The Pilgrim’s Place

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    Wheat fields, yelps of glee and gulps of tea

    High distant bird song. Crystal skies. The Walsingham carillon echoing over the village. Some visitors have already arrived and are walking down High Street, staring up at the Abbey entrance, no doubt wondering about its former mysteries and majesty, then pausing to look through dim windows at th... View Post

  • The collaboration that relaunched 1,000 years of tradition

    Something unique in these times came to Walsingham in February this year, for we joined forces with a local company in a way that was innovative and unexpected, yet benefitted all involved, particularly thirsty pilgrims! The Anglican Shrine joined forces with Barsham Brewery (some two villages a... View Post

  • The Walsingham Guide to the Rosary and Shrine Prayers

    Pentecost to Advent At 6.00pm each day (5.00pm Saturday) pilgrims gather in the nave of the Shrine Church, facing the Holy House, to recite the Rosary during which intercessions are offered for people who have requested our prayers. We pray the Rosary quietly and reflectively – do join us on our ... View Post

  • An Interview with Simon Knott

    Writer and photographer Simon Knott has been chronicling East Anglian churches for over twenty years. His hugely popular websites cover every parish in Cambridge, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk and he is now extending his work to survey London’s city churches. Besides chronicling thousands of sites a... View Post

  • A Winter Pilgrimage – Kings Lynn to Walsingham

    Jennifer Hamilton-Emery recounts her winter pilgrimage from Kings Lynn to Walsingham It is hard to believe that February was only two months ago. It feels like looking back on a bygone era with life as we knew it then now something of a distant memory. At the end of last year, my friend Fiona an... View Post