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Britain’s Pilgrim Places

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RRP: £19.99

ISBN: 9780954476786

Publication date: August 2020

Number of pages: 608

Format: Book

Collections: Pilgrim Spirit

Destinations: United Kingdom, Great Britain

Britain’s Pilgrim Places captures the spirit of 2,000 years of history, heritage and wonder. It is the complete guide to every spiritual treasure, including 500 enchanting holy places throughout England, Wales and Scotland and covers all major pilgrimage routes.

Produced in collaboration with The British Pilgrimage Trust, this book encapsulates the timeless quest of the human spirit to find meaning, connection and peace.

Each listing is illustrated in full colour and written and presented in a way that appeals to everyone. From wild hermit islands to city-centre cathedrals alike, there is something to surprise and enlighten anyone with a sense of the sacred.

2020 is the Year of the Pilgrimage and the Year of Cathedrals, and events are being held throughout the year to mark a revival in pilgrim places, cathedrals and free-form spiritual expression. The British Pilgrimage Trust’s mission is to harness the quiet but powerful resurgence of interest in ancient ways of finding meaning and peace in the landscape.

Britain’s Pilgrim Places follows on from best-selling Britain’s Holiest Places which became a 6-part BBC television series.

A beautiful book… it reminded me that a pilgrim is not a special kind of person but all of us ar epotentially special kinds of pilgrims. I have not seen or read anything like this before.

Satish Kuman

This cheering guide has good news to tell: that these islands teem with holy places to heal a wounded soul through their sheer beauty, echoes of history, silences or glorious sounds. Revel in the riches on offer, creatively laid out here with scholarship and sensitivity.

Rev Professor Diarmaid N. J. MacCulloch

Fascinating, uplifting and idiosyncratic – this long-awaited revision of Nick Mayhew-Smith’s earlier work will delight muddy-booted seekers of spiritual solace, and armchair pilgrims alike.

Ifor ap Glyn

Guy Hayward is a wonderful and inspiring guide, on the page and on the path. Buy and read this, walk the paths, and find new hope and purpose in your life.

Emma Bridgewater CBE

We are all searchers and this book makes an excellent companion.

Tristan Gooley