Northern Saints Trails: The Way of Learning – Jarrow to Durham – 38 miles, 3-4 days

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This route gives thanks for the learning made possible by the scholar Venerable Bede, without whom we would know almost nothing about the Northern Saints, and many other saints too. Starting at Jarrow Hall and St Paul’s Church, the route uses the existing Bede’s Way to St Peter’s Monkwearmouth. After continuing along the bank of the River Wear, you reach the Penshaw Monument before Chester-le-Street, where Cuthbert’s body lay in state for a while, before going on to St Godric’s Finchale Abbey and then Durham.

Highlights

  • Inspired by the stories of the A-Team of Northern Saints
  • Lots of route options within a relatively compact geographical area
  • County Durham and Northumberland’s open landscapes
  • Durham being a keystone of these routes

Holy Places on the Northern Saints Trails that are mentioned in Britain’s Pilgrim Places book:

  • Hartlepool
  • Escomb
  • Durham
  • Newton Hall / Finchale Priory
  • Chester-le-Street
  • Monkwearmouth
  • Jarrow
  • Tynemouth
  • Newcastle
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Northern Saints Trail to Durham Cathedral - Way of Learning

North of England

38
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3-4
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