Abbey or priory · Minster (Thanet) · Kent

Minster in Thanet Priory

Minster in Thanet Priory is a modern priory. Its location is inside Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area. Our list has 52 more places within 15 km; first among them is Deal Castle, at 14 km.

Photo: Minster in Thanet Priory, Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939) (Public domain)

Where

In Minster (Thanet)

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 20–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Minster (Thanet)

Inside Minster (Thanet)

Minster in Thanet Priory is inside Minster (Thanet)’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Weather by the month

If warmth matters, go June to September: Minster (Thanet) reaches 20–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°52 mm

Feb8° / 2°41 mm

Mar11° / 4°37 mm

Apr14° / 5°38 mm

May17° / 8°48 mm

Jun20° / 11°47 mm

Jul23° / 13°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°50 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°73 mm

Nov11° / 6°69 mm

Dec9° / 3°63 mm

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

About

Minster in Thanet Priory

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Type: Abbey or priory
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Minster (Thanet)
Official site: minsterabbeynuns.org

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

The map

Map of Minster in Thanet Priory and nearby

The map centres on Minster in Thanet Priory, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns close to Minster in Thanet Priory

Home to 63,315 people, Margate is the largest of these 7. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Minster (Thanet)

4,739 people · 30 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km west of it

Monkton

753 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km east of it

Cliffs End

1,284 people · 22 places to visit

4 · 3 km northeast of it

Margate

63,315 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Minster in Thanet Priory is	People	Places to visit
Minster (Thanet)	It’s in town	4,739	30
Monkton	1.5 km west of it	753	6
Cliffs End	2.5 km east of it	1,284	22
Margate	3 km northeast of it	63,315	28
Ramsgate	4.5 km east of it	42,031	26
St Nicholas at Wade	4.6 km northwest of it	731	4
Sandwich	4.8 km south of it	4,258	10

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Our list has 52 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 castles and a theme park.

Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle14 km away 2

Theme parkDreamland Margate7.3 km away 3

CastleSandown Castle12 km away 4

MuseumPowell-Cotton Museum3.9 km away 5

Historic houseQuex Park4 km away 6

MuseumCervia7.2 km away 7

MuseumWhite Mill5.8 km away 8

MuseumSundowner7.2 km away

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

Minster in Thanet Priory: common questions

Where is Minster in Thanet Priory?

Minster in Thanet Priory is in Minster (Thanet), Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Minster in Thanet Priory?

Modern priory in Minster, Thanet, Kent, England.

When is the best time to visit Minster in Thanet Priory?

June to September are the warmest months in Minster (Thanet), with afternoon highs of 20–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Minster in Thanet Priory?

Within 15 km: Deal Castle (14 km), Dreamland Margate (7.3 km), Sandown Castle (12 km) and Powell-Cotton Museum (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 (9)

Minster in Thanet Priory: Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Powell-Cotton Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Quex Park: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
White Mill: Nick smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sundowner: Stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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