Lee Abbey is in Devon, South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode EX35 6JJ), in the parish of Lynton and Lynmouth.

How do I get to Lee Abbey?

The nearest railway station is Lynton Village, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode EX35 6JJ.

Is Lee Abbey a protected site?

Yes — Lee Abbey is part of the West Exmoor Coast and Woods SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Exmoor Coastal Heaths SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

How do I get to Lee Abbey?

The nearest railway station is Lynton Village, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode EX35 6JJ.

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Lee Abbey

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Lee Abbey — a garden in england-south-west, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
Nearest railway station: Lynton Village · 2.2 km

Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Lee Abbey, the nearest railway station is Lynton Village, located 2.2 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is EX35 6JJ. Entry details are not specified.

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Lee Abbey is a garden of interest in england-south-west, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: West Exmoor Coast and Woods SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest: Exmoor Coastal Heaths SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Lee Abbey, founded in 1946, is an ecumenical Christian community between Woody Bay and Lynmouth in Devon, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The first building on the site may have been a farmhouse built by Cistercian abbots of Forde Abbey around 1200. The current Gothic Revival buildings are from the 1850s. In the 1920s it was bought and used unsuccessfully as a hotel. During World War II a boys' school was evacuated to Lee Abbey. After the war the dilapidated buildings were bought for use as a Christian retreat, and extensive building work has taken place from the 1950s to the present day. The site now offers retreats, group weekends and Christian family holidays. The community also has accommodation in London. There is a beach with parking (a small donation is required), and there are wash rooms, a tea shop (not open Sundays or during the winter) and an occasional shop.

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Background

History

The earliest record of the site currently occupied by Lee Abbey is in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which it is recorded as "Ley". and it may have been used as a tenanted farm. By the 17th century, the land had passed into the possession of Hugh de Wichehalse, a member of a large Devon family originally based at Wych, near Chudleigh. De Wichehalse was a resident of Barnstaple, and his maternal grandfather had been mayor of the town, but he left with his family following a bubonic plague epidemic in Barnstaple and nearby Bideford in 1627, settling in the farmhouse at the site of Lee Abbey, then known as the "Grange Farm of Lee". De Wichehalse made extensive renovations and extensions to the…

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Coordinates: 51.2278, -3.8661
County: Devon
District: North Devon
Parish: Lynton and Lynmouth
Postcode: EX35 6JJ
Parliamentary constituency: North Devon
Established: 1946
Nearest railway station: Lynton Village — 2.2 km

Sources

wikidata: Q6512924 (CC0)
wikipedia: Lee Abbey (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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