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Our 41 mile pilgrimage trail is broken into 9 stages each of which ends at one of our beautiful, historic, rural churches. The stages vary in challenge and length, find details below.
St Aelred's Chapel
All Saints' Church Helmsley
to
St Mary Magdalene's Church
East Moors
Easy/ 6 miles/ approx 3 hours
St John's Church
Bilsdale
Moderate/ 7 miles/ approx 3.5 hours
All Saints' Church
Hawnby
Moderate/ 5.5 miles/ approx 3 hours
Old Byland
Challenging/ 3.5 miles/ approx 2 hours
St Mary's Church
Scawton
Moderate/ 2 miles/ approx 1 hour
St Michael's Church
Cold Kirby
Moderate/1.5 miles/approx 1 hour
St Mary the Virgin's Church
and Rievaulx Abbey
Moderate/ 4.5 miles/ approx 2.5 hours
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St Mary's Rievaulx
St Chad's Church
Sproxton
Moderate/ 7.5 miles/ approx 4 hours
Helmsley Methodist Church
and All Saints' Church, Helmsley
Easy/ 3.5 miles/ approx 2 hours
Rievaulx Abbey
Aelred was abbot of Rievaulx Abbey for 20 years.
It is under the care of English Heritage.
You can read more about it's history and Aelred on their website.