Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Not all English Heritage properties are open yet, and those that are require pre-booking via their website.

If you, or any of your party have a new persistant cough, or develop a fever of 38C, we would instead advise you to use the NHS's dedicated website for professional advice.

Shap Abbey

The impressive full-height 15th-century tower and other remains of a remote abbey of Premonstratensian 'white canons'.
Information panels guide you round the abbey and illustrate daily monastic life.

  • Currently: Sunny intervals, 5° C
  • Friday: Low-level cloud, 5° C
  • Saturday: Low-level cloud, 4° C