near Ryde, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
A Grade I listed brick abbey designed by the monk-architect Dom Paul Bellot, standing beside the ruins of the Cistercian abbey founded in 1132. A small Benedictine community still lives, prays and receives guests here, on almost 200 acres with over 100,000 square feet of historic buildings.
The abbey's 'Two Abbeys Project' aims to secure both the modern abbey and the medieval ruins before the 900th anniversary in 2032. It lists repairs to church windows and roof leadwork, a full repair of the Old House roof, then the cloister ranges and guesthouse, and consolidation of the ruins; grants require match funding the monks must find. The abbey says running costs exceed 1 million pounds a year and that a guesthouse refurbishment is planned.
Before you act. The project page is undated and some of its figures appear to date from 2021 or 2022. No running total towards the £5 million is published, so ask the abbey where the project stands.
Last checked 8 November 2026. Parts of this entry could not be fully confirmed; see the note above. Responsible body: Quarr Abbey (Benedictine community) and the Friends of Quarr.
Chilworth, United Kingdom
For 2026 the monks are running the Abbot Paulinus Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving Appeal, aiming to raise £6,000 to fund six months of accompanying young men from poorer parts of South America who are discerning a Benedictine vocation (travel, pastoral visits and practical support), so that poverty does not decide whether someone can test a vocation.
Aylesford, United Kingdom
The Friars is an independent charity that says it is not financially supported by the Catholic Church and costs over 2,000 pounds a day to keep open. A chapel roof repair program estimated at 350,000 pounds has begun, on top of continuous repairs to the medieval and modern buildings. Its 2024 accounts say the estate is too large to be maintained from local income alone.