- The abbey and its extensive grounds (over 30 acres) lie just south of Glastonbury city centre, and are accessed, on the west side, from Magdalene Street.
- When the Normans invaded England and conquered the place, they expanded Glastonbury Abbey and added magnificent buildings.
- Glastonbury Abbey can be found within 36 acres of beautiful parkland in the ancient market town of Glastonbury, and has plenty to offer every visitor.
- Glastonbury Abbey, the oldest in England, was once one of the country's largest, wealthiest, and most influential monasteries.
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- Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a...
- Accordingly Abbot Whiting was sent back to Somersetshire, still apparently in ignorance of the fact that there was now no Glastonbury Abbey for him to return to.
- Like many other religious buildings, Glastonbury Abbey was suppressed in the early 16th century during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII.
- Membership grants you access to the Abbey every day of the year apart from special events. Glastonbury Abbey is accessed via Magdalene Street.
- The medieval Glastonbury Canal was built about the middle of the 10th century to link the abbey with the River Brue, a distance of about 1.75 kilometres (1,900 yd).