Shap Abbey

#481 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Monastery, Historical place

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Shap Abbey was a religious house of the Premonstratensian order of Canons regular situated on the western bank of the River Lowther in the civil parish of Shap Rural, around 1.5 miles from the village of Shap, in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The site is in the care of English Heritage and managed on its behalf by the Lake District National Park. ()

Established: 1190 (834 years ago)Coordinates: 54°31'49"N, 2°41'60"W

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Shap Abbey Off Keld LaneShap EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 370 333 1181

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Nearby attractions include: Haweswater Reservoir, St Laurence's Church, Lowther Castle, All Saints Church.

4.2 miW
Lake
Haweswater Reservoir
108 min walk • Nestled in the verdant landscape of the Lake District in England, Haweswater Reservoir is a testament to both human ingenuity and the serene beauty of nature. This expansive reservoir was created in the 1930s with the construction of the Haweswater Dam, primarily...
5.5 miNE
Church
St Laurence's Church
141 min walk • St Laurence's Church is in the village of Morland, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Thrimby, St Barnabas, Great Strickland, and St Cuthbert, Cliburn.
5.6 miN
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Lowther Castle
142 min walk • Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England. It has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the Earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.
6.2 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
160 min walk • All Saints Church is in the village of Orton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
4.5 miE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St Lawrence's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
116 min walk • St Lawrence's Church is in the village of Crosby Ravensworth, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Knipescar Common
67 min walk • Knipescar Common, or Knipe Scar, is an upland area in the east of the English Lake District, above the River Lowther, near Bampton, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. The summit is "indefinite" but reaches 1,118 feet and there are limestone outcrops and an ancient enclosure.
5.4 miSW
Hill
Branstree
139 min walk • Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir.
5.8 miN
Garden, Park
Askham Hall
147 min walk • Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wet Sleddale Reservoir
58 min walk • Wet Sleddale Reservoir is an artificial reservoir set amongst the Shap Fells 4 kilometres south of the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, and lies just within the boundary of the Lake District National Park.
5.9 miSW
Hill
Grey Crag
150 min walk • Grey Crag is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the east of Longsleddale in the Far Eastern Fells. There is another fell named Gray Crag in the Lake District near Hartsop.
4.3 miSW
Hill
Howes
110 min walk • Howes is a subsidiary summit of Branstree in the English Lake District, south east of Selside Pike in Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.