Green Pea Cafe

Lovely, well preserved historic religious building. A slightly magical place where you can allow you imagination to run riot about what it must have been like to believe strongly enough for the members of a religious order to undergo the hardships of life within these buildings. Think also about the dedication of the pilgrims who trudged many miles to be able to reach this very isolated and rather beautiful place. People stayed here because it was one of the many sites on the pilgrims route. It provided guest accommodations to those who may also have visited Saint Winifred's well and for those who could afford it whilst earning indulgence through pilgrimage. In the Middle Ages the Christian Church encouraged people to make pilgrimages to special holy places called shrines. It was believed that if you prayed at these shrines you would be forgiven for your sins by earning indulgences and therefore have far more chance of going to heaven. Others went to shrines hoping to be cured from an illness they were suffering from. A wonderful place to visit - best done on a warm sunny day.

Nice place to have a walk or picnic, a site with a long history. Whilst the abbey is ruined there is plenty intact, enough to get a good idea of the layout of the building when it was in use. there are a few plaques around the site with some of the history details on overall a good free to visit site