Calder Abbey, Seascale

Name: Calder Abbey
Address: Seascale, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Seascale

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Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°26'39"N, 3°27'58"W

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Seascale United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: St Mary & St Michael, Gosforth Cross, Seascale Golf Club, Caw Fell.

3.6 miNW
Church
St Mary & St Michael, Egremont
92 min walk • St Mary & St Michael is in Egremont, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice of Egremont with Bigrigg & Haile. The church is a grade 2 listed building.
2.2 miSE
Archaeological site, Bars and clubs
Gosforth Cross
57 min walk • The Gosforth Cross is a large stone Anglo-Saxon cross, in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD.
3.2 miS
54°23'57"N • 3°29'12"W
Seascale Golf Club, Seascale
83 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
5.8 miNE
Hill
Caw Fell, Lake District National Park
149 min walk • Caw Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, standing between Haycock the Lank Rigg group. It occupies a wide upland area with Ennerdale to the north and Blengdale to the south.
5.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Crag Fell
150 min walk • Crag Fell is a hill in the English Lake District. It is part of the Lank Rigg group, standing above Ennerdale Water in the Western Fells.
2.2 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church
57 min walk • St Mary's Church in the village of Gosforth, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Olaf, Wasdale Head, and St Michael, Nether Wasdale.
5.7 miE
Hill
Seatallan, Eskdale Green
145 min walk • Seatallan is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It is rounded, grassy and fairly unassuming, occupying a large amount of land.
5.3 miE
Hill
Buckbarrow, Eskdale Green
135 min walk • Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m.
5.7 miNE
Mountain
Iron Crag
145 min walk • Iron Crag is a mountain in the English Lake District, standing between Crag Fell and Caw Fell. The name of the fell is the source of some confusion, as the summit is unnamed on Ordnance Survey maps.
4.3 miNE
Hill
Lank Rigg, Frizington
110 min walk • Lank Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the south of Ennerdale in the Western Fells. A sprawling hill with gentle grassy slopes it can be climbed from various points on the Coldfell road.
5 miNE
Hill
Whoap, Frizington
129 min walk • Whoap is a hill located near the western edge of the English Lake District, standing at 511 m. It is part of the Lank Rigg group and is separated from this fell by an unnamed col, known locally as the Whoap Step.