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Buckfast Abbey
Buckfastleigh, South West England
A working Benedictine abbey with a big church, gardens and shops.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 75 min
Buckfast Abbey is a working monastery with a modern abbey church built by the monks themselves. There are gardens, a tea room and a shop. It's a calm break and free to visit the church.
Good to know
- Go on a weekday for quiet
- Visit the lavender garden in summer
- Best time
- Any
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Free car park
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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