Douai Abbey

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Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Monks from the monastery of St. Edmund's, in Douai, France, came to Woolhampton in 1903 when the community left France as a result of anti-clerical legislation. The abbey church is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. ()

Completed: 1993 (31 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 51°24'35"N, 1°10'18"W

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Nearby attractions include: Woolhampton Lock, Heale's Lock, Bucklebury Common, Woolhampton Reed Bed.

1.1 miS
Canal
Woolhampton Lock
28 min walk • Woolhampton Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, in the village of Woolhampton in the English county of Berkshire. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 feet 11 inches and is administered by the Canal and River Trust.
1.5 miSW
Canal
Heale's Lock
38 min walk • Heale's Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Thatcham and Woolhampton, Berkshire, England. Heale's Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury.
1.2 miNW
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Bucklebury Common, Huckerby's Meadows
32 min walk • Bucklebury Common is an elevated common consisting of woodland with a few relatively small clearings in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Bucklebury centred 3 miles northeast of Thatcham and encircling the settled localities of Upper Bucklebury and Chapel Row.
0.9 miS
Canal
Woolhampton Reed Bed
24 min walk • Woolhampton Reed Bed is a 6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Woolhampton in Berkshire. This site on London Clay mainly consists of dense reed beds, but there are also areas of carr woodland and tall fen.
1.5 miSE
National park
Aldermaston Gravel Pits
37 min walk • Aldermaston Gravel Pits is a 24.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Aldermaston in Berkshire. It was purchased by Natural England in 2003.