Heavy showers and bright sunshine produce a lovely midwinter rainbow over Buckfast Abbey.

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Heavy showers and bright sunshine produce a lovely midwinter rainbow over the tower Buckfast Abbey.

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Buckfast Methodist Church overlooked by the Benedictine Abbey, in whose grounds it sits. The Chapel was built in 1881, just one year before monks returned to the Abbey. The Abbey church was built in 1906-38.

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The Higher Mill at Buckfast Abbey is a rare surviving remnant of Devon's wool industry. The buildings, renovated in 2016, are now used for an Abbey shop as well as offices for various organisations. The waterwheel is a working hydroelectric plant, generating 6-8 kW.

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The main church at Buckfast Abbey (1906-38), designed by Frank Walters, next to the temporary chapel built when monks first came back to the site in 1882.

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