Leiston Abbey, Saxmundham

Name: Leiston Abbey
Address: Saxmundham, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Saxmundham

Top attraction, Monastery

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Leiston Abbey outside the town of Leiston, Suffolk, England, was a religious house of Canons Regular following the Premonstratensian rule, dedicated to St Mary. Founded in c. 1183 by Ranulf de Glanville, Chief Justiciar to King Henry II, it was originally built on a marshland isle near the sea, and was called "St Mary de Insula". Around 1363 the abbey suffered so much from flooding that a new site was chosen and it was rebuilt further inland for its patron, Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk. However, there was a great fire in c. 1379 and further rebuilding was necessary. ()

Coordinates: 52°13'17"N, 1°34'41"E

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Saxmundham United Kingdom

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Cinema, Long Shop Museum.

5 miS
Museum, Art gallery
Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Aldeburgh
128 min walk • The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout is a historic landmark on the Aldeburgh sea front, in Suffolk, England. Grade II listed, it was built around 1830 as a lookout tower to assist or plunder shipping along the hazardous North Sea coast. It now houses an artistic space, hosting exhibitions by British artists including Sir Antony Gormley RA.
5.3 miSW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Shopping
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
135 min walk • Snape Maltings is an arts complex on the banks of the River Alde at Snape, Suffolk, England. It is best known for its concert hall, which is one of the main sites of the annual Aldeburgh Festival.
4.7 miS
Nightlife, Cinema
Aldeburgh Cinema, Aldeburgh
121 min walk • Aldeburgh Cinema is one of the oldest, continuously running cinema houses in the United Kingdom. It is located in the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
1 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Historical place
Long Shop Museum, Leiston
25 min walk • The Long Shop Museum is an industrial museum in the town of Leiston in the English county of Suffolk. The museum is dedicated to the history of Richard Garrett & Sons who manufactured agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses in Leiston.
3 miSE
Vacation rental, Tower
House in the Clouds
78 min walk • The House in the Clouds is a water tower at Thorpeness, Suffolk, England. It was built in 1923 to receive water pumped from Thorpeness Windmill and was designed to improve the looks of the water tower, disguising its tank with the appearance of a weatherboarded building more in...
3 miSE
Museum, Windmill
Thorpeness Windmill
78 min walk • Thorpeness Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Thorpeness, Suffolk, England which was built in 1803 at Aldringham and moved to Thorpeness in 1923.
4.7 miS
Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh
120 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
5.3 miS
Windmill
Fort Green Mill, Aldeburgh
135 min walk • Fort Green Mill is a tower mill at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
4.8 miS
Church
Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Aldeburgh
124 min walk • The Church of Our Lady and St Peter is a Roman Catholic church in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. It is part of the Diocese of East Anglia. The church is still not complete. A wood-paneled north wall indicates uncompleted plans for further extension. The building is aligned north–south rather than east–west, and the porch faces east.
3.9 miS
Specialty museum, Historical place, Museum
The Red House, Aldeburgh
101 min walk • The Red House, in the coastal town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, was the home of the composer Benjamin Britten, from 1957 until his death in 1976, and of his partner, Peter Pears, until the latter's death in 1986.
4.8 miSW
Museum
Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
123 min walk • The Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery is a place of burial dated to the 6th century AD located on Snape Common, near to the town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, Eastern England.