Somerset
Mendip District
Glastonbury

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in , , England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbot’s Kitchen and St. Patrick’s Chapel, Glastonbury.

Ruins
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The Abbot's Kitchen is a mediaeval octagonal building that served as the kitchen at in , , England. It is a Grade I listed building. is situated 340 feet southwest of Glastonbury Abbey.

Church
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St. Patrick's Chapel in , , , is housed within the grounds of , 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. is situated 470 feet northwest of Glastonbury Abbey.

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 , , England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. is situated 730 feet north of Glastonbury Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Street and West Pennard.

Village
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is a large village and civil parish in , England, with a population of 12,709 in 2021. On a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, it is two miles southwest of . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Glastonbury Abbey.

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

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

Glastonbury Abbey

Latitude
51.14629° or 51° 8′ 47″ north
Longitude
-2.71527° or 2° 42′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C3V47WM+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 119916405
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q544113
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Glastonbury Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير غلاستونبري”
  • Armenian: “Գլաստոնբերիի աբբայություն”
  • Basque: “Glastonburyko abadia”
  • Belarusian: “Гластанберскае абацтва”
  • Belarusian: “Гластанбэрскае абацтва”
  • Breton: “abati Glastonbury”
  • Bulgarian: “Абатство Гластънбъри”
  • Catalan: “abadia de Glastonbury”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Glastonbury”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯頓伯裏修道院”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯頓伯里修道院”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯顿伯里修道院”
  • Czech: “Glastonburské opatství”
  • Dutch: “Glastonbury Abbey”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Glastonbury”
  • French: “abbaye de Glastonbury”
  • French: “Abbaye de Glastonbury”
  • German: “Glastonbury Abbey”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο του Γκλάστονμπερι”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר גלסטונברי”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Glastonbury”
  • Irish: “Glastonbury Abbey”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Glastonbury”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Glastonbury”
  • Japanese: “グラストンベリー修道院”
  • Japanese: “グラストンベリー僧院”
  • Japanese: “グランストンベリー修道院”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Glastoniensis”
  • Latvian: “Glastonberijas abatija”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Glastonbury”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Glastonbury”
  • Russian: “Гластонберийское аббатство”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glastonburyjska opatija”
  • Slovenian: “Glastonburyjska opatija”
  • Spanish: “abadia de Glastonbury”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Glastonbury”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Glastonbury”
  • Urdu: “گلاسٹنبری ایبی”
  • Welsh: “Abaty Glastonbury”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلاسٹنبری ایبی”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include King Arthur’s Tomb and Abbey Park.

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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 “Glastonbury Abbey”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.