Mount St Bernard Abbey | |
Monastery information | |
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Order | Trappists |
Established | 1835 |
Abbot | Dom Joseph Delargy, OCSO |
Site | |
Location | Near Coalville, Leicestershire, England |
Coordinates | 52°44′29″N 1°19′23″W / 52.741352°N 1.323072°W |
Public access | yes |
Mount St Bernard Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery belonging to the Trappist Order, near Coalville, Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835 in the parish of Whitwick and now in that of Charley. The abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the sole Trappist house in England. The monks brew the only Trappist beer in Britain.