For 900 years Tewkesbury Abbey has stood at the centre of its community. Renowned as one of the finest medieval church buildings in the country, it was bought for £483 by the people of Tewkesbury at the dissolution of its monastery in January 1540 to serve as their parish church.

Since then it has provided continuous service as a place of worship, a pastoral centre and a spiritual space for anyone who needs to rest and recover. It has tended to the community’s physical and spiritual needs through Civil War, flood and pandemic, in times of sorrow, in times of joy and in times of memorial. Following its Benedictine tradition, it is open to all every day and free to enter. All are welcome.

Tewkesbury Abbey receives no regular financial support from the government or Church of England to meet costs. It relies entirely on the generosity of its congregations, visitors and those who wish to become donors on either a one off basis or through monthly donations. It currently costs £3,000 a day or over £1Million pounds a year to enable the Abbey to do its work.