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GO ON 4 ibis Reading Centre Welcome to Reading, a modern destination with a medieval history. SBR Reading is the departure point for modern pilgrims and walkers OOK GT 4 St Anne’s Well 5 ibis Styles Reading Centre

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retracing the steps of medieval pilgrims along St James’ Way to S 6 Malmaison Reading

DG A Southampton and then on to Galicia in north-west Spain to join the RI Caversham Court Gardens B W 7 Market House Reading

English Way, one of the routes of the world famous Way of Saint M 6 St Anne’s Chapel 8 Mercure George Hotel Reading James, the Camino de Santiago. THAMES HA CAVERSHAM S B334 7 De Montfort Island 9 PROMENADE R 5 Novotel Reading Centre Reading has lots to see and do while you are here, including a (now Fry’s Island) 6 VE 10 Pentahotel number of important pilgrim sites. This map guide will help you make CA 6 8 Greyfriars the most of your visit and set you off on the right route to walk the 11 Premier Inn Reading Central 1 9 St Laurence’s Church St James’ Way ... and maybe on to Santiago! 12 The Roseate Reading ENUE T 10 Hospitium AV HA 13 RICHFIELD Travelodge Reading Central Pilgrimage in Reading M 11 Forbury Gardens ES Throughout the Middle Ages, Reading and Caversham were recognised PA 12 Abbey Gateway 5 TH Key centres of pilgrimage. The focus in Reading was Reading Abbey, which 13 Reading Museum Car Park with Disabled Spaces possessed over 230 relics including the Hand of St James, which made 1

C T Public Toilet Reading the centre of the cult of St James in early medieval England. AV

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E R Attractions On the other side of the River Thames was the Shrine of Our Lady of R Taxi Rank T SH FRY’S S Caversham, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which was visited in person ISLAND 1 Caversham Boat Services Reading Walk-In A E by Queen Catherine of Aragon as late as 1532. Both were dissolved in M CHRISTCHURCH HILLS Health Centre RO MEADOWS RG MEADOW 2 Grosvenor Casino Reading O the late 1530s, after which the location of the Shrine of Our Lady was AD D GE 3 Reading Biscuit Factory lost to local memory, and has only been re-identified in recent years. R T R Cinema O AD The St James’ Way is a long-distance walk of 68.5 miles running from F CHRISTCHURCH 4 T O Reading Museum R BRIDGE Reading Abbey south to Southampton, and part of the Camino Inglés, ON H 5 T Thames Lido M Approx 250m the network of pilgrimage trails that run as far north in England as U RI O VE 6 DE Thames Rivercruise Reading Durham to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, where St James is M R E N L TH G 5 minute walk 7 buried. This route will soon be marked with the scallop shell, symbol P D Vue Cinema VAST LY A I ME E N R

of the pilgrims to Santiago, and a yellow arrow to point you in the R A B N S

RO M G right Camino. AD N R I O D Make the most of your visit to Reading to discover its pilgrimage N TH EA MES PA R HA heritage on both sides of the Thames. T To 5 Caversham KING’S MEADOW

To Bristol ST JAMES’ WAY DURHAM and the West

TU READING D STATION OR RD To London Paddington STAT ION HILL Where to get your pilgrim passport stamped in Reading

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V E St James’ Way LONDON M Pilgrims who wish to start their pilgrimage in Reading can collect E R F 4 13 O D S HA GR R 11 pilgrim stamps in the following Reading locations: T B 1

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HALL R • St James’ Church (call 0118 957 4171 to arrange) 8 Y VE EET SOUTHAMPTON FRIAR STR G • Reading Museum (Tuesday – Saturday only) CA READIN OL C WE TOWN GA T’S WK CR • Some Reading hotels, cafés, pubs... that display the scallop shell 9 COU 12 To Spain by sea or air H HALL ABBO ST 12 EA CENTRAL RETAIL OW 2 SQ symbol of the Camino Inglés to Santiago on their premises

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H N S R DISTRICT DE WK ID L IG I E OSC W The stamps that you obtain in Reading, along the rest of Saint James´ ET E AR E H R AB D STREET A ROA U Way and in the Camino Inglés in Galicia serve as a record of your 13 B S 7 SQ B T CAMINO INGLÉS TO BEY E ABBEY camino. The passport is what you present at Santiago Pilgrims´ Office RD B Y XFORD ST A SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA O S to prove that you have undertaken the minimum distance to qualify 10 3 MA T KI QUARTER 8 D NG’S FRANCE BROAD RY ROA you for the ´Compostela´, the ultimate pilgrim recognition of having FERROL U D AD STREET MALL K RO ’S 3 TS 5 E compleRted the Camino de Santiago! READING O B ST A CORUÑA U MINSTER ET T Y KENN T IE IVER S LD R HALL 2 P THE ORACLE L 2

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