Pilgrimage Routes

Here are five pilgrimage routes across Lincolnshire, linking sacred spaces & places by theme, landscape, and history.

These spiritual journeys are symbolic as much as they are geographical tours. Whatever your faith, they are designed to enrich your beliefs and connect you with this beautiful county on a deeper level.

1. The Reformation Trail

• Gainsborough Old Hall – Separatist roots
• Lincoln Cathedral – Ecclesiastical centre
• Monksthorpe Baptist Chapel – Nonconformist baptismal site
• Pilgrim Memorial, Fishtoft – Story of exile and courage

2. The Silence & Light Way

• Lincoln Friends Meeting House – Inner Light tradition
• Lindisfarne House – Ecumenical stillness
• The Fens – Natural silence and mystery
• Chapel Point – Sea horizon meditation

3. Wesleyan Awakening Route

• The Old Rectory, Epworth – Wesley family home
• Raithby Chapel – Built by Wesley
• Sleaford – New Life Church (modern spiritual fire)
• Lincoln – Alive Church and citywide worship

4. Sacred Earth Circuit

• Lincolnshire Wolds – Thin places & barrows
• Stenigot Barrows – Prehistoric burial grounds
• Holy Wells – St Helen’s or Willoughton’s Spring
• Modern Henge at East Ravendale – Contemporary earth devotion

5. Mystical Time Spiral

• Belton House ‘Moondial’ – Lunar rhythm and garden symbolism
• Belton Gardens – Contemplative walk
• Sempringham Priory – Monastic time and daily rhythm
• Stow Minster – Saxon layers of time and prayer

Google Maps

You can view the destinations of the pilgrimage routes on a custom-made Google Map.

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