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Hexham Abbey

Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time

Standing remainssubstantial fabric survives to stand in front of

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The crypt is the reason to come: built in 674, reached by steep steps below the chancel, and the only part of Wilfrid’s original church to survive intact. What stands above it is not a ruin but a working Anglican parish church, open daily and free, with the scheduled monastic remains lying under and around it. Hexham is a few minutes’ walk, and the Rat Inn is a couple of miles north.

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