COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD

Each summer since 1975 the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton organises an ecumenical walk to a place, shrine or area exploring a particular theme or aspect of our faith and Christian heritage. Participants discover the amazing personal and community value of going on a pilgrimage as our medieval forebears did, where the journey, walking, laughing, sharing, praying, singing, etc. is as important as the destination. 

Starting at Rochester Cathedral the Augustine Camino wanders through the orchards, woods and vineyards of Kent for 70 miles via Aylesford Priory and Canterbury Cathedral to the Shrine of St Augustine on the cliffs above the sea at Ramsgate.  The route celebrates the mission of St Augustine to convert the English to Christianity, visiting many sites of global historical significance. The Augustine Camino is an official feeder route for the Camino de Santiago

The British Pilgrimage Trust is a registered charity formed in 2014 that aims to promote pilgrimage in Britain by helping to develop and publicise new and old paths as well as the practice of pilgrimage itself by suggesting people say ‘bring your own beliefs’. The Trust's core goal is to “advance British pilgrimage as a form of cultural heritage that promotes holistic wellbeing, for the public benefit.”

The Confraternity of St James (UK) exists to ptovide a community for Camino pilgrims in the UK and to promote the Camino and pilgrimage generally. They work to establish links between the Camino and the UK, including establishing pilgrim routes in the UK as acredited parts of the Caminio to Santiago. 

Pilgrim Cross is an Easter pilgrimage for all ages that walks every year to Walsingham - an ancient site of pilgrimage in Norfolk. Pilgrims live and walk in community for one, three or seven days before spending an amazing weekend celebrating Easter in the ruins of Walsingham Abbey. Pilgrim Cross was formerly known as Student Cross. 

Based in the Bannau Brycheiniog area of mid-Wales, at Pilgrim Street Anne Hayward is working to explore pilgrimage in a contemporary setting in the British Isles, valuing the many ancient Christian sites and the traditions and rhythms of prayer that are fundamental to these very special places. However, at Pilgrim Street Anne also seeks to re-interpret pilgrimage in the context of contemporary church life and Christian experience in an increasingly urbanised and secular society.

The Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome is a registered charity which aims to inform, encourage and assist those making a pilgrimage to Rome on foot, bicycle or horseback along the Via Francigena.  The Via Francigena stretches from the North Downs in England, through the WWI battlefields and Champagne region in France, the Juras and Lac Léman in Switzerland, over the Alps to Italy and down the Aosta Valley, through Piedmont, Lombardy, and across the Apennines and the Tuscan hills to Rome.