Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey is a museum in Glastonbury, Mendip District, England, which is located on Magdalene Street. Glastonbury Abbey is situated near the church St. Patrick’s Chapel, Glastonbury, as well as near Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Glastonbury Abbey and St. Patrick’s Chapel, Glastonbury.

Glastonbury Abbey

Ruins

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Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled monument, are open as a visitor attraction. Glastonbury Abbey is situated 420 feet southeast of Glastonbury Abbey.

St. Patrick’s Chapel, Glastonbury

Church

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St. Patrick's Chapel in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, is housed within the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey, and was completed in 1517. It is a site of pilgrimage and dedicated to Saint Patrick due to it being close to a possible site of his burial.

Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury

Church

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Described as "one of the most ambitious parish churches in Somerset", the present Church of St John the Baptist in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Church of St John the Baptist, Glastonbury is situated 440 feet north of Glastonbury Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Street and Walton.

Street

Village

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Street is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The village stands on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels at the end of the Polden Hills, and lies 2 miles south-west of Glastonbury. Street is situated 1½ miles southwest of Glastonbury Abbey.

Walton

Village

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Walton is a village and civil parish on the Polden Hills in Somerset, England, 1.5 miles west of Street. The parish includes the hamlet of Asney. Walton is situated 3 miles southwest of Glastonbury Abbey.

West Pennard

Village

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West Pennard is a village and civil parish east of Glastonbury, situated at the foot of Pennard Hill, in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Coxbridge and Woodlands. West Pennard is situated 3 miles east of Glastonbury Abbey.

Glastonbury Abbey

Type: Museum
Address: Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, BA6 9EL
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Glastonbury, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.14704° or 51° 8′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.71669° or 2° 43′ 0″ west

Open location code

9C3V47WM+R8

OpenStreetMap ID

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OpenStreetMap feature

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