Photo of St Botolph's Priory, Colchester, a ruined priory in Essex, eastern England.

St Botolph's Priory, Colchester© HJ Mitchell / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Abbeys & priories in EssexEssex, England

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

Photo of St Botolph's Priory, Colchester, a ruined priory in Essex, eastern England.

St Botolph's Priory, Colchester

Priory · Augustinian near Colchester

Round Norman arches of reused Roman brick, left from one of England's first Augustinian priories.

Photo of St John's Abbey Gate, Colchester, a ruined abbey in Essex, eastern England.

St John's Abbey Gate, Colchester

Abbey near Colchester

Late medieval gatehouse faced in flint flushwork, the last standing part of St John's Abbey in Colchester, and scarred in the 1648 siege.

St Osyth's Priory

Priory near Brightlingsea

Remains of St Osyth's Priory including the ruinous sections of a mid-C16 mansion

Benedictine Abbey

Abbey · Benedictine near Colchester

The Benedictine Abbey of St John

Bicknacre Priory

Priory near Maldon

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Colchester Roman Circus

Abbey · Benedictine near Colchester

The remains of a Benedictine abbey in Essex.

Earls Colne Priory

Priory near Coggeshall

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Hatfield Broad Oak Priory

Priory near Great Dunmow

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Hatfield Priory

Priory near Maldon

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Latton Priory

Priory near Harlow Town

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Leez Augustinian Priory

Priory · Augustinian near Pleshey

Leez Augustinian Priory, fishponds and Tudor mansion, Leez

Prittlewell Priory

Priory near Southend-on-Sea

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Thoby Priory

Priory near Chelmsford

The remains of a medieval priory in Essex.

Tilty Abbey

Abbey near Thaxted

The remains of a medieval abbey in Essex.