List of all monasteries
Abbotsbury
Abingdon
Bardney
Barlings
Basingwerk
Battle
Bayham
Beauchief
Beaulieu
Beeston Regis
Binham
Birkenhead
Blythburgh
Bordesley
Bolton
Buildwas
Burscough
Bury St Edmunds
Butley
Byland
Calder
Canterbury
Castle Acre
Cleeve
Coombe
Cockersand
Creake
Croyland
Croxden
Cymer
Cwmhir
Dale
Dudley
Easby
Egglestone
Finchale
Forde
Fountains
Furness
Gisborough
Glastonbury
Grace Dieu
Hailes
Halesowen
Haughmond
Haverfordwest
Holme Cultram
Hulne
Jervaulx
Kirkham
Kirkstall
Lanercost
Lewes
Lilleshall
Lindisfarne
Llanthony
Malmesbury
Margam
Mattersey
Monk Bretton
Mottisfont
Mount Grace
Muchelney
Neath
Netley
Newark
Norton
Pill
Reading
Repton
Rievaulx
Roche
Rosedale Abbey
Rufford
Sawley
Shap
St Dogmaels
Stoneleigh
Strata Florida
Talley
Thetford
Thornton
Tintern
Titchfield
Tupholme
Tynemouth
Ulverscroft
Valle Crucis
Walsingham
Waverley
Wenlock
West Acre
Whalley
Whitby
Whitefriars
Wilton
White Ladies
Wilmington
Witham
York
Selected monasteries
Bardney is a little field with a few bumps covering the remaining stones.
Bardney
Very little left.
Barlings
The mid-13th century work is of very high quality.
Bayham
A very urban monastery.
Birkenhead
Remains of monastery are on private land.
Burscough
The front end of Byland is very fancy.
Byland
The most extensive Cluniac remains in UK.
Castle Acre
The fifteenth-century refectory was built in a non-Cistercian way parallel to the south wall of the cloister.
Cleeve
The only part of the abbey that remains is the chapter house.
Cockersand
Croxden is in a remote site near Alton Towers with a road running through it.
Croxden
Village eats monastery.
Dale
It has been said that Fountains Abbey is the Niagra Falls of dissolved monasteries.
Fountains
This was the first monastery that volunteered to be dissolved.
Furness
This is the sort of place where people write "Shame on you Henry VIII" in the visitor book.
Glastonbury
“The ivied ruins of forlorn Grace Dieu.”
Grace Dieu
Hailes was famous for a relic which was supposed to be the blood of Jesus.
Hailes
Impressive Cistercian ruin with the church reaching full height in places.
Kirkstall
Some of the stone for Lanercost Priory came from Hadrian's Wall.
Lanercost
The site of the priory of St. Pancras is bisected by a railway line.
Lewes
A pile of stones somewhere in the hills.
Llanthony
A fine twelve-sided chapter house.
Margam
A monastery which is now in local housing estate where primary school aged kids use it as their play area.
Monk Bretton
The Carthusians did not accept the Act of Supremacy.
Mount Grace
Rated by Tripadvisor as number 2 of the 16 things to do in Helmsley
Rievaulx
The Cistercians knew how to pick their locations - this is a narrow valley so it is sheltered and has a fast-flowing stream.
Roche
Choir monks woke up at 3 or 4am and came down the night stairs from the dormitory straight into the church.
Sawley
One big tower.
Shap
A hot spot for Premonstratensians in the 12th century.
Tupholme
There is a view to east end of church over the fishpond.
Valle Crucis
Why stick with one gatehouse when you can have two?
Whalley
One of the first religious houses to be suppressed - not much remains
White Ladies
St Marys was the richest monastery in the north of England but not much remains.
York
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