Nearly seven years ago now, new to The Tablet, I was sent to the Cistercian monastery of Mount St Bernard in Leicestershire to interview its abbot, Erik ...

Explore the historic Fountains Abbey and the scenic Studley Park near Ripon, North Yorkshire. This walk takes visitors through the impressive Abbey ruins, beautifully landscaped grounds, and ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

Fountain’s Abbey is just three miles west of Ripon, well signposted with a large car park. To access the Abbey pass through the visitor centre. From the visitor centre Fountains is a Cistercian ...

You can also learn more about the former Cistercian abbey, where generations of Welsh princes are buried on a Celtic pilgrimage walk with Guided Pilgrimage, a not-for-profit travel company ...

Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton is considered the largest privately owned and preserved abbey in the UK - here is its history.

Last year’s excavations at Strata Florida, the former Cistercian Abbey in Mid Wales, uncovered material dating back 7,500 years.

Archaeologists have discovered materials more than 7,000 years old during a dig at a historic Welsh abbey. The discovery has been made at Strata Florida Abbey near Tregaron in Ceredigion. The Strata ...

Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in the foothills of the Knockmealdown mountains, now houses only six monks and will close this weekend ...

HUNDREDS of people flocked to a historic abbey yesterday ahead of a ‘difficult’ closure. Mount Melleray Abbey in Waterford, regarded as one of Ireland’s most famous, held Sunday m… ...

Hundreds are flocking to Mount Melleray in Waterford as one of Ireland's most famous abbeys will close on Sunday after almost two centuries. The Cistercian abbey - which was founded by monks ...