Abbey or priory · Prestwood and Great Missenden · Buckinghamshire

Missenden Abbey

Visitors to Prestwood and Great Missenden can see Missenden Abbey. Its neighbours on our list number 2 within 5 km. Nearby, Chequers (7.2 km) leads the list.

Photo: Missenden Abbey, James Allan (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Prestwood and Great Missenden

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Prestwood and Great Missenden

Inside Prestwood and Great Missenden

Missenden Abbey is inside Prestwood and Great Missenden’s built-up area, with 2 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

June to September are the warmest in Prestwood and Great Missenden, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C.

Jan7° / 2°84 mm

Feb7° / 2°59 mm

Mar10° / 3°51 mm

Apr13° / 5°59 mm

May16° / 7°62 mm

Jun19° / 10°56 mm

Jul22° / 12°53 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep18° / 10°62 mm

Oct14° / 8°87 mm

Nov10° / 4°84 mm

Dec7° / 2°82 mm

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

About

Missenden Abbey

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Type: Abbey or priory
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Prestwood and Great Missenden
Official site: missendenabbey.co.uk

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

The map

Finding Missenden Abbey

The map puts Missenden Abbey in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Missenden Abbey

Prestwood and Great Missenden, with 7,600 people, is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Prestwood and Great Missenden

7,600 people · 14 places to visit

2 · 200 m northeast of it

South Heath

1,278 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 900 m south of it

Little Kingshill

1,471 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km northeast of it

Ballinger Common

412 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Missenden Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Prestwood and Great Missenden	It’s in town	7,600	14
South Heath	200 m northeast of it	1,278	13
Little Kingshill	900 m south of it	1,471	8
Ballinger Common	2.1 km northeast of it	412	3
Great Kingshill	2.7 km southwest of it	1,669	13
Little Missenden	2.8 km southeast of it	277	4
Lee Common	3 km north of it	356	5
Hyde Heath	3 km east of it	1,048	4

Make a day of it

Beyond Missenden Abbey

4 historic houses, 3 museums and a castle are among the 43 within 15 km.

Historic houseChequers7.2 km away 2

MuseumThe Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre300 m away 3

MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring10 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)4

Historic house · National TrustWest Wycombe House9.6 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageBerkhamsted Castle12 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustHughenden Manor6.7 km away 7

Historic houseHalton House9.1 km away 8

MuseumChesham Museum7 km away

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

Good to know about Missenden Abbey

Where is Missenden Abbey?

Missenden Abbey is in Prestwood and Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Missenden Abbey?

Buckinghamshire, England.

When is the best time to visit Missenden Abbey?

June to September are the warmest months in Prestwood and Great Missenden, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Missenden Abbey?

Within 15 km: Chequers (7.2 km), The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre (300 m), Natural History Museum at Tring (10 km) and West Wycombe House (9.6 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)

Missenden Abbey: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre: David Hillas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
West Wycombe House: Original author was Giano, converted to PNG format by PNG crusade bot at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Berkhamsted Castle: Winstainforth at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hughenden Manor: Francis Orpen Morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Halton House: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Chesham Museum: The original uploader was Tmol42 at English Wikipedia., CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons

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