Walking is for the Body, Pilgrimage is for the Soul

After completing a PhD at Cambridge on how singing forms community, Dr Guy Hayward co-founded the British Pilgrimage Trust, inspiring a renewed enthusiasm for pilgrimage in contemporary Britain, and publishing a landmark guide to Britain’s Pilgrim Places. The British Pilgrimage Trust believe that Pilgrimage is a pathway for practices that elevate the experience of moving through a landscape to one that is also an inner journey. It is a pathway that should be open, accessible, and welcoming to all.