Garendon Abbey

Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Charnwood College and De Lisle College.

Charnwood College

School

Charnwood College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form that is located on Thorpe Hill in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Charnwood College is situated 4,100 feet east of Garendon Abbey.

De Lisle College

School

De Lisle College is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. According to the Ofsted website, it has 1,400 pupils. De Lisle College is situated 1 mile east of Garendon Abbey.

Iveshead School

School

Iveshead School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated within the town of Shepshed, Leicestershire, England. It was formed in September 2017 through the merger of Hind Leys Community College and Shepshed High School. Iveshead School is situated 1 mile west of Garendon Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thorpe Acre and Nanpantan.

Thorpe Acre

Suburb

Thorpe Acre is a suburb of Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Nanpantan

Village

Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nanpantan is a historic village, ward and suburb of Loughborough, in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located in the south-west of the town of Loughborough. It is home to Nanpantan Reservoir. Nanpantan is situated 1½ miles south of Garendon Abbey.

Loughborough

Photo: Duncan Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loughborough is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council and, in the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884.

Garendon Abbey

Type: Historical site
Description: abbey in Leicestershire, England, UK
Categories: abbey, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Charnwood District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.77446° or 52° 46′ 28″ north

Longitude

-1.25787° or 1° 15′ 28″ west

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

Open location code

9C4WQPFR+QV

GeoNames ID

11549898

Wikidata ID

Q1494181

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Garendon Abbey” goes by many names.

French: “abbaye de Garendon”
French: “Abbaye de Garendon”
German: “Garendon Abbey”

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