Buckland Abbey
Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the National Trust.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Devon, England, UK
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Spirit and St Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum.
Church of the Holy Spirit
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Spirit is situated 2,800 feet south of Buckland Abbey.
St Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum
Church
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Buckland Monachorum, Devon. St Andrew’s Church, Buckland Monachorum is situated 1 mile north of Buckland Abbey.
Drake Manor Inn
Pub
Photo: Andrew Hackney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drake Manor Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile north of Buckland Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crapstone and Roborough Rock.
Crapstone
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crapstone is a village in the county of Devon. The village is located on the edge of Dartmoor, in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and is approximately 1 mile from the village of Yelverton, 9 miles from the city of Plymouth and 5 miles from Tavistock.
Roborough Rock
Locality
Photo: Mark Land, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yelverton Rock is a tor-like igneous rock outcrop immediately south-west of Yelverton, Devon. It is located at the southern end of the former RAF Harrowbeer airfield on Roborough Down, next to the border with the A386. Roborough Rock is situated 2 miles east of Buckland Abbey.
Yelverton
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. It is in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,858, which was slightly more than the 1,810 recorded at the 2011 census. Yelverton is situated 2½ miles east of Buckland Abbey.
Buckland Abbey
- Categories: historic house museum, English country house, abbey, history museum, and tourism
- Location: Buckland Monachorum, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.4813° or 50° 28′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.13353° or 4° 8′ 1″ westElevation
266 feet (81 metres)Operator
National TrustOpen location code
9C2QFVJ8+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 305162751OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vlaams—“Buckland Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Buckland Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Buckland”
- French: “Abbaye de Buckland”
- French: “Buckland Abbey”
- German: “Buckland Abbey”
- Irish: “Buckland Abbey”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Buckland”
- Japanese: “バックランド・アビー”
- Latin: “Abbatia de Boclanda”
- Russian: “Бакленд-Эбби”
- Russian: “Баклэнд-Эбби”
- Spanish: “Buckland Abbey”
- Turkish: “Buckland Abbey”
- Vlaams: “Buckland Abbey”
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