A few years ago on Easter holidays I visited Creake Abbey in Norfolk. It was a similar kind of experience… there were plenty of people visiting the fancy food halls that day, but most folks just ignored the abbey sitting there in the fields just beyond the shops. Perhaps if you see it all the time it loses its power to move you, but I hope not. I think if I lived there I would often take my lunchtime on a sunny day to sit and absorb the history of those old stones.

Thanks for shining a light.

GA, thanks for sharing your adventures at Abbey Wood. It rather reminded me of Glendalough in County Wicklow – except one can see the London skyline in the distance. The property is so well kept.

The site may be less bucolic in the future because “the Crossrail project will help to transform Abbey Wood, as the Elizabeth line will halve journey times to many central London destinations, and is already attracting new businesses and investment to the local area.”