Historic house · Sutton Courtenay · Oxfordshire

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay is a grade I listed English country house in Sutton Courtenay, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire. There are 77 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Ashmolean Museum (13 km). Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 7 languages.

Photo: The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, Olivia Morgan Roberts (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Sutton Courtenay

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Historic house in Sutton Courtenay

Inside Sutton Courtenay

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay is inside Sutton Courtenay’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Sutton Courtenay has 62 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

Choosing a month

The warmest stretch in Sutton Courtenay is May to September, at 18–23°C in the afternoon.

Jan8° / 2°56 mm

Feb9° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May18° / 8°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°47 mm

Aug22° / 13°54 mm

Sep19° / 10°48 mm

Oct15° / 7°65 mm

Nov11° / 4°67 mm

Dec8° / 2°58 mm

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

About

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay

Grade I listed English country house in Sutton Courtenay, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

In Sutton Courtenay, inside the town’s built-up area.

Sutton Courtenay’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Sutton Courtenay

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

The map

Where The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay is

Orange is The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

By population, Didcot leads the 8 with 34,600. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Sutton Courtenay

3,055 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 900 m northeast of it

Culham

467 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Milton

659 people · 10 places to visit

4 · 1.6 km north of it

Abingdon-on-Thames

33,179 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay is	People	Places to visit
Sutton Courtenay	It’s in town	3,055	10
Culham	900 m northeast of it	467	8
Milton	1.5 km southwest of it	659	10
Abingdon-on-Thames	1.6 km north of it	33,179	8
Didcot	1.8 km southeast of it	34,600	13
Drayton	2 km west of it	3,110	7
Steventon	3.2 km southwest of it	2,211	9
Milton Hill	3.3 km southwest of it	448	8

Make a day of it

Close to The Abbey

77 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, a castle and an abbey or priory among them.

MuseumAshmolean Museum13 km away 2

MuseumOxford University Museum of Natural History13 km away 3

CastleOxford Castle Motte12 km away 4

Abbey or prioryAbingdon Abbey3.1 km away 5

MuseumPitt Rivers Museum13 km away 6

Historic houseBeaumont Palace13 km away 7

GardenUniversity of Oxford Botanic Garden12 km away 8

Museum · English HeritageAbingdon County Hall Museum3.1 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay?

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay is in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay?

Grade I listed English country house in Sutton Courtenay, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay?

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

Is The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay?

Within 15 km: Ashmolean Museum (13 km), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (13 km), Oxford Castle Motte (12 km) and Abingdon Abbey (3.1 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)

The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay: Olivia Morgan Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ashmolean Museum: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford University Museum of Natural History: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oxford Castle Motte: Tejvan Pettinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon Abbey: Claire Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pitt Rivers Museum: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beaumont Palace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
University of Oxford Botanic Garden: JMski, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Abingdon County Hall Museum: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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