Abbey or priory · Dunstable · Bedfordshire

Dunstable Priory

Dunstable Priory is a church in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. It is a scheduled monument. Top of the 35 other places within 15 km is Whipsnade Zoo, 4.9 km off.

Photo: Dunstable Priory, Mike Stuchbery Mikestuchbery (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Dunstable

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Dunstable

Inside Dunstable

Dunstable Priory is inside Dunstable’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Dunstable has 54 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

Month by month in Dunstable

Aim for June to September, when Dunstable reaches 19–23°C.

Jan7° / 1°63 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°40 mm

Apr14° / 4°49 mm

May17° / 7°52 mm

Jun20° / 10°52 mm

Jul23° / 12°49 mm

Aug22° / 12°60 mm

Sep19° / 10°54 mm

Oct14° / 7°71 mm

Nov10° / 4°68 mm

Dec7° / 2°60 mm

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

About

Dunstable Priory

Its story is told in 5 languages on Wikipedia.

Dunstable’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Dunstable
Official site: dunstableparish.org.uk

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

The map

Locating Dunstable Priory

The map puts Dunstable Priory in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns around Dunstable Priory, by distance

Of the 8, Luton is the largest, at 233,524 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Dunstable

34,498 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 400 m east of it

Luton

233,524 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 900 m north of it

Houghton Regis

18,814 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km west of it

Totternhoe

1,017 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dunstable Priory is	People	Places to visit
Dunstable	It’s in town	34,498	14
Luton	400 m east of it	233,524	12
Houghton Regis	900 m north of it	18,814	5
Totternhoe	2.7 km west of it	1,017	11
Kensworth	3.3 km south of it	1,517	13
Caddington	4.2 km southeast of it	3,288	7
Holywell	4.2 km south of it	599	13
Eaton Bray and Edlesborough	4.3 km west of it	4,201	14

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Around it, within 15 km, lie 35 more, including 3 historic houses, 2 castles and a zoo.

ZooWhipsnade Zoo4.9 km away 2Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey12 km away 3

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring14 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)4GardenGarden · National TrustWhipsnade Tree Cathedral3.9 km away 5

Historic houseMentmore Towers12 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle14 km away 7

CastleSomeries Castle9.9 km away 8

Historic houseAshridge10 km away

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

A visit to Dunstable Priory: questions

Where is Dunstable Priory?

Dunstable Priory is in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dunstable Priory?

Church in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Dunstable Priory?

June to September are the warmest months in Dunstable, with afternoon highs of 19–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Dunstable Priory a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Dunstable Priory?

Within 15 km: Whipsnade Zoo (4.9 km), Woburn Abbey (12 km), Natural History Museum at Tring (14 km) and Whipsnade Tree Cathedral (3.9 km).

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 (7)

Dunstable Priory: Mike Stuchbery Mikestuchbery, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Someries Castle: Forscher scs, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashridge: myself, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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