Netley Abbey

Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Netley Castle and Church of St Edward the Confessor.

Netley Castle

Castle

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Netley Castle is a former artillery fort constructed in either 1542 or 1544 by Henry VIII in the village of Netley, Hampshire. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and it defended Southampton Water near the Solent. Netley Castle is situated 770 feet southwest of Netley Abbey.

Church of St Edward the Confessor

Church

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Church of St Edward the Confessor is situated 350 feet southeast of Netley Abbey.

Netley railway station

Railway station

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Netley railway station is located near the village of Netley in Hampshire, England. The station is run by South Western Railway and is on the West Coastway Line. Netley railway station is situated 3,800 feet east of Netley Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netley and Weston.

Netley

Village

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Netley, officially Netley Abbey, is a village on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It is situated to the south-east of the city of Southampton, and flanked on one side by the ruins of Netley Abbey and on the other by the Royal Victoria Country Park.

Weston

Suburb

Weston is a small suburb on the south-eastern side of Southampton, UK, predominantly built on the Weston Grove Estate formerly owned by the Chamberlayne family.

Butlocks Heath

Village

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Butlocks Heath is a village in the district of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. The village lies approximately 3.4 miles south-east from Southampton. It is in the civil parish of Hound, which also includes Netley.

Netley Abbey

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: abbey in Hampshire, UK
Categories: abbey, tourism, ruins, and historic site
Location: Hound, Eastleigh District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.87848° or 50° 52′ 43″ north

Longitude

-1.35714° or 1° 21′ 26″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C2WVJHV+94

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26920905

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

2641764

Wikidata ID

Q846514

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Netley Abbey” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Netley Abbey”
Chinese: “內特利修道院”
Dutch: “Netley Abbey”
French: “abbaye de Netley”
French: “Abbaye de Netley”
German: “Netley Abbey”
Hebrew: “מנזר נטלי”
Japanese: “ネットリー修道院”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Netley Abbey”
Norwegian: “Netley Abbey”
Portuguese: “Abadia de Netley”
Spanish: “abadia de Netley”
Spanish: “abadía de Netley”
Spanish: “Abadía de Netley”
Swedish: “Netley Abbey”

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