The Way of Blessed Cyprian Tansi is ready to walk!

Phil McCarthy • March 4, 2024

The Way of Blessed Cyprian Tansi is a Pilgrim Way from the Cathedral of St Barnabas in Nottingham to the Shrine of Blessed Cyprian Tansi at Mount St Bernard Monastery near Coalville. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi (1903–1964) was an Igbo Nigerian priest who became a monk of Mount St Bernard Monastery. He was beatified in 1998. 


The Way takes a south-eastern direction through the city centre passing the site of Nottingham Castle to reach the Robin Hood Way which follows the Beeston Canal west and then southwest out of the city. The canal is crossed at a lock to follow the north side of the River Trent long the Trent Valley Way before diverting to the Church of St Francis of Assisi in Long Eaton. The Way returns to the Trent at Trentlock where the path crosses the Erewash Canal and continues west until the Trent is crossed beside a railway bridge.


The route then follows the Midshires Way south-east to reach and follow the River Soar to Kegworth and then Zouch where the River Soar is crossed. The Way passes through Hathern and crosses over the M1 Motorway to reach the Church of St Winefride in Shepshed. After leaving the town the route passes through farmland to reach Mount St Bernard Monastery and the Shrine of Blessed Cyprian Tansi. The Way is generally flat. 

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