The Pilgrim's Way ends in Canterbury - where does it start?
"origin"" to explain the existence of the Way. However, F.C.Elliston-Erwood, A Kentish historian, notes that tithe records dating from before 1815 use the well established name ""Pilgrims' Way"" to reference and locate pieces of land. Earlier still, surviving thirteenth century documents show a ""Pilgrim Road"" by the walls of Thornham Castle, Kent, on what is today considered the route. The Pilgrims' Way is at the centre of the Powell and Pressburger film ""A Canterbury Tale"", with the camera panning along a map of the route at the start of the film. Anyone walking the 'Pilgrims Way' from Winchester would have"
"use St. Swithuns Way between Winchester and Farnham and the North Downs Way between Farnham and Canterbury as an alternative. The route also links with the South Downs Way at Winchester. Pilgrims' Way The Pilgrims' Way (also Pilgrim's Way or Pilgrims Way) is the historical route taken by pilgrims from Winchester in Hampshire, England, to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury in Kent. This name, of comparatively recent coinage, is applied to a pre-existing ancient trackway dated by archaeological finds to 600–450 BC, but probably in existence since the stone age. The prehistoric route followed the ""natural causeway"" east"
"Pilgrims' Way The Pilgrims' Way (also Pilgrim's Way or Pilgrims Way) is the historical route taken by pilgrims from Winchester in Hampshire, England, to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury in Kent. This name, of comparatively recent coinage, is applied to a pre-existing ancient trackway dated by archaeological finds to 600–450 BC, but probably in existence since the stone age. The prehistoric route followed the ""natural causeway"" east to west on the southern slopes of the North Downs. The course was dictated by the natural geography: it took advantage of the contours, avoided the sticky clay of the land"
"by archaeological finds to 600–450 BC, but probably in existence since the Stone Age. The ""Old Way"" ran from Seaton in Devon to Dover, Kent. Later the eastern part of the Harrow Way become known as the Pilgrims Way, following the canonisation of Thomas Beckett and the establishment of a shrine in Canterbury, Kent. This pilgrimage route ran from Winchester, Hampshire, via Farnham, Surrey, to Canterbury Kent. The western section of the Harrow Way ends in Farnham, the eastern in Dover. The Ridgeway similarly keeps to high ground and for at least 5,000 years travellers have used it. The Ridgeway"
"Chaldon, Godstone, Limpsfield and Westerham, through Otford, Kemsing and Wrotham, north of Trottiscliffe, towards Cuxton (where it crossed the River Medway). South of Rochester, the Pilgrims' Way travels through the villages of Burham, Boxley, Detling and continuing in a south-east direction to the north of the villages of Harrietsham and Lenham. The route continues south-east along the top of the Downs past Charing, to Wye and then turns north to follow the valley of the Great Stour through Chilham and on to Canterbury. Along some stretches the pilgrims' route left the ancient trackway to encompass religious sites, examples being Pewley"
"after the medieval Dominican Friary there) has also broken up this direct stretch of road at the point that it reaches Guildford. When the idea of the Pilgrims' Way to Canterbury was popularised in the nineteenth century, a route over the southern slopes of the Hog's back, parallel with the ridgeway and running through Seale and Puttenham, was incorporated in its course. In order to avoid the A31, however, the Pilgrims' Way does not run along the top of the Hog's Back. The Hog's Back stretch of the A31 is now a dual carriageway, but the two directions of the"
"of Baiona, Vigo, and Redondela, where the coastal way merges with the central way. The Portuguese way leads to the medieval town of Pontevedra and, after crossing the Ulla river, there's the town of Padrón. This is 25 km from the final destination, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (1122), the legendary burial place of Saint James the Great, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ. The Portuguese Way The Portuguese Way (, ) is the name of the Way of St. James pilgrimage routes starting in Portugal. It begins at Porto or Lisbon. From Porto, along the Douro River, pilgrims travel"
"The Portuguese Way The Portuguese Way (, ) is the name of the Way of St. James pilgrimage routes starting in Portugal. It begins at Porto or Lisbon. From Porto, along the Douro River, pilgrims travel north crossing the five main rivers—the Ave, Cávado, Neiva, Lima and Minho rivers—before entering Spain and passing through Padron on the way to Santiago de Compostela. The Portuguese way is the second most popular route after the French Way and the Portuguese coastal way is the seventh most popular route in Galicia, with 19.9% and 4.41%, respectively. The Portuguese way is 227 km long"
