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Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy<br />
hydraulic hoists aid transfer to and from boats. The on-site sailing school offers boats<br />
suitable for disabled visitors.<br />
FOOD & DRINK aa The first-floor café serves a good range of soups and hot snacks, with<br />
great views of the harbour.<br />
THE SOUTHWEST<br />
055 Buckfast Abbey, Devon<br />
Address: Buckfastleigh TQ11 0EE Web: www.buckfast.org.uk Tel: 01364 645500 Hours: Mon–Thu<br />
9am–6pm, Fri 10am–6pm, Sun noon–6pm; intermittent closures for prayers and services; hours vary at<br />
shops and restaurants Dates: shops and restaurants closed Good Friday & 25–26 Dec Entry: free<br />
This magnificent abbey, with its tranquil gardens by the river Dart, is a living monastery<br />
with a thousand-year history. A peaceful sanctuary, the abbey is home to a community<br />
of Benedictine monks who have always welcomed guests, and it attracts visitors from<br />
around the globe.<br />
Buckfast Abbey was founded nearly a thousand years ago and stood for five hundred<br />
years until Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. A community of Benedictine<br />
monks returned in 1882 to rebuild it on its medieval foundations. It was completed<br />
in 1938. The monks were gifted stone masons, as is evident throughout the abbey.<br />
Don’t miss the bronzes and stained-glass windows, the largest of which, at the rear of<br />
the abbey, seems to radiate light even on a dull day. The brothers lead a life of study,<br />
prayer and work. Outside, the Physic Garden, Sensory Garden and Lavender Garden<br />
all boast interesting designs and unusual plants and herbs – and are as much for the<br />
benefit of the monks’ work and leisure as for the pleasure of visitors. In the Monastic<br />
Produce Shop you can buy the famous Buckfast tonic wine, as well as a variety of<br />
goods and consumables from monasteries and convents around the world. Other retail<br />
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