Abbey or priory · York · North Yorkshire

St Mary's Abbey

St Mary's Abbey is a Benedictine abbey. Inside York’s built-up area is where it stands. It is a scheduled monument.

Photo: St Mary's Abbey, Kaly99 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In York

inside the built-up area

Run by

York Museums Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in York

Inside York

St Mary's Abbey is inside York’s built-up area, with 40 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; York has 1,271 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

Picking your season

Afternoons in York reach 18–22°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°51 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°42 mm

Apr13° / 5°43 mm

May17° / 7°45 mm

Jun20° / 10°63 mm

Jul22° / 12°54 mm

Aug21° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 10°55 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°61 mm

Dec7° / 2°58 mm

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

About

St Mary's Abbey

The site is run by York Museums Trust. 8 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Look also at York Minster, 400 m away, first of 52 more within 15 km.

York’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Run by: York Museums Trust
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in York
Official site: yorkshiremuseum.org.uk

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

The map

The area around St Mary's Abbey

The places near St Mary's Abbey are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns that count St Mary's Abbey

York is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (141,696 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

York

141,696 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 2.2 km northeast of it

Huntington

12,420 people · 44 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km northwest of it

Nether Poppleton

727 people · 38 places to visit

4 · 3 km east of it

Osbaldwick

2,313 people · 44 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where St Mary's Abbey is	People	Places to visit
York	It’s in town	141,696	46
Huntington	2.2 km northeast of it	12,420	44
Nether Poppleton	2.6 km northwest of it	727	38
Osbaldwick	3 km east of it	2,313	44
Heslington	3 km southeast of it	1,787	41
Upper Poppleton	3.5 km northwest of it	3,520	37
Bishopthorpe	4.1 km south of it	3,333	40
Skelton (York)	4.4 km northwest of it	1,380	21

Make a day of it

While you are near St Mary's Abbey

Of the 52 within 15 km, look for 4 museums, a church and a castle.

ChurchYork Minster400 m away 2MuseumBig drawMuseumNational Railway Museum700 m away · 808K visitors a year 3

MuseumYorkshire Museum100 m away · 164K visitors a year (2019)4

Castle · English HeritageClifford's Tower900 m away 5

MuseumYork Castle Museum1 km away · 284K visitors a year (2013)6

Art galleryYork Art Gallery100 m away 7

FortYork city walls900 m away 8

MuseumJorvik Viking Centre700 m away

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

St Mary's Abbey: what to know

Where is St Mary's Abbey?

St Mary's Abbey is in York, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is St Mary's Abbey?

Benedictine abbey.

Who runs St Mary's Abbey?

York Museums Trust.

When is the best time to visit St Mary's Abbey?

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

Is St Mary's Abbey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near St Mary's Abbey?

Within 15 km: York Minster (400 m), National Railway Museum (700 m), Yorkshire Museum (100 m) and Clifford's Tower (900 m).

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)

St Mary's Abbey: Kaly99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Minster: MatzeTrier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Museum: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clifford's Tower: Francis Place (1647-1728), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
York Castle Museum: Jitka Erbenová (cheva), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
York Art Gallery: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
York city walls: Jhsteel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jorvik Viking Centre: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

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