Grace Dieu Priory

#1311 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Monastery, Historical place, View point

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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. ()

Established: 1239 (786 years ago)Coordinates: 52°45'40"N, 1°21'24"W

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Ashby Rd.Thringstone LE67 5UG EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1530 223201

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Grace Dieu Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Donnington park, Snibston, Mount St Bernard Abbey, Ashby de la Zouch Castle.

4.6 miN
Museum
Donnington park, Castle Donington
118 min walk • The Donington Grand Prix Collection, sometime known as the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition, was a museum of motor racing cars, based at the Donington Park motor racing circuit in Leicestershire, England.
2.6 miSW
Museum, Science museum, Fashion museum
Snibston, Coalville
67 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.
2 miSE
Historical place, Church, Monastery
Mount St Bernard Abbey, Coalville
51 min walk • 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.
4.7 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
120 min walk • Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473, accompanied by the creation of a 3,000-acre park.
3.6 miNW
Church
Church of St Mary and St Hardulph
92 min walk • The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph is the Church of England parish church of Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England. The church has also been known as Breedon Priory and as the Holy Hill Monastery.
4.7 miW
Church
St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
120 min walk • St Helen's Church is the Anglican parish church of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the deanery of North West Leicestershire and the Diocese of Leicester.
2.7 miS
Dancing, Nightlife
The Emporium, Coalville
69 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.
3.6 miS
Museum, History museum
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum, Coalville
93 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.
3 miE
Church
St Botolph's Church, Shepshed
76 min walk • St Botolph's Church, Shepshed is the Church of England Parish Church in Shepshed, Leicestershire.
4.3 miNE
Church
All Saints Church
109 min walk • All Saints Church is in the village of Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Akeley East, the archdeaconry of Loughborough, and the diocese of Leicester.
4.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Felicity's Wood
117 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.