Turvey Abbey
Turvey Abbey is an uK historic house museum. Look for it within Turvey’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade II listed building.
Abbey or priory in Turvey
Inside Turvey
Turvey Abbey is inside Turvey’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Turvey has 55 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
The warmest afternoons in Turvey run June to September, at 19–22°C.
Turvey Abbey
2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Top of the 28 other places within 15 km is Lavendon Castle, 3.5 km off.
- Type
- Abbey or priory
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Turvey
- Official site
- turveyabbey.org.uk
Getting your bearings
Orange shows Turvey Abbey; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Turvey’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
Harrold is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (1,668 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Turvey
Lavendon
Carlton
Stevington
Nearby, too
28 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 historic houses and 2 theme parks among them.
CastleLavendon Castle3.5 km away2
Historic houseTurvey House800 m away3
Historic houseColworth House8.5 km away4
CastleBedford Castle11 km away5Theme parkTheme parkUniversal United Kingdom Resort11 km away6
Theme parkGulliver's Land15 km away7MuseumMuseumCowper and Newton Museum5.7 km away8
CastleCastle Ashby House11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Turvey Abbey
Where is Turvey Abbey?
Turvey Abbey is in Turvey, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Turvey Abbey?
UK historic house museum.
When is the best time to visit Turvey Abbey?
June to September are the warmest months in Turvey, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Turvey Abbey a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Turvey Abbey?
Within 15 km: Lavendon Castle (3.5 km), Turvey House (800 m), Colworth House (8.5 km) and Bedford Castle (11 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 (7)
- Turvey Abbey: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lavendon Castle: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turvey House: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bedford Castle: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gulliver's Land: Dmitrij M, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Ashby House: R Neil Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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