Waldron, East Sussex, United Kingdom
The only Visitation monastery in Britain, an enclosed community of the order of St Francis de Sales living in a converted Victorian coach house in the East Sussex countryside.
The convent and about 28 acres of grounds are for sale through Savills at a guide price of £2.2 million, with planning permission to convert the building into a single house, which indicates the community is moving on.
Before you act. The property has been on the market since at least April 2025. The listing says only that a decision has been taken for the community to move on, not where or when; no statement from the community was found and its former website now hosts unrelated content.
Last checked 9 November 2026. Parts of this entry could not be fully confirmed; see the note above. Responsible body: Savills (Tunbridge Wells) for the sale; the Visitation community.
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.