Category archives: County Durham

Day 25: Stockton-on-Tees to Middlesbrough

Date Friday 15th February 2019 Holy Places Visited Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough (exterior) Seventh-day Adventist Church, Middlesbrough (exterior) St. Barnabas Church, Middlesbrough (exterior) The Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist, Middlesbrough Holy Trinity Church, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough (exterior) The Catholic Church of St. Alphonsus, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough (exterior) Distance Travelled Approximately 10½ km (6½ …

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Day 24: Stockton-on-Tees

Date Thursday 14th February 2019 Holy Places Visited Hebron Church (exterior), Stockton-on-Tees Stockton Parish Church (exterior), Stockton-on-Tees Stockton Baptist Church, Stockton-on-Tees Distance Travelled Approximately 4 km (2½ miles) Route Another fine, mild day. Walked through Stockton town centre then along the bank of the River Tees to the eastern part of the town.

Day 23: Sedgefield to Stockton-on-Tees

Date Wednesday 13th February 2019 Holy Places Visited The Parish Church of St. James (exterior), Thorpe Thewles St. Paul’s Church (exterior), Newton, Stockton-on-Tees St. Bede’s Church (exterior), Stockton-on-Tees Distance Travelled Approximately 14½ km (9 miles) Route A cloudy day and not too cold. Headed south-east from Sedgefield, following public footpaths and tracks through beautiful rolling …

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Day 22: Ferryhill to Sedgefield

Date Tuesday 12th February 2019 Holy Places Visited Ferryhill Methodist Church (exterior), Ferryhill Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses (exterior), Ferryhill Sedgefield Methodist Church, Sedgefield St. Edmund’s Church (exterior), Sedgefield Distance Travelled Approximately 10½ km (6½ miles) Route An overcast and dry day, quite mild. Walked to Mainsforth then Bishop Middleham. Followed public footpaths towards Hardwick …

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Day 20: Shincliffe to Tursdale

Date Sunday 10th February 2019 Holy Places Visited The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Shincliffe The Parish Church of Christ the King, Bowburn Distance Travelled Approximately 6½ km (4 miles) Route After visiting St. Mary’s Church, walked to Bowburn and joined the last part of the Sunday Service at The Parish Church of …

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Day 19: Durham to Shincliffe

Date Saturday 9th February 2019 Holy Places Visited Waddington Street United Reformed Church (exterior), Durham Chapel of the Durham Presbyterian Church (exterior), Durham The Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Mary the Virgin and St. Cuthbert of Durham The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin (exterior), Shincliffe Distance Travelled Approximately 5½ km (3½ miles) …

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