Buckfast Abbey Announces Two Festival Carol Services for 20 December 2025
Saturday 20th December at 12midday & 3pm
Buckfast Abbey invites the public to join them for a sequence of readings, traditional Christmas carols and choral music sung by the Abbey Choir.
To better accommodate the large number of people who wish to attend the much-loved annual Carol Service, the Abbey will hold two identical services this year, one at 12midday and 3pm. Seating for both is unreserved and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
These reflective and festive services offer a moment of peace and joy amid the busyness of the season, and all are warmly welcome.
About the Abbey
Located at the centre of a picturesque valley on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, Buckfast Abbey is home to a community of Roman Catholic Benedictine Monks, who live their lives of prayer, work and study according to the ancient rule of St Benedict.
Buckfast Abbey is the only English Benedictine monastery to be re-founded upon its original pre-reformation site. The original Abbey was founded in 1018 AD, by King Cnut. After the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1538, the Abbey Church fell into ruin. It was rebuilt stone by stone upon its medieval foundations by a group of French monks.
Today, the site is a flourishing complex of buildings which the monks have continually developed to aid them in realising their vision for Buckfast – to be a national centre of witness to God, and the Roman Catholic faith.
The Buckfast Abbey community places a great value upon hospitality and welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The site also includes beautiful gardens, a restaurant, multiple retail outlets, a conference centre, and a broad range of guest accommodation.
For more information visit: www.buckfast.org.uk
