Cathedrals · South East England
Britain's pilgrim routes
Canterbury, Walsingham, St Davids, Lindisfarne — the country's medieval pilgrim destinations.
Medieval England's three great pilgrim destinations were Canterbury (the shrine of St Thomas Becket, killed there in 1170), Walsingham in Norfolk (the 'England's Nazareth' shrine), and Glastonbury (Joseph of Arimathea, Arthurian legend). Wales had St Davids (two pilgrimages = one to Rome). Scotland's Iona was the cradle of Christian Britain. All are still open; all reward a visit.
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