Monastic Way Exhibition
Museums & Science Centres · Buckfastleigh, Devon
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 IndoorEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
Free car park at Buckfast Abbey, shared with the Abbey grounds.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Monastic Way Exhibition sits within the grounds of Buckfast Abbey, a working Benedictine monastery in a valley on the edge of Dartmoor. It is an immersive, hands-on presentation that follows monastic life from its origins up to the present day, and it is pitched at families as well as school groups. Visitors move through a series of themed areas covering the Abbey's own story, the rule of St Benedict, and what a day in the life of a monk involves. The displays combine sound and visuals, which keeps younger visitors engaged. Children aged 11 and under are admitted free, and older children and adults pay a small per-person entry fee. The exhibition works well as a half-hour stop alongside a walk around the Abbey church and gardens, which have lawns and picnic areas that children can run about on. The gift shop sells plants and gifts, and the on-site cafe serves light refreshments.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
Notebook
Snack pot- Backseat organiser
- Hand warmers
Lunch boxes- Zip-lock bagsThe shell collection, the wet swimming costume, the half-eaten sandwich.
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · Nema Evin, CC BY-SA 4.0
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