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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 FridaySaturday - Sunday
Matins (Office of Readings)
06:3006:45
Lauds (Morning Prayer)07:4507:45

Sext (Midday Prayers)
Not a public Office

13:00
13:00

None
Not a public Office

14:00
14:00
Vespers (in Latin plain chant)18:30
18:30 (with Benediction on Sunday)
Compline20:00
20:00 (In private on Saturday)



Buckfast Abbey with the Community
Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Monday to Friday
09:00
12:05
Saturday
12:05
-
Sunday
10:30
9:00


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

Magnificat

Saturday 25th March, 19:30 | £15.00

On the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Abbey Choir performs a concert in honour of our Blessed Lady. The plainchant hymn Ave maris stella opens the programme which takes in polyphony by Robert Parsons and Francisco...

 

Mass in B minor

Saturday 1st April, 19:30 | £15.00

Widely held as one of the greatest choral works in the Western canon, J. S. Bach’s powerful Mass in B minor began as a much smaller composition for the sovereign Augustus III in 1736 and was completed in its full form in 1748. This Mass is on...

 

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, Stagecoach 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.


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Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0EE


Telephone
Information
Telephone Main Switchboard01364 645500
Please call this number for general enquires.
Buckfast Abbey Book Shop
01364 645506
Online Shop Click Here
The Grange Restaurant
01364 645504
Opening Times Click Here
Buckfast Abbey Gardens
01364 645507
Garden Events Click Here
Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre
01364 645530
Conference Website
Buckfast Abbey Accommodation
01364 645630
For Retreats for men please click here for the Monastery
For Retreats for women and married couples please click here for Southgate
Buckfast Abbey Works Dept.
01364 645502

Buckfast Abbey Bee Dept.
01364 645514
Bee Courses Click Here
Parish PriestFr. Francis: 01364 645526


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Magnificat

On the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Abbey Choir performs a concert in honour of our Blessed Lady. The plainchant hymn Ave maris stella opens the programme which takes in polyphony by Robert Parsons and Francisco Guerrero. In the second half, devotional music by Anton Bruckner, Francis Poulenc and Herbert Howells culminates in C. V. Stanford’s 8-part Latin setting of the Magnificat. The Choir of Buckfast Abbey Matthew Searles director Robert Pecksmith organ Our Concerts & Organ Recitals 2023 brochure is available to download here: Concerts & Organ Recitals 2023

Mass in B minor

Widely held as one of the greatest choral works in the Western canon, J. S. Bach’s powerful Mass in B minor began as a much smaller composition for the sovereign Augustus III in 1736 and was completed in its full form in 1748. This Mass is one of majesty and grace, perfect for the beauty and splendour of Buckfast Abbey. University of Exeter Chapel Choir & Orchestra Michael Graham director A two-course pre-concert meal is available in the Conference Centre dining room at 17:45 for £23.95. See website for details. view menu

Community Beekeeping Days 2023

The home apiary is a beautiful garden being developed as a wildlife habitat for all pollinators (not just honeybees) which is currently home to four hives. The community beekeeping afternoons will involve the care and maintenance of these colonies for those who want to, but also the care, development, and maintenance of the garden. Pruning, weeding, mowing, and planting will all be on the agenda as well as the creation of habitats for solitary bees and other wildlife.