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Pilgrim's Way

An epic ramble from Winchester to Canterbury, through Hampshire, Surrey and Kent with picnics, pints and much prettiness on the way

Travelogue 1956 33 mins

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Overview

Tighten your laces and pack your mint cake as this one is a bit of a trek. The 120-miles between Winchester and Canterbury pass through some of the south-east England's prettiest towns, villages and pastures. Between 1956 and today plenty has changed, but despite the narrator's grumblings about urban encroachment much is timeless. Like a good hike, the film is not a race and takes its time to pause and wonder at its surroundings.

Halfway through the film there are some great scenes of a mass pilgrimage through the streets of Guildford to the site of the new Cathedral. The event, which took place on the 4th April 1955, marked the much delayed start of the construction of the nave, and was clearly a celebratory occasion for the town and its surroundings.

Original title
Pilgrims' Way
Director
William N. Boyle
Genres
Travelogue
Released
1956
Country
United Kingdom
Location
WinchesterCanterburyMartyr WorthyFarnhamCompton
Language
English

Subjects

Pilgrim's Way, The Guildford cathedral Hops Rambling