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Kirkstall Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey
Family fun at the Abbey!
Family fun at the Abbey!
Enjoy the grounds
Enjoy the grounds
See how the monks lived
See how the monks lived

Kirkstall Abbey

What people say:

  • ‘Very impressive, very informative and interesting – and lovely, clean, modern toilets!’
  • ‘Stunning’
  • ‘Very good, compared to 40 years ago – I am impressed.’
  • ‘It is very interesting and exciting’
  • ‘Enjoyed it, makes more of a day out for the family.’
  • ‘A great improvement on the old café building – nice to see effort and funding to improve the Abbey’
  • ‘The Abbey feels alive again!  Restoration is really well done.’
  • ‘Really enjoyed our visit.  Would like to see the geological map returned to the grounds.’
  • ‘I think the writings about the Abbey are some of the clearest I’ve ever seen.  It explains things very well, presuming no prior knowledge.’
  • ‘Very nice’
  • ‘Visitor Centre is lovely – it is nice to see it being restored.’
  • ‘Much better than last time (30 years ago)!!’
  • ‘Nice place to visit and nice open grounds, also a lovely river at the bottom of the Abbey.’
  • ‘Fantastic restoration work.  Modern Visitor Centre.  Whole visit better than expected, fantastic.’
  • ‘The refurbishment work is wonderful.  The Abbey looks a lot better (although it was enchanting as well before the work was done).  Access to Cloisters is a great new opportunity to learn and appreciate more of the Abbey.  The Visitor Centre is very interesting and visually well presented.’