Pilgrims Way
A 133-mile long-distance path across Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, and Kent, beginning at Winchester Cathedral, utilizing the Surrey Hills and North Downs, and ending at Canterbury Cathedral. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SU 482 292
Distance: 133 miles (213 km)
Time: 56–68 hours
Duration: 10–13 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL32 Winchester, New Alresford and East Meon
OL33 Haslemere and Petersfield
137 Ashford, Headcorn, Chilham and Wye
144 Basingstoke, Alton and Whitchurch
145 Guildford and Farnham
146 Dorking, Box Hill and Reigate
147 Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Westerham
148 Maidstone and the Medway Towns
149 Sittingbourne and Faversham
150 Canterbury, Isle of Thanet, Herne Bay, Deal and Whitstable
163 Gravesend, Rochester and Hoo Peninsula
Summary
The Pilgrims Way is a historic route walked by followers of faith for centuries. It links Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire with Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, home to the shrine of the martyred archbishop St Thomas Becket.
Much of the way follows the North Downs chalk ridge through scenic southern England countryside while taking in a host of beautiful towns and villages, many with their own churches and places of worship. Places visited on or near the route include Winchester, King’s Worthy, Itchen Abbas, New Alresford, Alton, Farnham, Puttenham, Guildford, Dorking, Reigate, Caterham, Otford, Kemsing, Wrotham, Snodland, Detling, Charing, Chilham, Old Wives Lees, Chartham Hatch, and Canterbury.