A visit to the Friars at Aylesford in Kent

Will will show you how to get to the Friars in Aylesford by road and by train.

Our visit will start at the Friars duckpond, before leading onto the Great Courtyard, with its beautifully restored Elizabethan buildings and lead you through the Water Gate to the patio next to the River Medway.

We'll pass back through the Great Courtyard to the main shrine at the Friars, respecting those who have come to pray. Next to the shrine is the Gatehouse, leading to the Peace Garden at Aylesford Priory.

We now stroll past the Holy Water fountain, along Rosary way. Here we are lucky to catch the 30-year-old Magnolia tree in full bloom. A little further and we arrive at the tranquil gardens behind the shrine.

We end our visit with a stroll up to the Friars Tearoom and Giftshop set in a 17th-century thatched barn.

As promised in the video here are those links;
The Friars at Aylesford
Aylesford Farmers Market

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⏱️Timestamps⏱️
00:00 - The Intro to the Friars at Aylesford
00:20 - Where is Aylesford Priory?
00:50 - Lat's take a look at the Friars Aylesford
02:22 - The Great Courtyard at Aylesford Priory
04:08 - The Main Shrine
04:40 - The Medieval Gatehouse
04:45 - The Peace Garden
05:28 - The Rosary Way
06:09 - The Friars Tearoom and Gift Shop
📝 For more information check out our post 'Visiting ‘The Friars’, a tranquil retreat in Aylesford, Kent'

🎬 You may also be interested in our video on 'Our visit to Rochester, Kent', which is close by.

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[karenrodgers]

Thanks so much,

I am going there to stay for the first time tommorrow and this really helped me,

bless you,

Karen

[dustiroads]

it is still just as beautiful as it was when I was there nearly 30 years ago! It is what heaven feels like. Peace overcomes you when walking through the garden.

[lustforlife]

Super video and historical narratiion, Thanx for posting!!

[pollyester]

I’m now 58 I came when I was 13. Coming back this year with my husband after telling him for 31 years he should visit. I’ve unfinished business too.

[MrTorleon]

I am so pleased that you have visited this astonishingly beautiful Priory, so tranquil, and dare I say, thankfully free of hordes of tourists, who often simply pass it by. It has been my privilege to have spent a little time, in the past with members of this religious order, to have had access to some of the original medieval structure, and to appreciate the sympathetic reconstruction and of the more recent additions.
I defy anyone not to be moved by the deep serenity and almost tangible peace that envelopes the mind and body - something increasingly rare these days.
Thank you once again, a wonderful video :)

[wendyfield]

Carmelites are friars, not monks. Monks live in enclosed monasteries. Friars wander! I lived at Ayesford Priory for a while about 50 years ago, helping in the shop there. +