The 8th Annual Diocese of Leeds Camino from Leeds to Ripon will be held on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th October along the St Wilfrid's Way.

The St Wilfrid’s Way was established in 2016 by Stephen Habron and has been walked by a Diocesan group every year since on the weekend closest to the feast of St Wilfrid. The Way follows old paths, public bridleways and footpaths, transformed railway lines, riverside walks, and green spaces in urban areas. It is relatively flat. The route includes historic Catholic churches, the recusant house of Markenfield Hall and the Shrine of Our Lady of the Crag in Knaresborough. For details of the Way see here.

St Wilfrid

St Wilfrid became Bishop of Ripon in 658 and the Cathedral was founded in 672. As a young man he travelled to Rome and became an important advocate for the Roman tradition at the Synod of Whitby. He founded monasteries, built churches and improved the liturgy. The Ripon Cathedral Crypt is the only part of St. Wilfrid’s original Saxon church to have survived intact. This makes it one of England’s oldest Church buildings still in use. St Wilfrid was enshrined in Ripon in 710.

Programme

DAY 1 – Leeds Cathedral (via Roundhay Park, East Keswick and Spofforth) to Knaresborough

• 08.00 hrs Pilgrims’ Mass at Leeds Cathedral Bus to Roundhay Park
• 17.00 hrs arrive at Knaresborough for Rosary outside Our Lady of The Crag

NB Walkers who require overnight accommodation should book it themselves in advance.

DAY 2 – Knaresborough (via Bilton, Ripley and Bishop Thornton) to Ripon

• 08.30 hrs depart World’s End pub, Knaresborough
• 12.00 hrs Angelus and Rosary at St Joseph’s, Bishop Thornton
• 17.30 hrs Vigil Mass at St Wilfrid’s, Ripon

This is a risk assessed walk, so we are required to ask you to BOOK IN ADVANCE so we know which parts of the Pilgrimage you intend to walk.

For further details and to book your place on the Pilgrimage contact the Diocese of Leeds Director of Communications Rowan Morton-Gledhill by email: communications@dioceseofleeds.org.uk