Extensive and impressive remains and an interactive museum enable students to imagine the original abbey and the spiritual and practical elements of monastic life. This atmospheric site is perfect for the study of history and creative activities.
Groups with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
Access to most of site via fine loose gravel paths and smooth grass, but some steps, and the site is on a slope. Museum: 200m from ticket office on bonded gravel path. Level access and lift between floors
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Who are Rievaulx Abbey?
Rievaulx was one of the first Cistercian abbeys to be founded in England. Set in the deep valley of the River Rye, to the west of its founder's castle at Helmsley, Rievaulx Abbey started as a timber structure and evolved through four stages of design, before declining into one of the pre-eminent medieval ruins in Europe.
Learn about the monks in medieval times, how they devoted their lives to spiritual matters and at the same time established a thriving business to become one of the wealthiest monasteries in Britain.
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Helmsley North Yorkshire YO62 5LB
