About this Event
The fee includes a donation to the Abbey
About this tour
St Michael’s Abbey is a little monastic community on the Hampshire-Surrey border in the south of England. In 1895, the Empress Eugenie invited a group of French Benedictines to England and they settled in Farnborough. Today the community continues to draw on the richness of more than 1500 years of Benedictine tradition.
Learn more about the multi-faceted history of St Michael’s Abbey as a monastery and Imperial Mausoleum. View the beautiful internal architecture and discover how the monks live by their work in their small farm and apiary, an internet shop, a publishing and printing house and a craft bookbindery.
Please meet your Arts and Humanities representative, Linda Anderson, by 2:15 pm at the main entrance for a tour of approximately two hours.
How to get there
The Abbey is within easy walking distance of Farnbrough rail station and there is a small car parking space on site. https://farnboroughabbey.org/contact#map
About LRAC, the Arts and Humanities Society
LRAC, the Arts and Humanities Society, is a non profit making club run by a voluntary group of past and present Open University students who arrange study days, lectures, workshops, museum and gallery visits.
We are not a formal part of the Open University but we are affiliated to the Open University Students Union: https://www.oustudents.com/societies-clubs-and-groups
We do not receive any funding from the Open University or other institutions and the fee we charge supports this and other events to help enrich students' learning.
Image: St Michael's Abbey, courtesy of
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Michael's Abbey, 280 Farnborough Road, Farnborough, United Kingdom
GBP 8.50 to GBP 10.00
