Abbey or priory · Kingswood · Gloucestershire

Kingswood Abbey

Kingswood Abbey is a former monastery. You will find it inside Kingswood’s built-up area. The site is looked after by English Heritage.

Photo: Kingswood Abbey, Throwawayhack (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Kingswood

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 16%

#1,300 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Kingswood

Inside Kingswood

Kingswood Abbey is inside Kingswood’s built-up area, with 5 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 ↓

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

When to go

Seasons in Kingswood

Warmest in Kingswood are May to September, at 17–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°81 mm

Feb9° / 2°58 mm

Mar11° / 3°53 mm

Apr14° / 5°52 mm

May17° / 8°61 mm

Jun20° / 11°59 mm

Jul22° / 12°61 mm

Aug22° / 12°72 mm

Sep19° / 10°61 mm

Oct15° / 8°84 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 2°89 mm

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

About

Kingswood Abbey

It has articles in 4 Wikipedias. A short trip away is Berkeley Castle, 9.3 km off, the first of 39 within 15 km.

Type: Abbey or priory
Run by: English Heritage
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Kingswood
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kingswood-abbey-gatehouse

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

The map

Kingswood Abbey on the map

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Kingswood Abbey is the orange one.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Kingswood Abbey

The most populous of the 8 is Wotton-under-Edge, at 4,966. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Kingswood

1,409 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km northeast of it

Wotton-under-Edge

4,966 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 1.8 km west of it

Charfield

2,833 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Hillesley

310 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kingswood Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Kingswood	It’s in town	1,409	7
Wotton-under-Edge	1.1 km northeast of it	4,966	9
Charfield	1.8 km west of it	2,833	5
Hillesley	2.8 km southeast of it	310	7
Wickwar	3.4 km southwest of it	1,701	7
North Nibley	3.5 km north of it	397	8
Townwell	4.7 km west of it	275	3
Tortworth Green	4.8 km west of it	612	3

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km you can add 4 historic houses, 3 castles and a garden.

CastleBerkeley Castle9.3 km away 2

Historic houseHighgrove House13 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustNewark Park3.6 km away 4

Historic houseBadminton House11 km away 5

GardenWestonbirt Arboretum10 km away 6

CastleThornbury Castle11 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustHorton Court7.2 km away 8CastleCastleBeverston Castle12 km away

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

A visit to Kingswood Abbey: questions

Where is Kingswood Abbey?

Kingswood Abbey is in Kingswood, Gloucestershire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Kingswood Abbey?

Former monastery in Gloucestershire, UK.

Who runs Kingswood Abbey?

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

When is the best time to visit Kingswood Abbey?

May to September are the warmest months in Kingswood, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Kingswood Abbey?

Within 15 km: Berkeley Castle (9.3 km), Highgrove House (13 km), Newark Park (3.6 km) and Badminton House (11 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 (8)

Kingswood Abbey: Throwawayhack, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Berkeley Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Highgrove House: Sherwood, Jones & Co, London, 1825, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newark Park: Nancy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Badminton House: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westonbirt Arboretum: Photo taken by and copyright Stuz., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thornbury Castle: nick sarebi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Horton Court: Marion Dutcher, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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