Roche Abbey
Roche Abbey is a now-ruined abbey in the civil parish of Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the valley of Maltby Dyke, known locally as Maltby Beck, and is administered by English Heritage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: abbey in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Roche Abbey Cistercian monastery, including monastic precinct, gatehouse and 18th century landscape garden”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Martin and St Bartholomew’s Church, Maltby.
Church of St Martin
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Martin is situated 1½ miles southeast of Roche Abbey.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Maltby
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Maltby is situated 1½ miles northwest of Roche Abbey.
St Peter’s Church, Letwell
Church
Photo: Steve Fareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church, Letwell, is a parish church of the Church of England in Letwell. St Peter’s Church, Letwell is situated 2 miles southeast of Roche Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stone and Slade Hooton.
Stone
Hamlet
Stone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Maltby, in the Rotherham district lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Roche Abbey stands to the west of the hamlet, with Sandbeck Park to the north.
Slade Hooton
Hamlet
Slade Hooton is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the hamlet was moved into South Yorkshire in April 1974.
Firbeck
Village
Firbeck is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between Maltby and Oldcotes, off the A634 and B6463 roads.
Roche Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Maltby, Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.40218° or 53° 24′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.18351° or 1° 11′ 1″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Operator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C5WCR28+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 302553525OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
2639269Wikidata ID
Q1314988
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Roche Abbey” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Roche Abbey”
- Chinese: “羅氏修道院”
- Dutch: “Roche Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Roche”
- French: “Abbaye de Roche”
- German: “Roche Abbey”
- Japanese: “ロッシュ修道院”
- Swedish: “Roche Abbey”
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