Garendon Abbey

Garendon Abbey
Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
OrderCistercian
Established1133
Disestablished1536
People
Founder(s)Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Site
LocationBetween Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England
Coordinates52°46′27″N 1°15′31″W / 52.7743°N 1.2585°W / 52.7743; -1.2585
Visible remainsFoundations of Chapter house visible but on private land.

Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

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