Abbey or priory · Lewes · East Sussex

Lewes Priory

Lewes Priory is a grade I listed ruins in Lewes, East Sussex. Close by, Lewes Castle - Barbican gate is 500 m away, one of 71 within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 6 languages.

Photo: Lewes Priory, JohnArmagh (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Lewes

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 18%

#1,466 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Lewes

Inside Lewes

Lewes Priory is inside Lewes’ built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Lewes has 525 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

Warm months and wet ones

Highs of 17–22°C mark May to September in Lewes.

Jan8° / 2°98 mm

Feb9° / 2°72 mm

Mar11° / 3°57 mm

Apr14° / 5°53 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°60 mm

Jul22° / 12°61 mm

Aug22° / 12°72 mm

Sep20° / 10°68 mm

Oct16° / 8°108 mm

Nov12° / 5°116 mm

Dec9° / 2°113 mm

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

About

Lewes Priory

Grade I listed ruins in Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK.

In Lewes, inside the town’s built-up area.

Lewes’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: in Lewes

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

The map

The way to Lewes Priory

On this map, Lewes Priory is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Lewes Priory

The largest of the 5 towns is Brighton and Hove, with 277,096 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Lewes

16,066 people · 11 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Kingston near Lewes

817 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km south of it

Rodmell

428 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km northeast of it

Ringmer

3,221 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Lewes Priory is	People	Places to visit
Lewes	It’s in town	16,066	11
Kingston near Lewes	1.5 km southwest of it	817	10
Rodmell	3.1 km south of it	428	11
Ringmer	3.4 km northeast of it	3,221	12
Brighton and Hove	11 km west of it	277,096	54

Make a day of it

Places to add to Lewes Priory

A visit can add 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a castle, from 71 places within 15 km.

CastleLewes Castle - Barbican gate500 m away 2

Historic houseRoyal Pavilion11 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustMonk's House3.4 km away 4

Theme parkBrighton Pier12 km away 5

MuseumAnne of Cleves' House300 m away 6

MuseumBrighton Museum & Art Gallery11 km away · 200K visitors a year 7

Historic houseGlyndebourne4 km away 8

MuseumCharleston House8.1 km away

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

Visiting Lewes Priory

Where is Lewes Priory?

Lewes Priory is in Lewes, East Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Lewes Priory?

Grade I listed ruins in Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Lewes Priory?

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

Is Lewes Priory a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Lewes Priory?

Within 15 km: Lewes Castle - Barbican gate (500 m), Royal Pavilion (11 km), Monk's House (3.4 km) and Brighton Pier (12 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 (9)

Lewes Priory: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lewes Castle - Barbican gate: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monk's House: Oliver Mallinson Lewis from Oxford, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Pier: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Anne of Cleves' House: Charlesdrakew, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Glyndebourne: Wolfiewolf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Charleston House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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