Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey is a monastery in Woodhall Spa, East Lindsey District, England. Kirkstead Abbey is situated nearby to the church St Leonard’s Without, as well as near Abbey Farm Irrigation Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Leonard’s Without and Abbey Lodge Inn.

St Leonard’s Without

Church

Photo: Plague of Death, Public domain.

The church of St Leonard's Without is a small chapel built between 1230 and 1240 in the parish of Kirkstead, Lincolnshire, close to Woodhall Spa. The chapel lies close to the now-ruined Kirkstead Abbey founded in 1139. St Leonard’s Without is situated 940 feet south of Kirkstead Abbey.

Abbey Lodge Inn

Pub

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbey Lodge Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Kirkstead Abbey.

Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum

Museum

Photo: Jonathan Hutchins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum also known as Woodhall Spa. is a community museum managed by volunteers, and located on Iddesleigh Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England. Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Kirkstead Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkstead and Tattershall.

Kirkstead

Hamlet

Photo: David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkstead is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Woodhall Spa, in the East Lindsey district, in Lincolnshire, England, on the River Witham.

Tattershall

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Tattershall is in Lincolnshire. Village historic sites include the church of the Holy Trinity, a buttercross, Tattershall Castle, Collegiate College, and Tom Thumb's house and grave.

Stixwould

Village

Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stixwould is a small village in the civil parish of Stixwould and Woodhall, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Stixwould is situated 3 miles north of Kirkstead Abbey.

Kirkstead Abbey

Type: Monastery
Categories: building, historic site, and religion
Location: Woodhall Spa, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.1387° or 53° 8′ 19″ north

Longitude

-0.2236° or 0° 13′ 25″ west

Inception

1139

Open location code

9C5X4QQG+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 108329555

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monastery

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