Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abbot’s Kitchen and Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury.
Abbot’s Kitchen
Ruins
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The Abbot's Kitchen is a mediaeval octagonal building that served as the kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Abbot’s Kitchen is situated 430 feet west of Glastonbury Abbey.
Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury
Church
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Described as "one of the most ambitious parish churches in Somerset", the present Church of St John the Baptist in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury is situated 850 feet northwest of Glastonbury Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Street and West Pennard.
Street
Village
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Street is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, with a population of 12,709 in 2021. On a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, it is two miles southwest of Glastonbury. Street is situated 1½ miles southwest of Glastonbury Abbey.
West Pennard
Village
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West Pennard is a village and civil parish east of Glastonbury, situated at the foot of Pennard Hill, in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Coxbridge and Woodlands. West Pennard is situated 3 miles east of Glastonbury Abbey.
Walton
Village
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Walton is a village and civil parish on the Polden Hills in Somerset, England, 1.5 miles west of Street. The parish includes the hamlet of Asney. Walton is situated 3 miles southwest of Glastonbury Abbey.
Glastonbury Abbey
- Type: Monastery
- Description: former Benedictine abbey at Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Categories: abbey, charitable organization, history museum, and religion
- Location: Glastonbury, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Glastonbury Abbey” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير غلاستونبري”
- Armenian: “Գլաստոնբերիի աբբայություն”
- Basque: “Glastonburyko abadia”
- Belarusian: “Гластанберскае абацтва”
- Belarusian: “Гластанбэрскае абацтва”
- Breton: “abati Glastonbury”
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Гластънбъри”
- Catalan: “abadia de Glastonbury”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Glastonbury”
- Chinese: “格拉斯頓伯裏修道院”
- Chinese: “格拉斯頓伯里修道院”
- Chinese: “格拉斯顿伯里修道院”
- Czech: “Glastonburské opatství”
- Dutch: “Glastonbury Abbey”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo Glastonbury”
- French: “abbaye de Glastonbury”
- French: “Abbaye de Glastonbury”
- German: “Glastonbury Abbey”
- Greek: “Αββαείο του Γκλάστονμπερι”
- Hebrew: “מנזר גלסטונברי”
- Indonesian: “Biara Glastonbury”
- Irish: “Glastonbury Abbey”
- Italian: “abbazia di Glastonbury”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Glastonbury”
- Japanese: “グラストンベリー修道院”
- Japanese: “グラストンベリー僧院”
- Japanese: “グランストンベリー修道院”
- Latin: “Abbatia Glastoniensis”
- Latvian: “Glastonberijas abatija”
- Polish: “Opactwo Glastonbury”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Glastonbury”
- Russian: “Гластонберийское аббатство”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Glastonburyjska opatija”
- Slovenian: “Glastonburyjska opatija”
- Spanish: “abadia de Glastonbury”
- Spanish: “abadía de Glastonbury”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Glastonbury”
- Urdu: “گلاسٹنبری ایبی”
- Welsh: “Abaty Glastonbury”
- Western Panjabi: “گلاسٹنبری ایبی”
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