Sawley Abbey

Building Site

Unfortunately we chose a particularly bad day to some sightseeing in Northwest Lancashire. Contrary to the weather forecast we were greeted with drizzle for our entire stay. The website stated that th...

Total ruin

Not much to look at very disappointed and not worth the journey time, would not recommend the visit sadly

Walk with the dog

This is a nice place to see an historical site and also walk your dog. Being enclosed you can take dog off the lead and read all the notifications advising what each part of the abbey did

Ongoing work bit of a shame but still well worth seeing.

Sadly the biggest part of the abbey that survives was impossible to look at in detail or to photograph clearly because it is surrounded by fences, this is because of an ongoing conservation projects. ...

Dates from 1146

Sawley Abbey was founded in 1146 on land given by William, third Lord Percy. The Percys, Northumberland’s greatest family, remained patrons of the abbey for much of its existence. In a lovely little v...