Abbey or priory · near Woodhall Spa · Lincolnshire

Kirkstead Abbey

Kirkstead Abbey is a grade I listed building in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. Add Tattershall Castle, 4.6 km away, to a visit; it leads 17 places within 15 km. It is written up in 5 Wikipedias.

Photo: Kirkstead Abbey, Richard Croft (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

800 m

southwest of Woodhall Spa

How well known

Top 22%

#1,855 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Abbey or priory near Woodhall Spa

Just outside Woodhall Spa

Kirkstead Abbey is 800 m southwest of Woodhall Spa. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Woodhall Spa has 5 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

Choosing a month

Highs of 19–22°C mark June to September in Woodhall Spa.

Jan7° / 1°48 mm

Feb8° / 2°40 mm

Mar11° / 3°34 mm

Apr14° / 5°40 mm

May17° / 7°48 mm

Jun20° / 10°62 mm

Jul22° / 12°46 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°49 mm

Oct15° / 7°61 mm

Nov10° / 4°55 mm

Dec7° / 2°49 mm

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

About

Kirkstead Abbey

Grade I listed building in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

800 m southwest of Woodhall Spa.

Woodhall Spa’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 800 m southwest of Woodhall Spa

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

The map

Around Kirkstead Abbey, mapped

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

Towns near it

Towns that count Kirkstead Abbey

By population, Coningsby and Tattershall leads the 8 with 5,511. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · 800 m northeast of it

Woodhall Spa

4,685 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 3.9 km southeast of it

Coningsby and Tattershall

5,511 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 4.4 km south of it

Tattershall

449 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km east of it

Kirkby on Bain

313 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Kirkstead Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Woodhall Spa	800 m northeast of it	4,685	5
Coningsby and Tattershall	3.9 km southeast of it	5,511	5
Tattershall	4.4 km south of it	449	5
Kirkby on Bain	4.9 km east of it	313	2
Martin	6.5 km west of it	773	2
Billinghay	7.6 km southwest of it	2,198	2
Timberland	7.7 km southwest of it	597	2
Walcott	7.9 km southwest of it	607	3

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Kirkstead Abbey

4 abbeys or priories, 2 museums and a historic house are among the 17 within 15 km.

Historic house · National TrustTattershall Castle4.6 km away 2

MuseumLincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre15 km away · 40K visitors a year 3

Abbey or prioryBardney Abbey12 km away 4

Abbey or prioryHaverholme Priory15 km away 5

Abbey or prioryRevesby Abbey11 km away 6

MuseumNorth Ings Farm Museum13 km away 7Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryStixwould Priory4.7 km away 8RuinsRuins · National TrustStable ruins4.6 km away

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

Know before you visit Kirkstead Abbey

Where is Kirkstead Abbey?

Kirkstead Abbey is 800 m southwest of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.

What is Kirkstead Abbey?

Grade I listed building in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Kirkstead Abbey?

June to September are the warmest months in Woodhall Spa, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Kirkstead Abbey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Kirkstead Abbey?

Within 15 km: Tattershall Castle (4.6 km), Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre (15 km), Bardney Abbey (12 km) and Haverholme Priory (15 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)

Kirkstead Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tattershall Castle: Brian from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bardney Abbey: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Haverholme Priory: Steve Tapster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Revesby Abbey: Paul Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
North Ings Farm Museum: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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