Stanbrook Abbey

#1339 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Stanbrook Abbey is a Roman Catholic contemplative Benedictine women's monastery with the status of an abbey, now located at Wass, North Yorkshire, England. The community was founded in 1625 at Cambrai in Flanders, under the auspices of the English Benedictine Congregation. After being imprisoned during the French Revolution, the surviving nuns fled to England and in 1838 settled at Stanbrook, Callow End, Worcestershire, where a new abbey was built. The community left this to relocate to Wass in the North York Moors National Park in 2009; the Worcestershire property is now operated as a luxury hotel and events venue named Stanbrook Abbey Hotel. ()

Coordinates: 52°8'50"N, 2°14'34"W

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Jennet Tree LaneEnglandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Crowngate Shopping Centre, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester Guildhall, The Commandery.

3.3 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Crowngate Shopping Centre, Worcester
83 min walk • Crowngate Worcester is a shopping centre in Worcester, England, built in part on the historic site of the Worcester Blackfriars monastery, and replacing the former Blackfriars shopping centre.
3 miN
Medieval building with King John's tomb
Worcester Cathedral, Worcester
77 min walk • Worcester Cathedral, standing proudly in the heart of Worcester, England, is a magnificent example of medieval ecclesiastical architecture. This imposing structure, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester, dates...
3.2 miN
City hall, Historical place
Worcester Guildhall, Worcester
81 min walk • The Worcester Guildhall is a municipal building in the High Street, Worcester, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
3 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, Historical place
The Commandery, Worcester
77 min walk • The Commandery is a historic building open to visitors and located in the city of Worcester, England. It opened as a museum in 1977 and was for a while the only museum in England dedicated solely to the Civil Wars.
2 miN
52°10'28"N • 2°13'39"W
Worcester Golf Range, Worcester
51 min walk • Golf
2.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Whittington Tump, Worcester
74 min walk • Whittington Tump or Crookbarrow Hill is a partly artificial mound in central Worcestershire, England. There is evidence of prehistoric activity at the site and may have been used as a religious site or burial mound.
2.9 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Museum of Royal Worcester, Worcester
75 min walk • The Museum of Royal Worcester is a ceramics museum located in the Royal Worcester porcelain factory's former site in Worcester, England.
3.3 miN
City wall
Worcester city walls, Worcester
83 min walk • Worcester's city walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the city of Worcester in England between the 1st and 17th centuries. The first walls to be built around Worcester were constructed by the Romans.
3.1 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Greyfriars, Worcester
81 min walk • Greyfriars, Worcester is a Grade I listed building in Worcester, England.
3.3 miN
Church, Gothic architecture, Georgian architecture
St Swithun's Church, Worcester
84 min walk • St Swithun's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the city of Worcester, Worcestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.1 miN
Tower, Architecture
Glover's Needle, Worcester
81 min walk • The Glover's Needle is a spire-carrying tower in the city of Worcester, England.