 min walk • Kingston Russell Stone Circle, also known as the Gorwell Circle, is a stone circle located between the villages of Abbotsbury and Littlebredy in the south-western English county of Dorset.
6.6 miSE
Church
All Saints Church, Weymouth
169 min walk • All Saints Church is a Church of England church of 15th-century origin in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England. Built largely of Portland stone, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England have described the church as a "remarkably consistent and unchanged 15th-century design".
6.6 miSE
Memorial
Wyke Regis War Memorial, Weymouth
168 min walk • The Wyke Regis War Memorial is a World War I war memorial located in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England. Facing Wyke Road from the edge of Wyke Regis Cemetery, the memorial has been Grade II listed since December 2016.