Sutton and Wandle Valley Ramblers

The Pilgrims' Way

We hope to walk the Pilgrims Way from Winchester to Canterbury in 22 Sections. We are loosely following the route detailed in Leigh Hatts book on the Pilgrims' Way. In 2019 we walked from Winchester to Guildford as shown below. Due to coronavirus we did not walk any sections in 2020 but resumed in 2021. The sections we have walked are as follows:

Date  Walk 
 2019-08-23  Pilgrims Way 01: Winchester to New Alresford
 2019-09-06  Pilgrims Way 02: New Alresford to Four Marks
 2019-09-20  Pilgrims Way 03: Four Marks to Upper Froyle
 2019-10-11  Pilgrims Way 04: Upper Froyle to Farnham
 2019-10-25  Pilgrims Way 05a: Farnham to Puttenham
 2019-11-01  Pilgrims Way 05b: Puttenham to Guildford
2021-11-19 Pilgrims Way 06: Guildford to Gomshall
2021-12-17 Pilgrims Way 07: Gomshall to Box Hill & Westhumble Station
2022-01-14 Pilgrims Way 08: Reigate Hill to Box Hill
2022-02-11 Pilgrims Way 09: Reigate Hill to A22
2022-03-11 Pilgrims Way 10: A22 to A233
2022-04-08 Pilgrims Way 11: A233 to Otford
2022-04-22 Pilgrims Way 12: Otford to Borough Green
2022-05-06 Pilgrims Way 13: Borough Green to Halling
2022-05-20 Pilgrims Way 14: Halling to A229
2022-06-17 Pilgrims Way 15: A229 to Hollingbourne
2022-07-01 Pilgrims Way 16: Hollingbourne to Lenham
2022-07-15 Pilgrims Way 17: Lenham to Charing
2022-07-29 Pilgrims Way 18: Charing to Wye
2022-08-12 Pilgrims Way 19: Wye to Chilham
2022-09-09 Pilgrims Way 20: Chilham to Canterbury West

And here is a picture of Winchester Cathedral close to the start of the first section.

WinchesterCathedral

 As it was pouring with rain, we did not visit Canterbury Cathedral at the end of the walk so here is a picture at Chilham Church at the start of the final walk. The bell was tolling because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II the previous afternoon.

 PW ChilhamChurch

 Finally, Fraser collected stamps from some churches along the way. Here is a picture of the card with some of the stamps.

PW Card 1

PW Card 2

 

For those that have Sat Nav devices there are GPX files for each of the 21 sections that we intend to walk available for download. Please note however that these may alter after the section has been Recced. 

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