Abbey or priory · Southend-on-Sea · Essex

Prittlewell Priory

Prittlewell Priory is a grade I listed historic house museum in Southend-on-Sea. Top of the 30 other places within 15 km is Adventure Island, 2.5 km off. Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Photo: Prittlewell Priory, Lonpicman (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Southend-on-Sea

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Southend-on-Sea

Inside Southend-on-Sea

Prittlewell Priory is inside Southend-on-Sea’s built-up area, with 11 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Southend-on-Sea has 100 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

Weather by the month

Warmest in Southend-on-Sea are May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 4°34 mm

Apr14° / 5°39 mm

May18° / 9°40 mm

Jun21° / 12°43 mm

Jul23° / 14°42 mm

Aug23° / 14°48 mm

Sep20° / 12°45 mm

Oct16° / 9°60 mm

Nov11° / 5°57 mm

Dec8° / 3°52 mm

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

About

Prittlewell Priory

Grade I listed historic house museum in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom.

In Southend-on-Sea, inside the town’s built-up area.

Southend-on-Sea’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Southend-on-Sea
Official site: southendmuseums.co.uk/prittlewell

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

The map

Prittlewell Priory and what surrounds it

Prittlewell Priory is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Prittlewell Priory

The 5 towns are led in size by Southend-on-Sea, with 182,295 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Southend-on-Sea

182,295 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km north of it

Rochford

12,617 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km east of it

Stonebridge

241 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 4.5 km northwest of it

Hockley and Hawkwell

15,430 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Prittlewell Priory is	People	Places to visit
Southend-on-Sea	It’s in town	182,295	23
Rochford	1.5 km north of it	12,617	13
Stonebridge	3.1 km east of it	241	13
Hockley and Hawkwell	4.5 km northwest of it	15,430	8
Ashingdon	4.7 km north of it	6,490	3

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

There are 30 within 15 km, 2 castles, 2 museums and a theme park among them.

Theme parkAdventure Island2.5 km away 2

PierSouthend Pier3.6 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle6.7 km away 4

Art galleryBeecroft Art Gallery1.3 km away 5

MuseumSouthend Central Museum1.3 km away 6

MuseumSouthchurch Hall2.5 km away 7

Castle · National TrustRayleigh Castle7.9 km away 8FortFortGrain Fort11 km away

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

Questions about Prittlewell Priory

Where is Prittlewell Priory?

Prittlewell Priory is in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Prittlewell Priory?

Grade I listed historic house museum in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Prittlewell Priory?

May to September are the warmest months in Southend-on-Sea, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Prittlewell Priory a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Prittlewell Priory?

Within 15 km: Adventure Island (2.5 km), Southend Pier (3.6 km), Hadleigh Castle (6.7 km) and Beecroft Art Gallery (1.3 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 (8)

Prittlewell Priory: Lonpicman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Pier: Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Beecroft Art Gallery: H2g2bob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Central Museum: Southend Museums Service, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southchurch Hall: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rayleigh Castle: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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