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The Cathedrals Cycle Route travels nearly 2,000 miles across some stunning English landscapes, traversing between the 42 Church of England cathedrals. Mostly on paved surfaces, the route is not signposted, but very often you are following an existing cycle route.
With so much stunning architecture and scenery along the way and a welcoming hostel at the end of the day, this challenge will give you the satisfaction of time well spent. You can also collect stamps to mark your progress along the way in your Pilgrims Passport.
Read more at the British Pilgrimage Trust and Cycling UK.
Thanks to a unique partnership between Newcastle Cathedral, Cycling UK, the British Pilgrimage Trust and the Association of English Cathedrals the Cathedrals Cycle Route links every Church of England cathedral in a new initiative to promote greener travel and wellbeing. It is hoped that the route will be extended to other nations of the UK in the future.
Stickers and stamps are available at all cathedrals, these can be collected in a Cathedrals Cycle Route Pilgrim’s Passport which is available at most cathedrals and from the English Cathedrals website.
Cathedrals Cycle Route
Amanda and Jeff cycled the Cathedrals Cycle Route in Sept 2022 and sent this Update from the road
Finally, we have arrived at Oxford cathedral after 11 days cycling, 9 cathedrals and 471 miles and we have now finished this leg of our pilgrimage. We have now completed over 1200 miles and 30 cathedrals since we started. We have cycled in and out of 30 cities.
We have been along A roads, through city centres, along canals and rivers, through tunnels, over many motorways, through Central London. We have been past wetlands, through rolling countryside, up and down a thousand hills, through dockyards, by the sea and through many suburbs, through parks and residential areas.
We have seen kingfishers, herons, a buzzard, drug cannisters, rubbish and traffic. We have met interesting people and been welcomed and encouraged wherever we have gone.
We have met Bishops and Canons and Deans. We have been prayed for and blessed and had Cathedrals Cycle Route candles lit for us. We have had tea with a canon at Exeter, a drinks party with the high and mighty at Chelmsford. We have had seats of honour and mentioned in the service at Wells. We have been in the gravel pits under St Pauls. We have been with the mourners at Bristol and heard the bells tolling. We have prayed and praised God in every cathedral.
We have laboured and cried and sung and laughed and been stressed and anxious and got lost. We have run out of food and water. We have pushed ourselves to the limit. We have had illness and pain. We have had moments of despair and many times of elation but we have done it. Now we go home to plan the final leg of 900 miles and 12 cathedrals of the Cathedrals Cycle Route.
Read more at the British Pilgrimage Trust and Cycling UK