Buckfast Abbey
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018.Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Reed’s Cave and Pridhamsleigh Cavern.
Reed’s Cave
Cave
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reed's cave is a cave in Higher Kiln Quarry near Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor, Devon. It has many formations including the unique Little Man formation, which is beyond Easter Chamber. Reed’s Cave is situated 3,100 feet south of Buckfast Abbey.
Pridhamsleigh Cavern
Cave
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pridhamsleigh Cavern is a cave on the outskirts of Ashburton, Devon, England. It is approximately 1.1 kilometres in length with a total depth of just over 50 metres including Prid II. Pridhamsleigh Cavern is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Buckfast Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckfast and Ashburton.
Buckfast
Village
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckfast is a small village near Buckfastleigh in Teignbridge district, Devon, England, on the bank of the River Dart. It is the home of Buckfast Abbey, an active Benedictine monastery, which gave its name to Buckfast Tonic Wine, originally made there, and to the Buckfast bee, a bee breed originally developed at Buckfast Abbey.
Ashburton
Photo: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashburton is a town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England, adjacent to the A38. The town is 20 miles northeast of Plymouth and 17 miles southwest of Exeter.
Scorriton
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scoriton is a tiny village in the county of Devon, England, and the main centre of habitation of the parish of West Buckfastleigh. Scorriton is situated 2½ miles west of Buckfast Abbey.
Buckfast Abbey
- Type: Historical site
- Description: Benedictine abbey in Buckfast, Devon
- Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge District, Dartmoor, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Thai—“Buckfast Abbey” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Buckfast Abbey”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Buckfast”
- Dutch: “Buckfast Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Buckfast”
- French: “Abbaye de Buckfast”
- German: “Buckfast Abbey”
- German: “Kloster Buckfast”
- Irish: “Buckfast Abbey”
- Italian: “abbazia di Buckfast”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Buckfast”
- Persian: “دیر باکفست”
- Polish: “Buckfast Abbey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buckfast Abbey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Buckfast”
- Spanish: “Abadia de buckfast”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Buckfast”
- Spanish: “abadía de Buckfast”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Buckfast”
- Thai: “Buckfast Abbey”
- Thai: “บักฟาสต์แอบบีย์”
- Thai: “บัคฟาสต์แอบบี”
- Thai: “แอบบีบัคฟาสต์”
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