Furness Abbey

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Furness Abbey Description

No visitor to the Lake District should omit the excursion to Furness Abbey in the wooded "Vale of Deadly Nightshade", 6mi/10km from Ulverston, in the southern part of the Lake District.

Furness Abbey was founded in 1173 by King Stephen for the Benedictine monks, who later adopted Cistercian rule. It was a rich and powerful house, since the abbots held feudal superiority over Furness. At one time it was the second richest Cistercian house in England surpassed only by Fountains Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales. There are extensive ruins of the red sandstone buildings. The transepts, choir and west tower of the church still stand to their full height, but the nave is in ruins. The round-headed arches of the cloister, the Early English

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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin; Architecture - Medieval; Christian sites

Address

Furness Abbey
Barrow-in-Furness LA13 0PJ
England

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.13717

Hours

March 21 to September 30

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

October 1 to March 31

Open	Closed	Closed	Closed	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed				16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)