Surrey
Waverley District
Tilford

Waverley Abbey

Waverley Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in , founded in 1128 by William Giffard, the Bishop of Winchester. Located about 2 miles southeast of , , it is situated on a flood-plain; surrounded by current and previous channels of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mother Ludlam’s Cave and Waverley Abbey House.

Cave
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Mother Ludlam's Cave, also known as Mother Ludlum's Cave or Mother Ludlum's Hole, is a small cave in the sandstone cliff of the at , near , , in . is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Waverley Abbey.

Building
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is a building, which is situated 930 feet north of Waverley Abbey.

Mosque
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The is a mosque in , , England, on the site of the international headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, formally known as . is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Waverley Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Compton and Runfold.

Neighborhood
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is a former village and today a semi-rural suburb centred 1 mile ESE of in the Waverley district of , England and connected to Farnham by two direct urban single carriageways and green space footpaths along the Wey which in part marks the northern boundary of the area together with the A31.

Village
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is a village in , , about 2 mi ENE of . lies on the ancient trackway known as the Pilgrims' Way and on the former route of the A31 road, which has by-passed the village since the early 1990s.

Locality
is a 5.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of in . This heathland site is dominated by ling, bell heather and wavy hair-grass, with other plants including bryophytes and lichens. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Waverley Abbey.

Waverley Abbey

Latitude
51.20004° or 51° 12′ 0″ north
Longitude
-0.75929° or 0° 45′ 34″ west
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C3X662R+27
Open­Street­Map ID
way 151468976
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2634650
Wiki­data ID
Q1295286
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Waverley Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Waverley Abbey”
  • Cebuano: “Waverley Abbey”
  • Chinese: “韋佛利修道院”
  • Chinese: “韋弗利修道院”
  • Czech: “Opatství Waverley”
  • Dutch: “Waverley Abbey”
  • French: “abbaye de Waverley”
  • French: “Abbaye de Waverley”
  • German: “Waverley Abbey”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר וייברלי”
  • Japanese: “ウェイヴァリー修道院”
  • Japanese: “ウェイバリー修道院”
  • Russian: “аббатство Уэверли”
  • Spanish: “abadia de Waverley”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Waverley”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Waverley”
  • Swedish: “Waverley Abbey”

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