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On Pilgrimage With: Guy Hayward, pilgrim and performer, author and director of the British Pilgrimage Trust

March 07, 2024

Where would you go? The Cornish Celtic Way or the Lakeland Pilgrimage, or anywhere along the west coast of Britain that is known for its temperate rainforests. I’ve chosen these two routes specifically because they both have a good selection of youth hostels, independent hostels, camping barns, bothies and, in Cornwall’s case, what we at

‘The Road to Wild Wales’: BBC pilgrimage series returns to explore landscape of early Celtic saints

February 21, 2024

The North Wales Pilgrim’s Way will feature in the sixth series of Pilgrimage that returns to the BBC in March 2024, as seven public figures of differing faiths and beliefs tackle a modern-day pilgrimage. Across three 60-minute episodes on BBC Two – also available on BBC iPlayer – Pilgrimage: The Road to Wild Wales will follow the seven pilgrims as they journey

Walking with Saints

April 01, 2021

Guy Hayward explains how sitting next to a stranger on a train led to his mapping out 10 new English Heritage pilgrimage trails that step into religious history