Mount St Bernard Abbey
Coordinates: 52°44′29.00″N 1°19′23.00″W / 52.74139°N 1.32306°W / 52.74139; -1.32306
Mount St Bernard's Abbey is a Cistercian monastery of the Strict Observance (Trappists) near Whitwick in Leicestershire, England, founded in 1835. Its present Superior is Dom Joseph Delargy.
The Cistercian order dates back to the 12th century and the Trappists to the mid-17th century. Mount St Bernard's Abbey is the only abbey belonging to this order left in England.
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