- Kirkstall Abbey is a remarkably complete medieval monastery set in parkland beside the River Aire, yet very close to the centre of Leeds.
- Located just a short distance out of the city centre, Kirkstall Abbey is beautifully preserved, offering visitors an opportunity to walk through the ruins.
- Comparable to Tintern Abbey, Kirkstall Abbey’s reputation as one of the most intact Cistercian abbeys left in the United Kingdom is undoubted and its...
- The area of Kirkstall might bring to mind students, terraced housing, takeaways and a retail park, but its abbey presents a refreshing blend of historical archi.
- Now looming incongruously over the Leeds suburb of Kirkstall, the giant abbey ruins remain a picturesque window to Yorkshire’s past.
- Kirkstall Abbey was founded in 1152 and is the most important historic building in Leeds. It is located in a major public park, which each year provides a venue for...
- Highclere Castle, Downton Abbey, Newbury. ... abbey road studio. Tintern Abbey, Ireland, County Wexford.
- Visitors to Kirkstall Abbey can explore the ruins and learn about the history of the site through informative displays and exhibits.
- Kirkstall Abbey The ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, the most complete set of Cistercian ruins in Britain, are situated in Kirkstall, to the north-west of Leeds city centre.
- In November 1539 Kirkstall Abbey was closed, the monks were pensioned off, and the monastic estates sold into private ownership.