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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) | 06:30 | 06:45 |
Lauds (Morning Prayer) | 07:45 | 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 | 20:00 | 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

Hope, faith, life, love
Saturday 10th June, 19:30 | £15.00
Alvington Singers returns to Buckfast Abbey under their new conductor to perform an eclectic range of works spanning the 16th–21st centuries. The programme consists of well-known favourites by Duruflé, Tallis and Finzi, as well as some lesser known...

Grand-Orgue Recital: Fréderic Blanc
Saturday 24th June, 19:30 | £10.00
Winner of several international competitions, celebrated French organist Fréderic Blanc makes his debut appearance at Buckfast Abbey. His programme includes music from the eighteenth century to the present day, including works by Charles Tournemire a...
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 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 Priest | Fr. Francis: 01364 645526 |

We use the word 'vocation' to describe a call from God to follow His Son Jesus Christ in the way of life he shows us in the gospels. For some people, this call is to devote their life to serving God in a radical and all-encompassing way as a member of a Religious Order.

Conventual Mass in Thanksgiving for the Coronation of King Charles III
Buckfast Abbey held a special Mass in Thanksgiving of His Majesty The King on Sunday 7th May, which was followed by a ‘big celebratory luncheon’ for the Monastic Community and parishioners.

A celebration of Servant of God, John Bradburne
The John Bradburne Memorial Society is excited to announce a celebration to be held at Buckfast Abbey in honour of John Bradburne’s 102nd Birthday. Buckfast holds a significant place in John’s story, he entered the Catholic Church there on the Feast Day of Christ the King in 1947 and whilst at Buckfast explored the possibility of becoming a Benedictine monk. There will be a Mass in the Abbey Church at 12pm.

Hope, faith, life, love
Alvington Singers returns to Buckfast Abbey under their new conductor to perform an eclectic range of works spanning the 16th–21st centuries. The programme consists of well-known favourites by Duruflé, Tallis and Finzi, as well as some lesser known works by Gjeilo and Stroope, all linked by the theme of faith and affirmations of life. Alvington Singers Harriet Oakley director

Honeybee Experience days 2023
Duration: 11am until 3pm (lunch will be provided).
Venue: Buckfast Abbey Bee Barn
What time: from 11am until 3pm.
When: Five separate opportunities on the following days:
Saturday June 17th
Thursday June 29th
Saturday July 8th
Tuesday July 18th
Thursday August 3rd
Course tutors: Clare Densley and Martin Hann
Limited to 6 people on each day
This Honeybee experience day would make a perfect gift for someone you care about, or for yourself. During the day you will have the opportunity to visit our gentle bees in the Buckfast Abbey teaching apiary, which is a short, but delightful, walk through the woods from our bee barn. If the weather is fine, you will have the opportunity to wear a bee suit and experience colony life at first hand. You may be lucky and spot the queen bee, watch a baby bee being born, or even (if you are comfortable about it) be able to hold a frame containing comb with honey, brood, and bees on it. Bee suits and other protective clothing will be provided.
A buffet lunch in our bee barn is included in the day as well as refreshments on arrival. Martin (or Clare) might even make a cake!
Participants will leave, having learned about honeybees from a fully illustrated talk from Martin and Clare, with a small gift pack containing information about bees including seeds and honey.

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