Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville

Name: Mount St Bernard Abbey
Address: Oaks Road, Coalville, LE67 5UL, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1530 832298

#2 among attractions in Coalville

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Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic, Trappist monastery near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley. The abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the sole Trappist house in England. The monks brew the only Trappist beer in Britain. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1835 (189 years ago)Coordinates: 52°44'28"N, 1°19'20"W

Address

Oaks RoadCoalville LE67 5UL United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1530 832298

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Day trips

Mount St Bernard Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Snibston, Beacon Hill, The Emporium, Donington le Heath Manor House Museum.

2.7 miSW
Museum, Science museum, Fashion museum
Snibston, Coalville
70 min walk • Snibston is an area east of Ravenstone, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands. Originally rural, part of Snibston was transformed into a coal mining village by the opening of coal mines by the Snibston Colliery Company in the early 1830s.
3.3 miE
Nature, Hill, Park
Beacon Hill, Loughborough
84 min walk • Beacon Hill, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. It is one of several beacon hills in the United Kingdom. It is part of Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Outwoods Site of Special Scientific Interest.
2.5 miSW
Dancing, Nightlife
The Emporium, Coalville
64 min walk • The Emporium is a club located in Coalville, Leicestershire established under that name in 1995. Passion was launched in 1995 by the then club owners Mark Walsh and Eric Schofield, when the club was known as Crystals.
3.2 miSW
Museum, History museum
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum, Coalville
82 min walk • Donington le Heath Manor House Museum, now 'The 1620s House and Garden at Donington le Heath' is a surviving example of a manor house built over seven hundred years ago in Donington le Heath, near the town of Coalville, Leicestershire.
2 miNW
Monastery, Historical place, View point
Grace Dieu Priory
51 min walk • The Grace Dieu Priory was an independent Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England. It was founded around 1235-1241 by Roesia de Verdun and dissolved in October 1538. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Mary.
3.5 miE
Museum
Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough
90 min walk • Holywell Park Conference Centre is modern conference facility located on Loughborough University Campus offering 300 m2 of exhibition space and accommodating up to 450 people. It was officially opened in April 2004 by The Duke of Edinburgh.
2.6 miNE
Church
St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
67 min walk • St Botolph's Church, Shepshed is the Church of England Parish Church in Shepshed, Leicestershire.
2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Felicity's Wood
72 min walk • Felicity's Wood is a woodland in Leicestershire, England, near the village of Woodhouse Eaves. It covers a total area of 8.77 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
3.6 miSE
Museum, History museum
Stoneywell
94 min walk • Stoneywell is a National Trust property in Ulverscroft, a dispersed settlement near Coalville in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. Stoneywell is the largest of a small group of cottages designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Ernest Gimson.
3.5 miE
Park
Outwoods
90 min walk • The Outwoods is a 40 hectares ancient wood and visitor attraction overlooking Loughborough and the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England.
3 miS
Park
Billa Barra Hill
77 min walk • Billa Barra Hill is a 20.7 hectares Local Nature Reserve north of Stanton under Bardon in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council.