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Hailes Abbey

Hailes Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, two miles northeast of , , . It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of in .
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: abbey in the Cotswolds, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Hayles Abbey”
  • Address: Cheltenham, GL54 5PB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hailes Castle and Hailes Church.

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was a castle in the village of Hailes in , England. The castle was built around the 11th or early 12th century near the church in the village.

Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
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is a halt opened by the Great Western Railway on the Honeybourne Line from to Cheltenham which served the hamlet of Hailes in , as well as the nearby Hailes Abbey, between 1928 and 1960. is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Hailes Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Didbrook and Farmcote.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in , England, 8 miles north-east of . The village lies near the foot of the escarpment.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the in , England. It lies 2 miles east of the town of and 2 miles west of Temple Guiting. is a small place, a few houses along a dead end lane, but has a long history.

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is a town of 5,300 people in the . is a popular destination for walkers and history fans. With people often visiting the running Gloucestershire Warwickshire Heritage Railway steam train that connects it to Broadway and the Cheltenham Racecourse; and Sudeley Castle, the burial place of Queen Katherine Parr, that lies on its outskirts.

Hailes Abbey

Latitude
51.96919° or 51° 58′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.9279° or 1° 55′ 40″ west
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C3WX39C+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81047056
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11549919
Wiki­data ID
Q1478728
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Hailes Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “абацтва Хейлз”
  • Chinese: “海利斯修道院”
  • Chinese: “黑爾斯修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Hailes”
  • Dutch: “Hailes Abbey”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Hailes”
  • French: “abbaye de Hailes”
  • French: “Abbaye de Hailes”
  • German: “Hailes Abbey”
  • Irish: “Hailes Abbey”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Hailes”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Hailes”
  • Italian: “Hailes Abbey”
  • Japanese: “ヘイルズ修道院”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Hailes”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Хейлс”
  • Swedish: “Hailes Abbey”

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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 “Hailes Abbey”. Photo: Bill Tyne, CC BY-SA 2.0.