Dale Abbey

Good enough for Allan-A-Dale.

It's important to know what you are actually going to see if you go seeking the Dale Abbey ruins, and that is, ultimately, not a great deal. The principle feature of the ruins is the 40-foot-high cha...

More than just one arch

The ruins itself are very sparse, with one arch in a field and another piece of wall attached to the Abbey House. However if you walk up past the church and farm into the woods there is "The Hermitage...

Nice setting

We visited Dale Abbey on a Sunday afternoon as part of a longer walk around the area. It was very quiet and the surrounding areas are lovely to walk around.

Not much to see, only one standing arch

Walking back to the car from The Hermitage cave, passed by the Dale Abbey Ruins on the edge of the village. Sadly not much to see except the former arched vaulted window frame - best seen from the fa...

Worth a viewing

On a lunch time with the weather reasonable in February after a quick pint i took a few friends to take a closer look at the ruins, all very impressed and keen to known the local stories.