St. Benet's Abbey

Abbey ruins come windmill

An interesting way of how a ruining abbey gatehouse was repurposed into a working windmill a few centuries ago. A lot of the abbey architecture can still be seen and if your in the area I would recom...

Lovely site

We had a walk along the River Ant and then River Bure from Ludham Bridge. There's not a lot to see at the Abbey. It's amazing that in the past someone built a windmill using the remains of the Abbey ...

Peaceful place

There's not a lot to see most of the abbey is gone but information board shows you what it was like, very peaceful site you can watch boats going by, ideal for a picnic, only spent about 1 hour there ...

Monks

We went here as children and both my brother and I heard the church bells ringing and monks singing. Bit spooky but lovely to visit

Pretty and peaceful

Lovely walk from Ludham Bridge along the river on a well marked permissive path, interesting information boards and the listening bench helped to bring the ruins to life a bit more. Very peaceful plac...