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Abbey walks

13 walks whose route passes within a kilometre of 14 abbeys and priories. Best known first.

Fountains Abbey

England · About it
- Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal 5.7 km · on the route
Glastonbury Abbey

England · About it
- Glastonbury Tor 5 km · 100 m off it
Whitby Abbey

England · About it
- Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay 9.7 km · on the route
Iona Abbey

Scotland · About it
- Iona: the abbey and the north end 6.5 km · on the route
Dunfermline Abbey

Scotland · About it
- Dunfermline Abbey and Pittencrieff Park 1.7 km · on the route
Shrewsbury Abbey

England · About it
- Shrewsbury: the Quarry and the River Severn 3.6 km · 300 m off it
Rievaulx Abbey

England · About it
- Helmsley to Rievaulx Abbey 13.1 km · on the route
Kirkstall Abbey

England · About it
- Leeds to Kirkstall Abbey by the canal 6.4 km · on the route
Jedburgh Abbey

Scotland · About it
- Jedburgh Abbey and the Jed Water 4.5 km · on the route
Kelso Abbey

Scotland · About it
- Kelso, Floors Castle and the Tweed 5.8 km · 400 m off it
Bangor Abbey

Northern Ireland · About it
- Bangor coastal path to Groomsport 5.1 km · 900 m off it
Bolton Abbey

England · About it
- Bolton Abbey and the Strid 9.2 km · 200 m off it
St Mary's Abbey, York

England · About it
- York's city walls 4.7 km · 200 m off it
Iona Nunnery

Scotland · About it
- Iona: the abbey and the north end 6.5 km · on the route

Sights from Wikidata, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Distances are from the nearest point of each route's line.

Fountains Abbey