Abbey or priory · Gloucester · Gloucestershire

Blackfriars

Blackfriars is a former friary in Gloucester. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 35 more places, Gloucester Cathedral (400 m) first on our list.

Photo: Blackfriars, Philafrenzy (CC0)

Where

In Gloucester

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Gloucester

Inside Gloucester

Blackfriars is inside Gloucester’s built-up area, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Gloucester has 442 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

The seasons here

The warmest afternoons in Gloucester run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°65 mm

Feb9° / 2°45 mm

Mar11° / 4°46 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°54 mm

Jun21° / 11°57 mm

Jul23° / 13°60 mm

Aug22° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°70 mm

Nov11° / 5°68 mm

Dec9° / 3°73 mm

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

About

Blackfriars

Care of the site is provided by English Heritage. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Gloucester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Gloucester
Official site: gloucesterblackfriars.co.uk

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

The map

The way to Blackfriars

Blackfriars is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The towns around Blackfriars

Of the 8, Gloucester is the largest, at 118,562 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Gloucester

118,562 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km northeast of it

Longford

2,536 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 3 km northwest of it

Maisemore

538 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km northeast of it

Twigworth

380 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Blackfriars is	People	Places to visit
Gloucester	It’s in town	118,562	23
Longford	2.2 km northeast of it	2,536	17
Maisemore	3 km northwest of it	538	16
Twigworth	3.1 km northeast of it	380	17
Churchdown	3.3 km northeast of it	13,480	18
Highnam	3.3 km northwest of it	1,920	17
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	3.6 km southwest of it	21,125	18
Sandhurst	4.3 km north of it	269	16

Make a day of it

Beyond Blackfriars

Our list has 35 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral.

CathedralGloucester Cathedral400 m away 2

CastleGloucester Castle100 m away 3

Abbey or priorySt Oswald's Priory, Gloucester600 m away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreyfriars, Gloucester200 m away 5

MuseumMuseum of Gloucester300 m away 6

MuseumGloucester Waterways Museum400 m away 7

MuseumSoldiers of Gloucestershire100 m away 8

MuseumThe Folk of Gloucester300 m away

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

Quick answers on Blackfriars

Where is Blackfriars?

Blackfriars is in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Blackfriars?

Former friary in Gloucester, England.

Who runs Blackfriars?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Blackfriars?

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

Is Blackfriars a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Blackfriars?

Within 15 km: Gloucester Cathedral (400 m), Gloucester Castle (100 m), St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester (600 m) and Greyfriars, Gloucester (200 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)

Blackfriars: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Castle: William Andrew (1848-1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester: Philafrenzy, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Greyfriars, Gloucester: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of Gloucester: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gloucester Waterways Museum: Jongleur100, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Soldiers of Gloucestershire: Own work by Chris Ryland, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Folk of Gloucester: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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