Boxley Abbey
Boxley Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Sandling, near Maidstone in Kent, England. It sits at the foot of the North Downs and falls within the parish of Boxley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Boxley Abbey House and Kent Life.
Kent Life
Kent Life is a farm park located at Sandling near Maidstone, next to Allington Locks on the east bank of the River Medway. It once operated as an open-air museum, before rebranding as a heritage farm park. It was renamed as "Kent Life" in 2009. Kent Life is situated 1 mile west of Boxley Abbey.St Mary’s and All Saints Church, Boxley
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's and All Saints is a parish church in Boxley, Kent begun in the 13th century and with additions in the 14th and 15th centuries. The church was restored in the 1870s. It is a Grade I listed building. St Mary’s and All Saints Church, Boxley is situated 1 mile east of Boxley Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ringlestone and Penenden Heath.
Ringlestone
Suburb
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringlestone is a suburb and housing estate in the town of Maidstone, Kent, England. It is on the eastern side of the River Medway, near Allington, 1.2 miles north of Maidstone town centre.
Penenden Heath
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penenden Heath is a suburb of the town of Maidstone in the English county of Kent. As the name suggests, it was developed on an area of heathland, an area of which remains as a recreation ground with some woodland.
Boxley Abbey
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: abbey
- Categories: abbey, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Boxley, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.30032° or 51° 18′ 1″ northLongitude
0.52506° or 0° 31′ 30″ eastElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9F328G2G+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 255122716OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Boxley Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Boxley”
- French: “Abbaye de Boxley”
- German: “Boxley Abbey”
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