Historic house · near Langport · Somerset

Muchelney Abbey

Muchelney Abbey is a grade I listed historic house museum. It is 1.5 km south of Langport. The site is kept up by English Heritage.

Photo: Muchelney Abbey, Sarah Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

1.5 km

south of Langport

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

Historic house near Langport

Just outside Langport

Muchelney Abbey is 1.5 km south of Langport. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Langport has 78 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

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Langport peak at 17–22°C, May to September.

Jan9° / 2°75 mm

Feb9° / 2°52 mm

Mar11° / 3°51 mm

Apr14° / 5°52 mm

May17° / 7°53 mm

Jun20° / 10°57 mm

Jul22° / 12°56 mm

Aug22° / 12°66 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°86 mm

Nov12° / 5°85 mm

Dec9° / 3°79 mm

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

About

Muchelney Abbey

4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Add Priest's House, 100 m away, to a visit; it leads 23 places within 15 km.

Langport’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 1.5 km south of Langport
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/muchelney-abbey

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

The map

The way to Muchelney Abbey

The map centres on Muchelney Abbey, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Muchelney Abbey

With 4,079 people, Martock is the largest of the 8. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 1.5 km north of it

Langport

3,578 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km west of it

Drayton

362 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 3 km west of it

Curry Rivel

2,009 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km east of it

Long Sutton

500 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Muchelney Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Langport	1.5 km north of it	3,578	2
Drayton	1.9 km west of it	362	2
Curry Rivel	3 km west of it	2,009	5
Long Sutton	3.1 km east of it	500	2
Kingsbury Episcopi	3.3 km south of it	682	5
Long Load	3.5 km southeast of it	314	5
Martock	6.3 km southeast of it	4,079	7
Ash	6.4 km southeast of it	619	9

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Our list has 23 more within 15 km, among them 5 historic houses, 2 forts and a castle.

Historic house · National TrustPriest's House100 m away 2

Historic house · National TrustMontacute House10 km away · 120K visitors a year (2011)3

Historic house · National TrustBarrington Court7.3 km away 4

FortAthelney9 km away 5

Castle · National TrustBurrow Mump9 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustTreasurer's House6.4 km away 7

Historic house · National TrustStoke sub Hamdon Priory8.7 km away 8

FortTaunton Stop Line13 km away

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

Good to know about Muchelney Abbey

Where is Muchelney Abbey?

Muchelney Abbey is 1.5 km south of Langport, Somerset.

What is Muchelney Abbey?

Grade I listed historic house museum in South Somerset, England, UK.

Who runs Muchelney Abbey?

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

When is the best time to visit Muchelney Abbey?

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

Is Muchelney Abbey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Muchelney Abbey?

Within 15 km: Priest's House (100 m), Montacute House (10 km), Barrington Court (7.3 km) and Athelney (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)

Muchelney Abbey: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Priest's House: User:Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Montacute House: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barrington Court: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Athelney: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Burrow Mump: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Treasurer's House: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Taunton Stop Line: Gaius Cornelius, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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