Edington Priory

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Edington Priory in Wiltshire, England, was founded by William Edington, the bishop of Winchester, in 1351 in his home village of Edington, about 3+3⁄4 miles east of the town of Westbury. The priory church was consecrated in 1361 and continues in use as the parish church of Saint Mary, Saint Katharine and All Saints. ()

Coordinates: 51°16'44"N, 2°6'25"W

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Monastery RdWestbury BA13 4QN EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Edington Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Shires Shopping Centre, Holy Trinity Church, Westbury White Horse, Trowbridge Town Hall.

5.3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Shires Shopping Centre, Trowbridge
135 min walk • The Shires Shopping Centre is the central, covered shopping centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. The centre incorporates the county town's main museum and has a 1,000-space car park.
5.4 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge
138 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge is a Grade II* listed 19th-century Church of England church in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, which had parish church status until 2011. It is commonly known in Trowbridge as 'The Church on the Roundabout', as it is encircled by a one-way traffic system.
2.1 miSW
Hill figure originally cut in the 1600s
Westbury White Horse, Westbury
54 min walk • Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England.
5.2 miNW
City hall
Trowbridge Town Hall, Trowbridge
132 min walk • Trowbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Trowbridge Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
5.3 miNW
History museum, Fashion museum, Museum
Trowbridge Museum, Trowbridge
135 min walk • Trowbridge Museum, in the town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, is a centre for the history of West of England cloth production.
3.9 miSE
Church
St Giles' Church
100 min walk • St Giles' Church in the deserted village of Imber, Wiltshire, England, was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.2 miNW
Church
St James's Church, Trowbridge
134 min walk • St James's Church is the main Church of England parish church for the town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. The 15th-century Grade I listed building is the town's most prominent landmark.
1.9 miSW
Archaeological site
Bratton Castle
49 min walk • Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age built hill fort on Bratton Down, at the western edge of the Salisbury Plain escarpment. The hill fort comprises two circuits of ditch and bank which together enclose a pentagonal area of 9.3 hectares.
5 miSW
Church
St. Mary's Church
127 min walk • St Mary's Church in Old Dilton, Wiltshire, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It was declared redundant on 26 April 1973, and was vested in the Trust on 6 September 1974.
5.1 miS
Archaeological site
Battlesbury Camp
130 min walk • Battlesbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age bivallate hill fort on Battlesbury Hill near the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, South West England. Excavations and surveys at the site have uncovered various finds and archaeological evidence.
0.9 miSW
Park
Bratton House
24 min walk • Bratton House is a grade II* listed country house in Melbourne Street, Bratton, Wiltshire, England. The house dates from 1715 and was built for Philip Ballard. It was enlarged in 1826 for the Seagram family with additional alterations in 1915 and the 1930s.

Edington Priory

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Edington Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)