Prittlewell Priory

Prittlewell Priory is a medieval priory in the Prittlewell area of Southend, Essex, England. It was founded in the 12th century, by monks from the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras in Lewes, East Sussex, and passed into private hands at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roots Hall and Camp Bling.

Roots Hall

Stadium

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Roots Hall is a football stadium located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The stadium is the home ground of the National League team Southend United. Roots Hall is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Prittlewell Priory.

Camp Bling

Grassland

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Camp Bling was a UK-based road protest camp set up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in September 2005, to obstruct a £25 million plan to widen the Priory Crescent section of the A1159 road over the Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell. Camp Bling is situated 790 feet east of Prittlewell Priory.

Prittlewell railway station

Railway station

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Prittlewell railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the residential district of Prittlewell in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Prittlewell railway station is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Prittlewell Priory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westcliff-on-Sea and Eastwood.

Westcliff-on-Sea

Suburb

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Southend-on-Sea is a seaside resort about 40 miles east of London at the mouth of the River Thames Estuary. It's famous for its Victorian pleasure pier, the longest in the world!

Eastwood

Suburb

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Eastwood is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It was formerly a civil parish, the main part of which was absorbed into the municipal borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1933.

Rochford

Town

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Rochford is a town and civil parish in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles north of Southend-on-Sea, 43 miles from London and 21 miles from Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,889 and the Rochford built up area had a population of 12,615. Rochford is situated 2 miles north of Prittlewell Priory.

Prittlewell Priory

Type: Museum
Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Categories: historic house museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.55375° or 51° 33′ 14″ north

Longitude

0.7054° or 0° 42′ 19″ east

Wheelchair access

limited

Open location code

9F32HP34+G5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 212452014

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7245990

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