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St. Mary's Abbey: Tours & Tickets

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#24 of 225 things to do in York

Sights & Landmarks, Architectural Buildings

Closed Now: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Museum Gardens Museum Street, York YO1 7FR, England

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William II laid the foundation to this abbey during the 11th century, which became known as the most powerful and wealthiest monastery in the North of England at that time.

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ThatAndyGuy

Newton Aycliffe, United Kingdom

6145

Reviewed yesterday

Interesting Abbey

Very nice historic ruin in a lovely park setting. Definitely worth checking this out if in the area.

Date of experience: October 2019

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PAMOM365

East Northport, New York

277

Reviewed 5 days ago

Beautiful stroll/wonderful photo opportunities

Full of history and fabulous foliage. The gardens were beautiful and the abbey ruins as well as the St Leonards hospital ruins and the Roman tower within the museum gardens made for beautiful photo ops. Don't forget to visit St Olave's 15th century church as...More

Date of experience: November 2019

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MelodyS_11

Lewisville, Nc 27023

9938

Reviewed 1 week ago

Breathtaking

The remaining walls of this Abbey inspire your imagination to walk back in time. Definitely worth a brief stop.

Date of experience: October 2019

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miiikeee101

Caddington, United Kingdom

111

Reviewed 1 week ago

Beautiful grounds

Beautiful grounds and evocative setting. Lots of little hidden historical gems. We did not visit the inside of the museum but impressive from the outside.

Date of experience: August 2019

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Michael P

Haddenham, United Kingdom

554207

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Poor information boards.

This is a little gem tucked away in the Memorial Gardens. Very disappointingly whilst there is an information board, it gives very very little information about the history of St Mary's. Access to the graveyard would have been good.

Date of experience: November 2019

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Gary_1201

Bolton, United Kingdom

235

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Pure beauty

Its a shame that there is not much left of this place! Really peaceful place - enjoyed every moment there!

Date of experience: November 2019

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293neilk

Liverpool, United Kingdom

142844883

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Beautiful ruins.

St Mary's Abbey are an amazing set of ruins located in the wonderful Museum Gardens. Walking around this wonderful tranquil park and garden area theres so much to see ,the Observatory, Yorkshire Museum ,Hospitium and the Multangular Tower plus the ruins and to me St...More

Date of experience: November 2019

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robertas916

Caister-on-Sea, United Kingdom

181

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

A great find!

We first found this place when York 4 years ago, we stumbles upon it whilst walking the walls and simply enjoyed the gardens and ruins. Really pretty and easy to find.

Date of experience: October 2019

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Matthew H

York, United Kingdom

217

Reviewed 4 weeks ago

The ghosts of medieval past

The ruins of St Mary's Abbey stand at one end of the Museum Gardens. They make for a rather wistful reminder of the pre-reformation era and their Gothic arches hark back to centuries ago. It's a lovely spot, and usually the quieter part of the...More

Date of experience: August 2019

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124jonathans

Burlington, Connecticut

14351

Reviewed 5 weeks ago

A must see if in York

These ruins are amazing. Besides the remaining wall, there are parts of the abbey still sticking up all through the gardens, and even underneath the nearby Yorkshire Museum (which is worth every penny itself, with the history of Yorkshire well exhibited). Just wander about and...More

Date of experience: October 2019

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pauljohngriffiths

Visited today amidst Rain and Sun showers, what a place full of atmosphere and beauty. The grounds are well worth a visit and free, Molly Dog loved it too... the Coffee Cycle Company has a small stall by the museum selling some of the finest coffee to be found in York. To top it off, they sell VEGAN cake, what more can you ask for - well a percentage of their profit goes to charitable educational work in this country and abroad.

August 12, 2019|

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Great Place !!

Birgitta v

opening times and entrance fee ?

February 3, 2016|

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Open during daylight hours and free (well I have been a few times at different times and never paid, or was asked to pay). A lovely place to visit...!