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BBC News
17-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Missenden Abbey will close, says Buckinghamshire New University
A university says it has made the "difficult decision" to sell off a manor house that is used as a wedding venue and conference Abbey at Great Missenden dates back to 1133 and is owned by Buckinghamshire New University (BNU).BNU, which recently used the building as a campus for hospitality students, said it would close Missenden Abbey on Sunday 30 cited "ongoing financial pressures faced by all universities" as the reason for the sale. A statement on its website said: "BNU is not alone in having to make tough choices in light of these significant challenges, and our strategic focus is on providing the best possible student experience; generating research that positively impacts our communities; and developing the talent within our organisation."Despite the best efforts of everyone at both Missenden Abbey and the university, we are unable to retain and manage the site without significant investment that we are sadly unable to afford." The building, which was largely rebuilt as a neo-gothic home in the 19th Century, has also featured in TV programmes including Jack Osbourne's Haunted Homecoming, Naked Attraction and The Gadget County Council previously owned the site and ran it as an adult learning college. Missenden Abbey is still taking bookings up until the end of November for afternoon tea, celebrations, conferences and said anyone with a booking after November would be offered a refund or could move their booking to an earlier date. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
13-06-2025
- BBC News
Headlines: 'Bristol sporting quarter plans' and 'car boot row'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Work will start soon on a new 5,000 capacity arena and conference centre at Ashton Gate, as part of plans to transform the area into a new "sporting quarter". An application has gone in to Bristol City Council planners, asking them to sign off on their 'phasing and delivery strategy' for the plans, according to Bristol Live.A former Gloucester car boot organiser has protested being "labelled a thug" amid a dispute over the recent award of a leasehold for a car boot site at Hempsted Meadows, Gloucester, reports Gloucestershire plans have been approved for the Cathedral Hotel in Salisbury as a five star establishment with a rooftop bar, says the Salisbury a 24-hour prescription machine has opened in Burnham-on-Sea medical centre. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Gloucester Cathedral has announced its tower has been reopened, with a new roof deck which will allow for tours offering good views of the students at Cirencester College have skipped a night of sleep in the name of science. The college said on Facebook that 50 students would be taking part in a variety of experiments, all fuelled by pizza of course. And the Salisbury Cathedral peregrine falcons fledglings have finally flown the nest, with cameras capturing them stretching their wings.
