Roche Abbey is now closed for the Autumn/Winter Season and will reopen in Spring 2026.
Free Entry
Visit Roche Abbey today, and you can explore the extensive ruins of a small Cistercian abbey in a dramatic valley with rocky limestone outcrops.
Surviving almost to their full height, Roche’s soaring early Gothic church transepts became the ‘eyecatcher’ centrepiece of a Georgian landscape designed by Capability Brown.
Later changes revealed one of the most complete ground plans of any English Cistercian monastery.
Plan a Great Day Out
- A chance to enjoy a picnic in the ruins by the stream
- The remaining section of the gatehouse
- The magnificent surviving transept walls
- The ruined hall of the lay brothers' infirmary
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