"Saint Kevin's Way The Saint Kevin's Way () is a pilgrim path in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is long and begins in the village of Hollywood, crosses the Wicklow Gap, and ends at the remains of the medieval monastery in Glendalough. An alternative spur route begins at Valleymount and joins the main trail at Ballinagee Bridge. It is typically completed in one day. The trail follows in the footsteps of Saint Kevin who crossed the Wicklow Mountains and founded the monastery at Glendalough in the 6th century. The journey later became a route of pilgrimage for visitors to Glendalough. It"
"Kerry; Cnoc na dTobar, Kerry; St. Finbarr's Pilgrim Path, Cork. Saint Kevin's Way The Saint Kevin's Way () is a pilgrim path in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is long and begins in the village of Hollywood, crosses the Wicklow Gap, and ends at the remains of the medieval monastery in Glendalough. An alternative spur route begins at Valleymount and joins the main trail at Ballinagee Bridge. It is typically completed in one day. The trail follows in the footsteps of Saint Kevin who crossed the Wicklow Mountains and founded the monastery at Glendalough in the 6th century. The journey later"
"Down, near Guildford, where the later way passed St Martha's Hill and The Chantries, some 500 metres to the south. At Reigate the thirteenth-century chapel of St Thomas and a hospice were built for the pilgrims' use, although they were not on the route. Boxley Abbey, with its revered Rood of Grace, was another recognised detour. The North Downs Way National Trail parallels the old Pilgrims' Way between Farnham and Canterbury. Much of the traditional route of the Pilgrims' Way is now part of the modern road network and the Ramblers has previously advised walkers wishing to follow it to"
"pilgrims were English though some came from all points in northern Europe. The Portuguese Way (, ) begins at Lisbon or Porto in Portugal. From Porto, along the Douro River, pilgrims travel north crossing the Ave, Cávado, Lima and Minho rivers before entering Spain and then passing through Padron before arriving at Santiago. It is the second most popular way, after the French one. The route is 610 km long starting in Lisbon or 227 km long starting in Porto. From Lisbon, the starting point is Lisbon Cathedral, crossing the Thermal Hospital of Caldas da Rainha (1485) and heading to"
"horse riding or cycling. Signposted by the Whithorn Pilgrimage Trust, the Pilgrim's Way follows a route southwards from the Southern Upland Way through the Machars, passing through New Luce and the early Christian holy sites of Glenluce Abbey, the White Loch, Whithorn, Isle of Whithorn and St Ninian's Cave. The main part of the route from Glenluce to Whithorn is 25 miles (40 km) long. Pliny the Elder died in AD 79 and in his ""Natural History"" he describes Britain, Ireland and the smaller islands off the coast, one being ""vectis"" and this has been identified with the Isle of"
"North Wales Pilgrims Way The North Wales Pilgrims Way () is a long-distance walking route in North Wales, running from near Holywell in the east to Bardsey Island () in the west. The first half of the trail takes an inland route, with the second half (from Abergwyngregyn onwards) following the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. It measures 133.9 miles (215 km) in length, and was officially launched at Porth y Swnt, Aberdaron on 10 July 2014. Development of the trail started in 2011, and its official opening followed a number of alterations to the original route to suit"
"Pilgrims' Trail The Pilgrims' Trail is a 155-mile long-distance footpath that connects Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, England to Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy. The UK section of the footpath passes through the towns of Owslebury and Bishop's Waltham as well as the Forestry Commission owned Forest of Bere. It ends at the Portsmouth ferry terminal. The Hampshire section, known as the ""Hampshire Millennium Pilgrims Trail"" which opened in 1999, is a 29-mile section that is waymarked with green disks attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture. In the French section the waymarkes are blue. Within Portsmouth, the section"
"The ultimate pilgrimage destination was Jerusalem, but within England Canterbury was a popular destination. Pilgrims would journey to cathedrals that preserved relics of saints, believing that such relics held miraculous powers. Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, had been murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights of Henry II during a disagreement between Church and Crown. Miracle stories connected to his remains sprang up soon after his death, and the cathedral became a popular pilgrimage destination. The pilgrimage in the work ties all of the stories together and may be considered a representation of Christians' striving for heaven, despite weaknesses, disagreement,"
"Via Francigena The Via Francigena () is the common name of an ancient road and pilgrim route running from France to Rome, though it is usually considered to have its starting point on the other side of the English Channel, in the cathedral city of Canterbury. As such, the route passes through England, France, Switzerland and Italy. The route was known in Italy as the """"Via Francigena"""" (""the road that comes from France"") or the """"Via Romea Francigena"""" (""the road to Rome that comes from France""). In medieval times it was an important road and pilgrimage route for those wishing"
