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Since time immemorial, deer have been drawn to graze in the sheltered meadows which line the banks of the river Dart in this Devonshire valley and quench their thirst in the cooling waters which flow here from high up on the moors and down towards the sea.
For nearly a thousand years, people have been drawn here, too. They have come to search for God. For God who is everywhere, certainly, but as they happened upon this place, they sensed that its beauty, its silence and tranquillity, its community of people who were similarly searching, made it a place where God might easily be found.

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Service Times
The monks celebrate the Divine Office and Mass together each day in the Abbey Church. Most of these services are open to the public.
Monday to Friday | Saturday - Sunday | |
Matins (Office of Readings) | 05:45 | 06:45 |
Lauds (Morning Prayer) | 06:45 | 07:45 |
Sext (Midday Prayers) | 13:00 | 13:00 |
None | 14:00 | 14:00 |
Vespers (in Latin plain chant) | 18:30 | 18:30 (with Benediction on Sunday) |
Compline | 20:15 | 20:15 |
Buckfast Abbey with the Community | Blessed Sacrament Chapel | |
Monday to Friday | 08:00 | 12:05 |
Saturday | 12:05 | - |
Sunday | 10:30 | 09:00 |
Saturdays at 11:00 to 11:30 or by appointment
Saint Benedict's, Chapel Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0AJ | Times |
Saturday - First Mass of Sunday | 17:00 |
Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Petroc, East Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7AT | Times |
Wednesday and Friday. | 10:00 - subject to change or cancellation, please call to confirm |
Sunday | 10:30 |
Saint Dunstan, New Park, South Brent, TQ10 9AQ | Times |
Thursday | 09:15 - subject to change or cancellation; please call to confirm |
Sunday | 09:00 |
Monthly Music
Monthly Music at Buckfast Abbey

Dartington Community Choir: Music for Voices, Organ and Cello
Saturday 2nd March 2019, 19:30 | £10.00
Matthew Coleridge, who is conducting this concert, wrote his Requiem in 2015. This melodic, deeply moving, quietly powerful and intensely beautiful work weaves vocal harmonies and soaring cello lines into rich tapestries of sound. Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs sets four Easter poems by George Herbert for baritone solo and choir, the best known being 'Let all the World in every corner sing'.

Voces: Have Mercy
Saturday 16th March 2019, 19:30 | £10.00
Beauty, penitence and redemption reflected in acapella choral music of the 16th century.
There is a pre-concert two-course meal available in the Grange Restaurant at 18:00 for only £19.75. Click here to view the menu
How To Get Here
By Road Buckfast Abbey is 0.5 miles from the A38 Devon Expressway, midway between Exeter and Plymouth.
By Rail The nearest stations are Newton Abbot and Totnes, both only 20 minutes drive from the Abbey.
By Bus The local bus service, Stagecouch number 88, operates from Newton Abbot and Totnes to Buckfast. There is also a coach service between Exeter and Plymouth which stops in Buckfastleigh. The Abbey is a half-mile walk.
Entrance and parking is FREE and there is easy access to all facilities.
Contacts
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Please address postal enquiries to the appropriate department at:
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0EE
Telephone Main Switchboard: 01364 645500
Parish Priest
Fr. Francis: 01364 645526
Events and General Enquiries
Mr Geoff Pring: 01364 645532 or use the contact form.
Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre
Tel: 01364 645530 or use the booking form.
Buckfast Abbey Accommodation
Tel: 01364 645630

Presentation of the Millennium Fund - 12th February 2019
On Tuesday 12th February 2019 the money raised by the Millennium Fund during 2018, the Millennium of Foundation of Buckfast Abbey, was presented to the five Devon Hospices as a Thanksgiving Gift.


Mary: Icon of the Church
Mary – Icon of the Church
The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The doctrine of the Trinity contains within it the reason for the uniqueness of humanity’s relationship with God – Jesus, being true God and true man unites divinity ...
Kindness: a School Mass
Kindness – a School Mass
Jesus says that we must love others as he loves us. We must think about what he might mean by this. In the first place we know that he showed his love by allowing ...
Baptism of Teddy
Baptism of Teddy
Living as a Christian means wanting to be a complete human being. We easily think of the Christian claim that Jesus is God, but we should also think that Jesus is a human being in the fullest ...

Retreat Association's icon at Buckfast Abbey
We are pleased to be hosting the new Retreat Association's icon at Buckfast Abbey next week from Tuesday 19th February until Thursday 7th March.

RSCM 'Come and Sing' Stainer Crucifixion
A 'Come and Sing' performance of Stainer's Crucifixion organised by the Royal School of Church Music. To register as a participant, visit the RSCM Devon Local Area website.

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