Cleeve Abbey
Cleeve Abbey is a medieval monastery located near the Washford River and village of Washford, in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: abbey
- Address: Abbey Road, Watchet, TA23 0PS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Washford railway station and St Mary’s Church.
Washford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the county of Somerset. Washford railway station is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Cleeve Abbey.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 1,100 feet north of Cleeve Abbey.
Tropiquaria
Zoo
Tropiquaria Zoo is a small tropical house and zoo in Somerset, England. It is located at Washford Cross, 16 miles from Taunton and 9 miles from Minehead. Tropiquaria is situated 3,600 feet east of Cleeve Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washford and Old Cleeve.
Washford
Village
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England.
Old Cleeve
Village
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Roadwater and Washford as well as hamlets such as Bilbrook, Chapel Cleeve, Golsoncott and Leighland Chapel.
Roadwater
Village
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roadwater is a village 3 miles south-west of Williton, on the northern edge of the Exmoor National Park, in Somerset, England. Roadwater is situated 2 miles southwest of Cleeve Abbey.
Cleeve Abbey
- Categories: abbey and historic site
- Location: Old Cleeve, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.15762° or 51° 9′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.36382° or 3° 21′ 50″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C3R5J5P+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 180007809OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q775473
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Cleeve Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克利夫修道院”
- Dutch: “Cleeve Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Cleeve”
- French: “Abbaye de Cleeve”
- German: “Cleeve Abbey”
- Turkish: “Cleeve Abbey”
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