"with the Multeen Way in Tipperary town. Ballyhoura Way The Ballyhoura Way () is a long-distance trail in Ireland. It is long and begins at St John’s Bridge, near Kanturk, County Cork and ends at Limerick Junction, County Tipperary. It is typically completed in four days. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Ballyhoura Fáilte. The trail was opened in April 1994 by President Mary Robinson. The initial stage starts at St John’s Bridge, a crossroads north of the town of Kanturk, and follows minor"
"tours. The origin of the name Reigate is uncertain, but appears to derive from Roe-deer Gate, as the town was situated near to the entrance to the de Warenne's deer park. The medieval town is centred on a north—south road of some antiquity as it incorporates the pre-Conquest road pattern. The story of the Pilgrim's Way passing through Reigate is a myth, although in the 13th century a chapel to St Thomas was built in the town centre for use by Canterbury pilgrims. Areas of the town have been the subject of extensive archaeological investigation. Bell Street was certainly in"
"that it carried more than 100,000 pilgrims a year is surely an exaggeration. A separate (and more reliably attested) route to Canterbury from London was by way of Watling Street, as followed by the storytellers in ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. Conversely, the concept of a single route called the Pilgrims' Way could be no older than the Victorian Ordnance Survey map of Surrey, whose surveyor, Edward Renouard James, published a pamphlet in 1871 entitled ""Notes on the Pilgrims' Way in West Surrey"". Here he asserted that the route was ""little studied"" and that ""very many persons in the"
"in the valley of the Great Stour from Canterbury, to lead along the North Downs or its southern slopes, through Maidstone and Guildford to Farnham, Surrey. With its natural season-round well-drained soil, slightly more humus-rich than the crest itself, forming the most travelled of often several terraced routes. The Pilgrims' Way, diverts from the Harrow Way and continues from Farnham to Winchester. This pilgrimages route helped the growth of Winchester. Winchester, apart from being an ecclesiastical centre in its own right (the shrine of St Swithin), was an important regional focus and an aggregation point for travellers arriving through the"
"then back again but only documented his itinerary on the return journey. Sigeric's return journey consisted of 80 stages averaging about a day, for a total of some . Most modern-day pilgrims would wish to follow Sigeric's documented route in the reverse order, i.e. from Canterbury ""to"" Rome, and so would journey from Canterbury to the English coast before crossing the Channel to ""Sumeran"" (now called Sombres) landing at the point where the seaside village of Wissant now lies. From there the modern-day pilgrim must travel to the places Sigeric knew as ""Gisne"", ""Teranburh"", ""Bruaei"", ""Atherats"", before continuing on to"
"Canterbury and Fatima. Places of pilgrimage in the Buddhist world include those associated with the life of the historical Buddha: his supposed birthplace and childhood home (Lumbini and Kapilavastu in Nepal) and place of enlightenment (Bodh Gaya in northern India), other places he is believed to have visited and the place of his death (or Parinirvana), Kushinagar, India. Others include the many temples and monasteries with relics of the Buddha or Buddhist saints such as the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka and the numerous sites associated with teachers and patriarchs of the various traditions. Hindu pilgrimage destinations may"
"of the route from Portsbridge to the Ferry Terminal is a shared cycling and pedestrian route and also marked with blue cycle and pedestrian route signs. Pilgrims' Trail The Pilgrims' Trail is a 155-mile long-distance footpath that connects Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire, England to Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy. The UK section of the footpath passes through the towns of Owslebury and Bishop's Waltham as well as the Forestry Commission owned Forest of Bere. It ends at the Portsmouth ferry terminal. The Hampshire section, known as the ""Hampshire Millennium Pilgrims Trail"" which opened in 1999, is a 29-mile section that is"
"Archbishop of Canterbury, Sigeric the Serious who made the trip to Rome and back again in the 11th century. Note that there is also a walking trail called the ""Via Francigena"" which follows Sigeric's route from Canterbury to Rome more closely. It is important to realise that the EuroVelo route does not in any way follow the walking route; the two are very different. For instance, the ""Via Francigena"" walking trail does not pass through Belgium or Luxembourg. In England, the EV5 is complete. The route is long and follows the National Cycle Network route NCR1 from Canterbury to Dover."
