Photo of St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, a ruined chapel in Dorset, south west England.

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Abbeys & priories in DorsetDorset, England

12 abbeys and priories in the Albion Guide across Dorset — see the full abbeys and priories directory, or everything to explore in Dorset.

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St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

Chapel near Abbotsbury

Stout 14th-century chapel with a stone-vaulted roof, raised by Abbotsbury's monks for pilgrims on a lone hilltop looking over Chesil Beach.

Abbotsbury Abbey remains

Abbey · Benedictine near Abbotsbury

Stone remnant of a building of Abbotsbury's Benedictine abbey, probably the abbot's lodging, left after Henry VIII had the monastery pulled down in 1539.

Forde Abbey and Gardens

Abbey near Axminster

A Cistercian monastery turned house, with thirty acres of gardens and monks' ponds.

St Peter's Abbey

Abbey near Abbotsbury

The remains of a medieval abbey in Dorset.

Bindon Abbey

Abbey near Wareham

The remains of a medieval abbey in Dorset.

Buildings (Abbey buildings)

Abbey near Wimborne Minster

The remains of a medieval abbey in Dorset.

Cerne Abbey

Abbey near Cerne Abbas

The remains of a medieval abbey in Dorset.

Park Pale of Milton Abbey

Abbey near Milton Abbas

Park Pale of Milton Abbey deer park

Park Wall

Abbey near Shaftesbury

Abbey precinct wall on Gold Hill

Pre-Conquest monastery

Monastery · Priory near Bournemouth

Pre-Conquest monastery, early Christian cemetery, Augustinian priory and a motte and bailey castle at Christchurch

Shaftesbury Abbey

Abbey near Shaftesbury

The remains of a medieval abbey in Dorset.

Tarrant Abbey

Abbey near Blandford Forum

Tarrant Abbey, site of, and tithe barn at Abbey Farm