St Mark’s Way, the northern ‘arm’ of the 2025 National Jubilee Walking Pilgrimage of Hope, starts at Leeds Cathedral on Saturday 6 September – and its first two days pass through our Diocese!

There’s still time for Diocese of Leeds Day Pilgrims to sign up to walk all or any part of those first two days.

Full details about becoming a Day Pilgrim via https://www.pilgrimways.org.uk/become-a-pilgrim-for-a-day.

ALL will be welcome at the 8am Pilgrims’ Mass at Leeds Cathedral on Saturday 6 September 2025. At 9am, those pilgrims who have registered to walk will set off from the Cathedral, bound for St Austin’s Catholic Church in Wakefield, about 16 miles away …

… BUT … there’s no need to walk the whole day and the full mileage, as there are now morning and afternoon joining/leaving points which halve the distance …!

Day 2 = Sunday 7 September 2025
ALL welcome to join the 8am Mass at St Austin’s in Wakefield!
MORNING – 9 miles: 9am/after Mass – walkers will set off from St Austin’s (WF1 3QN), following the Transpennine Trail (TPT) beside the former Barnsley Canal to St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Royston (S71 4QZ).
AND/OR
AFTERNOON – 8 miles: 1pm – from St John the Baptist’s (S71 4QZ) the pilgrims’ route proceeds along the Barnsley Canal and a disused former railway to end in the Diocese of Hallam at St Michael and All Angels Catholic Church in Wombwell (S73 0HQ).