Sanctuary Way Walk
Sanctuary Way Walk | |
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Length | 10 miles (16 km) (full trail) |
Location | Ripon, North Yorkshire, England |
Established | 2005 |
Trailheads | Bridge Hewick Gallows Hill The Cathedral |
Use | Hiking |
Difficulty | Easy (LWDA grading)[1] |
The Sanctuary Way Walk is a 10-mile (16 km) circular walk around the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire. The walk traces a route around the city and has eight trail points at the places where waymarkers used to designate that travellers were within 1-mile (1.6 km) of the cathedral at Ripon and thus afforded The Sanctuary of Ripon. The waymarker at Sharow is the base of one of the crosses that used to mark the edge of the Sanctuary of Ripon.
History
In 937,
The routes
The path was created in 2004 by the Rotary Club of Ripon and the Rotary Club of Ripon Rowels who designed it as a celebration of the
- The Red Route runs from Bridge Hewick to the cathedral in Ripon via North Bridge and is listed as being the most scenic part of the route.
- The Green Route has the same starting point as the Red Route but ventures further north before turning back by the golf club and finishing at the cathedral.
- The Blue Route is the full 10-mile (16 km) which starts at Bridge Hewick east of the city and goes in a circular anti-clockwise direction around the city to finish at Gallows Hill just south of the cathedral.[9]
Notes
- ^ Most sources cite 937. However, the waymarkers themselves, list the date as 926 AD (see photograph) as do some other sources. Speight maintains that the Liberty of Wilfrid was granted to the Holy See of York in 937 after Athelstan's victory over the 'Pagan' Danes.
References
- ^ "Sanctuary Way Walk - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- OCLC 6678660.
- OCLC 505040410.
- ^ "About Ripon // Discover Ripon". www.discoverripon.org. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ISBN 9781905400157.
- ^ Historic England. "Sharow Cross (Grade II*) (1149835)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Historic circle of sanctuary restored by city's Rotarians". The Yorkshire Post. 6 July 2004. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Cathedral ceremony putsheritage trail on the map". Ripon Gazette. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Ripon Sanctuary Makers Sanctuary Way Walk" (PDF). lwda.org.uk. Rotary International. p. 1. Retrieved 20 June 2017.