Bindon Abbey
Bindon Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, of which only ruins remain, on the River Frome about half a mile east of Wool in Dorset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: monastery in Wool, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bindon Abbey (site)” and “Remains of Bindon Abbey”
- Address: Bindon Lane, Wool, Wareham, BH20 6AS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wool railway station and Parish Church of the Holy Rood.
Wool railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services. Wool railway station is situated 3,000 feet west of Bindon Abbey.
Parish Church of the Holy Rood
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of the Holy Rood is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Bindon Abbey.
Monkey World
Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near Wool, Dorset, England. Monkey World is situated 1 mile north of Bindon Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Stoke and East Lulworth.
East Stoke
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410.
East Lulworth
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Lulworth is a village and civil parish nine miles east of Dorchester, near Lulworth Cove, in the county of Dorset, England. The village, which consists of 17th-century thatched cottages, is dominated by the barracks of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School who use a portion of the Purbeck Hills as a gunnery range. East Lulworth is situated 3 miles south of Bindon Abbey.
Worgret
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worgret is a hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the west of the town of Wareham. Worgret forms part of the civil parish of Arne, within the Dorset unitary authority. Worgret is situated 3 miles east of Bindon Abbey.
Bindon Abbey
- Categories: abbey and monastery ruins
- Location: Wool, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.68054° or 50° 40′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.20856° or 2° 12′ 31″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C2VMQJR+6HOpenStreetMap ID
way 329964976OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Latin—“Bindon Abbey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bindon Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Bindon”
- French: “Abbaye de Bindon”
- German: “Bindon Abbey”
- Japanese: “ビンドン・アビー”
- Japanese: “ビンドン修道院”
- Latin: “Bindonium”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bindon Abbey”. Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.