• Kirkstall Abbey. The church is of the Cistercian type, with a short chancel (3), and transepts (4) with three eastward chapels to each, divided by solid walls.
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  • Visit Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, one of England's best preserved Cistercian monasteries. Regular adult events & school holiday activities.
  • With its beautiful and iconic ruins, award-winning Park and interactive visitor centre Kirkstall Abbey is a place that visitors of all ages can enjoy.
  • The 12th century ruins of Kirkstall Abbey are rightly one among Leeds most critical landmarks, and the hordes of people who visit yearly prove it’s the most...
  • wildflower meadow near Kirkstall abbey I approached on foot from Leeds, via Bridge Road on the eastern side of the Abbey.
  • Kirkstall Abbey is a remarkably complete medieval monastery set in parkland beside the River Aire, yet very close to the centre of Leeds.
  • Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds in West Yorkshire was home to medieval Cistercian monks and is one of the best preserved Cistercian abbeys in Britain.
  • Built over 800 years ago as a Cistercian monastery, Kirkstall Abbey is a modern-day visitor attraction and scheduled ancient monument.
  • The monks and the abbey prospered over the centuries until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monastries which closed Kirkstall Abbey in 1539.