"Test Way The Test Way is a long-distance footpath in England from Walbury Hill in West Berkshire to Eling in Hampshire. The northern end of the footpath starts in the car park on Walbury Hill. It passes through the towns of Romsey and Totton and the villages of Linkenholt, Ibthorpe, Hurstbourne Tarrant, St Mary Bourne, Longparish, Forton, Wherwell, Chilbolton, Stockbridge, Horsebridge and Mottisfont. The southern end of the footpath is at Eling Quay. The trail also passes alongside Horsebridge railway station. Much of the route between Kimbridge and Chilbolton follows the route of the former Andover and Redbridge Railway. The"
"Teesdale Way The Teesdale Way is a long distance walk between the Cumbrian Pennines and the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire in England. The walk is in length; it links in with other long distance walks such as the Pennine Way and the E2 European Walk between Harwich and Stranraer. The Teesdale way starts at Dufton in Cumbria as part of the Pennine way, but does not become its own path (with waymarkers) until it reaches Middleton-in-Teesdale. The path ends at South Gare in Warrenby near Redcar, having passed through the heavily industrialised Teesside area, consisting of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees"
"at , before descending to the villages of Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm, where it meets the Pennine Way. The route in Scotland is part of the European walking route E2, which runs for from Galway to Nice. The border ridge is reached east of Kirk Yetholm. On the English side the trail descends through the Northumberland National Park to the village of Hethpool in the College Valley. The trail then climbs through the foothills of the Cheviot Hills, passing just south of the hillforts of Yeavering Bell and Humbleton Hill, to the town of Wooler. From Wooler the Way"
"the route is derived. The route starts in the resort town of Morecambe, Lancashire loosely following the River Lune and the River Wenning into the Pennines at Settle and entering into the stunning scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. From there it makes its steepest climb (eastwards) across the edge of Rye Loaf Hill before descending to Airton. Thence it heads northeast to Grassington before following the River Wharfe for several miles and then turning towards the high point of the route at Greenhow and descending to Pateley Bridge on the River Nidd. Beyond Pateley Bridge the hills are"
"northern Belgium: the first devised route includes Oxford, Reading, Brugge and Antwerp and does not include the southern part of the Dutch coast. The corollary midsection, listed as the alternative route includes Hull, Lincoln, Cambridge and Bergen op Zoom. The Irish section of the route is not yet open. In Scotland the route starts from Stranraer and follows the Southern Upland Way, to Melrose, and St. Cuthbert's Way, from Melrose to Kirk Yetholm. In England the route follows the Pennine Way, from Kirk Yetholm to Standedge, the Oldham Way, from Standedge to Mossley, the Tameside Trail, from Mossley to Broadbottom,"
"his plays and his house, wife and children back in Stratford. The route passes through part of the Cotswolds, the Chiltern Hills, the valley of the River Stour, Warwickshire, Oxford and enters the Thames Valley at Marlow, Buckinghamshire before following the Grand Union Canal and then the Thames Path into London. Shakespeare's Way Shakespeare's Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England, United Kingdom. Shakespeare's Way runs for 235 km (146 mi). The waymarked route (which opened in 2006) runs from William Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire to the modern Shakespeare's Globe (near the site of the original"
"English Way The English Way () is one of the paths of the Camino de Santiago. It begins in the Galician port cities of Ferrol (118 km) or A Coruña (75 km) and runs south to Santiago de Compostela. The English Way was a path of convenience for medieval pilgrims to reach Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrims from Scandinavia or other areas of Northern Europe would travel by ship instead of by foot or horseback. At least one Icelandic Pilgrim is known to have followed this path in 1154. During times of conflict between France and other countries, especially England this"
"Pilgrim's Route The Pilgrim's Route, (""Pilegrimsleden"") also known as St. Olav's Way or the Old Kings' Road, was a pilgrimage route to the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, the site of the medieval tomb of St. Olav. The main route is approximately long. It starts in the ancient part of Oslo and heads north along the lake Mjøsa, up the Gudbrandsdal valley, over the Dovrefjell mountains, and down the Oppdal and Gauldalen valleys to end at the Nidaros Cathedral. Although the Pilgrim's Route over the Dovrefjell mountains is only one of several pilgrimage routes in Norway, it is arguably the"