Hailes Abbey

Hailes Abbey
	The ruins of Hailes Abbey (2011)
Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Established	1246
Disestablished	Christmas Eve 1539
Mother house	Beaulieu Abbey
People
Founder(s)	Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Abbot	First: Jordan of Beaulieu; Last: Stephen Sagar;
Site
Location	Parish of Stanway, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates	51°58′6″N 1°55′41″W / 51.96833°N 1.92806°W
Public access	Yes: the ruins are owned by the National Trust but managed by English Heritage.
Scheduled monument
Official name	Hailes Abbey and ringwork
Designated	1 October 1936
Reference no.	1018070
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Hailes Abbey
Designated	4 July 1960
Reference no.	1154262

Hailes Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of Beaulieu Abbey. The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. Little remains of the abbey. It is a Grade I listed building^[1] and a scheduled monument.^[2]

The site is owned by the National Trust but managed by English Heritage. There is a museum on the site holding many artefacts from the Abbey.