On leaving Halling and crossing Peters Village Bridge over the River Medway on a Sunday afternoon you might find tea available at Wouldham. Turn left, or north, for Wouldham and Rochester. Cream teas are served at All Saints’ Church Wouldham on Sundays 18 June, 16 July, 20 August and 17 September; 2-4.30pm. This might also be […]
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An outdoor mural on the front of the the former civic centre in the Old Kent Road has been given a Grade II listing by Historic England. The work, completed in 1965, is by Adam Kossowski whose mosaics can also be seen further along the Pilgrims’ Way at Aylesford Priory. The panels depict pilgrims to […]
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There will be an illustrated talk on the Pilgrims’ Way from London to Canterbury as part of Pilgrimage Today: Four Ways to become a Pilgrim on Saturday 13 May at Southwark Cathedral. Four talks will look at different aspects of pilgrimage: 10am Brian Mooney: Via Francigena: Pilgrimage before Ryanair – On Foot to Rome and […]
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Those wishing to follow the Pilgrims’ Way for its many associations with Jane Austen may want to start on or just after Tuesday 18 July. This is the 200th anniversary of her death which is being marked by a special service of Evensong at Winchester Cathedral. Jane Austen is buried in the cathedral where another […]
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Lionel Wright has written a page review of the new Pilgrims’ Way guide book. His article in the South London Press has a focus on walking from Southwark Cathedral in the paper’s circulation area..
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Wouldham Church will be open this Saturday 4 March from 10am to 4pm for an arts and crafts day. Riverside Wouldham is on the way to and from Rochester.
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Publication day for Cicerone’s Walking The Pilgrims’ Way has been rainy. But that is appropriate since Chaucer wrote about April showers. It has been great fun marking the book’s launch by visiting the London starting point. First to Talbot Yard where a blue plaque on the site of The Tabard from where one early spring morning Chaucer’s characters […]
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The Thomas A Becket pub at the first ‘stop’ out of London on the Pilgrims’ Way has reopened. The present Thomas A Becket pub building opened in 1898 on the site of an ancient inn on London’s Old Kent Road. It is located at a spot known as St Thomas a Watering. Here a bridge […]
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The Premier Inn in London’s Borough High Street opens today. It is on the Pilgrims’ Way and just a few minutes from its start at Southwark Cathedral. The hotel entrance is in Spur Inn Yard and on the site of both the lost Spur Inn and part of the next door Nag’s Head. A little further […]
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