St Aelred's Pilgrim Trail Stages 1 to 9
Please take care to follow the walkers' waymarkers and not the ones with a horse!
Click on the individual links below for full instructions for that stage.
St Aelred's Chapel
All Saints' Church Helmsley
to
East Moors
Easy/ 6 miles/ approx 3 hours
St Mary Magdalene's Church
East Moors
to
St John's Church
Bilsdale
Moderate/ 7 miles/ approx 3.5 hours
St John's Church
Bilsdale
to
All Saints' Church
Hawnby
Moderate/ 5.5 miles/ approx 3 hours
St Michael's Church
Cold Kirby
to
St Mary the Virgin's Church
and Rievaulx Abbey
Moderate/ 4.5 miles/ approx 2.5 hours
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St Mary's Rievaulx
and Rievaulx Abbey
to
St Chad's Church
Sproxton
Moderate/ 7.5 miles/ approx 4 hours
St Chad's Church
Sproxton
to
Helmsley Methodist Church
and All Saints' Church, Helmsley
Easy/ 3.5 miles/ approx 2 hours
Aelred was abbot of Rievaulx Abbey for 20 years.
It is under the care of English Heritage.
You can read more about it's history and Aelred on their website.