Abbey or priory · Abingdon-on-Thames · Oxfordshire

Abingdon Abbey

Abingdon Abbey is a grade I listed abbey. Visitors find it inside Abingdon-on-Thames’ built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 78 more places, Ashmolean Museum (9.5 km) first on our list.

Photo: Abingdon Abbey, Claire Ward (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Abingdon-on-Thames

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Abingdon-on-Thames

Inside Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon Abbey is inside Abingdon-on-Thames’ built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Abingdon-on-Thames has 275 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

From May to September, Abingdon-on-Thames sees highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb9° / 2°40 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°46 mm

May18° / 8°50 mm

Jun21° / 11°46 mm

Jul23° / 13°45 mm

Aug23° / 13°55 mm

Sep20° / 10°47 mm

Oct15° / 7°66 mm

Nov11° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°56 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Abingdon-on-Thames, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Abingdon-on-Thames. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Abingdon-on-Thames’ full climate →

About

Abingdon Abbey

Its story is told in 7 languages on Wikipedia.

Abingdon-on-Thames’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Abingdon-on-Thames

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Abingdon Abbey is

Orange: Abingdon Abbey.

Towns near it

Towns that list Abingdon Abbey

The largest of the 8 towns is Abingdon-on-Thames, with 33,179 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Abingdon-on-Thames

33,179 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km south of it

Culham

467 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Shippon

1,894 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km northeast of it

Radley

2,079 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Abingdon Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Abingdon-on-Thames	It’s in town	33,179	8
Culham	1.7 km south of it	467	8
Shippon	1.8 km northwest of it	1,894	6
Radley	2.3 km northeast of it	2,079	4
Wootton (Vale of White Horse)	2.6 km northwest of it	2,428	8
Sutton Courtenay	2.6 km south of it	3,055	10
Drayton	3 km southwest of it	3,110	7
Boars Hill	3.8 km north of it	540	52

Make a day of it

Also within reach

78 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 historic houses and a castle among them.

MuseumAshmolean Museum9.5 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History9.9 km away 3

CastleOxford Castle Motte9.1 km away 4

Museum · English HeritageAbingdon County Hall Museum400 m away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum9.9 km away 6

Historic houseBeaumont Palace9.4 km away 7

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden9.1 km away 8

Historic houseThe Abbey, Sutton Courtenay3.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Abingdon Abbey: questions

Where is Abingdon Abbey?

Abingdon Abbey is in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Abingdon Abbey?

Grade I listed abbey in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Abingdon Abbey?

May to September are the warmest months in Abingdon-on-Thames, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Abingdon Abbey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Abingdon Abbey?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (9.5 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (9.9 km), Oxford Castle Motte (9.1 km) and Abingdon County Hall Museum (400 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Abingdon Abbey: Claire Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon County Hall Museum: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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