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Ecclesfield Estates Prayer Pilgrimage: detailed plans

Overview map

Start / end point =

St Thomas, Wincobank

Walking distance = 12.4 miles

Route:


St Margaret Brightside

St Cuthbert, Fir Vale

St Peter, Ellesmere

Christ Church, Pitsmoor

St Leonard, Norwood

St Bernard, Parson Cross

St Paul, Wordsworth Ave

St Mary, Ecclesfield

SS James & Christopher,

Shiregreen



Stage 1: Wincobank to Brightside, 0.6 miles, 15 min

There is on-road parking near St Thomas’ Church & it’s only a short walk

from the Meadowhall Interchange for anyone coming by public transport

09.00 Gather at St Thomas’ Church to pray

09:15 Walk up Newman Road, turn L into Robin Hood Road

Take the footpath over Roman Ridge to Ridge View Drive

[See right: involves going straight on at crossing footpath]

Follow Ridge View Drive out on to

Jenkin Road

Descend to St Margaret’s

Brightside

09:30 Prayers at St Margaret’s

09:45 Depart St Margaret’s

Postcodes: S9 1LS to S9 1AT


Stage 2: Brightside to Fir Vale via Wincobank Hill Fort, 1.9 miles, 41 min

09:45 Walk up Jenkin Road (steep) & round the corner to reach the track beyond Fort Hill Road

At the top (bench), take the path downhill to the right, descending on cobbles at the end

Turn R at the bottom & then bear round L, curving round the ‘playing fields’ marked on the map

Exit on to Hinde House Lane (2 possible ways, one is via Hindewood Close)

Follow Hinde House Lane down to turn R on Owler La to reach St Cuthbert Fir Vale

[There is an alternative via Firth Park Ave & the woods to descend on Firth Park Road]

10:30 Pray at St Cuthbert

10.45 Depart St Cuthbert

Postcodes: S9 1AT to

S5 6WL


Stage 3: Fir Vale to Ellesmere, 1.0 mile, 22 min

10:45 Depart St Cuthbert’s on Barnsley Road

Turn L down Osgathorpe Road

Then follow Ellesmere Road North to

St Peter’s on the corner of Lyons Road

11.10 Arrive & pray at St Peter’s

Stage 4: Ellesmere to Pitsmoor, 0.8 miles, 18 min

11:25 Depart St Peter’s up Lyons Road

Turn L on to Lucas Street

Continue on Catherine Street

Turn R on to Burngreave Road

Turn slight L on to Minna Street & follow to

Christ Church

11:45 Arrive Christ Church to pray for 15 min

12:00 Possible lunch stop?

12:30 Depart again

Postcodes: S5 6WL to S4 7EP to S3 9AQ


Stage 5: Christ Church to St Leonard’s S5 7LE (all about 1.5

miles / 30 min) - 2 possible routes:

A route up the centre, byway & FPs (marked in green)

Walk N on Pitsmoor Rd; continue onto Barnsley Rd;

L into Roe Lane & follow this to FP in far corner thro’ to

Firshill Crescent; turn R on Firshill Cres & L into Firshill

Rise to take FP on R (marked in green on map); this

crosses Langley Ave W to emerge on Busk Meadow;

follow this out into Boynton Rd; cross Herries Rd &

follow Herries Ave until you see the church across a

Green at the junction of Everingham Rd

Shirecliffe Road route (the yellow road, LHS of map)

Pitsmoor Rd; L into Rutland Rd; R into Cooks Wood Rd;

continue into Shirecliffe Rd; R into Boynton Rd;

slight L Herries Ave; R into Herries Drive; L into Herries

Avenue; R onto Longley Crescent

12:30 Depart Christ Church

13:00 Arrive & pray Depart 13:15

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Stage 6:

St Leonard’s (S5 7LE) to

St Bernard’s (S5 8BE)

0.8 miles / 18 min

13:15 Depart

13:35 Arrive & pray

13:50 Depart

This leg of the pilgrimage

will be entirely alongside

roads. There are many

ways through.

Suggested simple route:

Walk west on Everingham Rd towards Herries Ave

Turn right onto Everingham Cres

Turn right onto Moonshine Ln

At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Southey Hill

Turn right onto Northlands Rd

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Stage 7: St Leonard’s to Wordsworth Avenue

1.3 miles / 26 min S5 8BE to S5 9JH

13:50 Depart St Leonard’s

14:20 Arrive St Paul’s: either the church or the

mission house to pray

14:35 Depart for Ecclesfield St Mary

Turn R onto Southey Hill

Turn R onto Adlington Hill

At roundabout, 2nd exit Holgate Ave

At end of Holgate Ave, L into Colley Rd

Turn R into Turie Crescent

Turn R into Wordsworth Ave

The church is at the junction of Wordsworth Ave

& Wheata Place; the mission house = the

vicarage is on Wheata Rd, behind the church &

church hall.


Stage 8: St Paul’s Wordsworth Ave to Ecclesfield St Mary

0.9 miles / 16 min S5 9JH to S35 9XY

14:35 Depart St Paul’s or the mission house

14:55 Arrive St Mary’s to pray

15:10 Depart

Route:

Descend Wordsworth Ave to the bottom

Turn R into High St

Follow this to St Mary’s, accessing the churchyard either

via the steps on the main road or the lych-gate to the LHS

[As you can see on the map, there is a small FP detour

possible round Ecclesfield Primary School but it doesn’t

really look worth the extra effort to find it on this part of the

pilgrimage]

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15:10 Depart Ecclesfield

16:00 Arrive Shire Green & pray

16:15 Depart Shiregreen

Route:

Walk down St Mary’s La

Take FP on L to Ecclesfield Pk

Follow the very straight path to

The Common A6135

L on to Green Lane B6082

R into Slicey Ave

Follow this for some time

L into Nether Shire Lane

R at the roundabout into

Bellhouse Lane

Church will be on your R

Stage 8: St Mary Ecclesfield to SS James & Christopher Shire Green 2.1 miles / 44 min

S35 9XY to S5 0RB


Stage 9: Shiregreen back to Wincobank ca. 1.5 miles / 30 min S5 0RB to S9 1LS

Rather than using roads, there are some lovely routes back via Concord Park / the woods

Retrace your route down Bellhouse Lane to the roundabout & turn R into Concord Rd

Follow this to the end in

Concord Park

Here you have a choice

TP Trail & then take the

paths marked with red

arrows on the map OR

Descend 2 lots of steps in

the woods (blue arrows) on

a path marked more faintly

on the map but actually large

in real life & follow this back

through the woods

Emerge at a playground /

car park on Ecclesfield Rd

Straight on at TLs & then L

into Newman Rd

Arrive St Thomas ca 16:45

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