Somerset Cathedrals & Churches

 Cleeve Abbey 

A Cistercian abbey with an impressively complete and unaltered set of monastic cloister buildings, standing roofed and two storeys high. They include the gatehouse, the 15th-century refectory with an angel roof, an unusual 'painted chamber', and now protected, the floor of an earlier refectory, decked from end to end with 13th-century heraldic tiles.

Washford, Watchet,  TA23 0PS   Tel: 01984 640377

Forde Abbey

During the four centuries that separated the reign of King Stephen from the Reformation, Forde Abbey, founded in 1146, was one of the most significant Cistercian monasteries in England. The buildings seen today were all in existence in the Middle Ages, forming the Abbot’s and monk’s quarters, their kitchen, refectories, and their chapter house. The abbey church has gone, together with the guest wing and three sides of the cloisters. Though altered, the monastery the monks knew still stands,

Chard, Somerset, TA20 4LU  Tel: 01460 220231    Email

Glastonbury Abbey

Ruins set in 36 acres of glorious Somerset Parkland. Traditionally the oldest Christian sanctuary in Britain and legendary burial place of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. Steeped in history and legend. See the award winning museum, the Holy Thorn tree and in the summer months

Magdalene Street Glastonbury  BA6 9EL Tel: 01458 832267   Email


Muchelney Abbey 

Excavated ground plan of 10th century Benedictine abbey and church and preserved remains of the 1 15th century cloister and Abbot’s house

Muchelney  Langport  TA10 0DQ  Tel: 01458 250664 

Wells Cathedral

One of England’s smaller cathedrals mostly a product of the 12th-14th centuries and embodies the very finest early Gothic architecture  It has interesting Gothic carvings and one of the earliest mechanical clocks in the UK.

Chain Gate, Cathedral Green, Wells,  BA5 2UE   Tel: 01749 674483   Email