The photographs above were taken when volunteers attended the Abbey site on Saturday 13th June 2026. The purple cranesbill in the cloister bed looks fantastic, as does the trailing bellflowers planted by one of our volunteers. Also in blossom are the 'bacon and eggs'. The volunteers were also visited by the robin and a slow worm.

KEYNSHAM ABBEY - 2026 Interested in gardening? Interested in history? Why not combine the two and come to Keynsham Abbey in Keynsham Memorial Park. A working party will be there on the following dates (weather permitting)from 2pm. You are welcome to visit and wander round this historic site. If you would like to help look after Keynsham Abbey please contact us or call in on one of these dates. We’ll be happy to see you. For further information please see: www.keynshamab

For the first time this year, we were delighted to take part in the biennial Christmas Tree Festival held at St John’s Church in Keynsham from 5–7 December 2025 . Our tree featured a charming and creative display by one of our wonderful volunteers — and chief knitter — Lin, who lovingly knitted 12 miniature monks. Each monk was accompanied by a caption illustrating a different moment in their daily routine, bringing both character and storytelling to our tree. In total, aroun

On Saturday 29th November, along with other stalls as part of Keynsham Winter Festival we set up our Keynsham Abbey table, in the local Baptist Church rooms. The crowds flocked around to see our scale model of the abbey including push button lights to show various parts of the model. People were awed at the original size of the ancient building and sad that so much has now disappeared. We were pleased with the response having counted 186 interactions with people of all ages.

Keynsham Abbey Open Afternoon was held on 13th September to invite visitors to learn more about its historic site as part of Keynsham’s...

We received a grant from Keynsham Town Council on Friday. This will cover some of our annual overheads such as hosting our website and...

The Man Alive Group visited the abbey this afternoon, Friday27th June. Just before the visit, Elaine showed some examples of the abbey...

This bright red and gold flower is known as Fox and Cubs; the flower is the fox and the cubs are the little buds.

In May we had a lovely display of foxgloves with the bees dancing in and out of the flowers as pictured in this photograph taken by Lin....

Cllr. George Leach, Cllr. Paul Roper, and Abbey Leader Elaine Cook gather to discuss the future vision for the Abbey. Following our...

A new plant was found in one of our walled beds this week. Photograph shows a lovely white flower known as a Start of Bethlehem, which is...

Well into spring now there are many herbs emerging. They have wonderful old fashioned names ~ Sweet Cicely, Salad Burnet, Rock Hyssop,...

The following image is of St Johns Church as seen from the gardens at Keynsham Abbey and was taken by Martin Farrell. As detailed in our...

Martin Farrell, from the Keynsham branch of the Avon Wildlife Trust is helping us to record the life of the Keynsham Abbey remains over...

In trying to raise the profile of the abbey grounds we invited BANES councillors Alex Beaumont and George Leach to meet with members of...

Canons to the left of us, canons to the right! One of our volunteers, Lin, knitted these lovely Augustinian canons to try to explain to...

We are pleased to announce the dates we will be at Keynsham Abbey in 2025. Our volunteers will be at Keynsham Abbey every other...

We were delighted to be presented with our “It’s Your Neighbourhood” award by South West in Bloom. Keynsham Abbey Remains have now...

In conducting research of Keynsham Abbey, one of our members has come across two historical documents from the 16th century that provide...

Volunteers have been working hard throughout the Spring. During this period, some volunteers have been on a dry stone wall course to help...