Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage (part of the deanery) Overview: ca. 14.7 miles Woodseats Chad Greenhill Beauchief Abbey Abbeydale St Jn Totley Dore Ecclesall Greystones Endcliffe (x2) Psalter Lane SS Peter / Oswald Millhouses Woodseats Chad NB. Some of the more central Sheffield parishes in this deanery are combined with some Attercliffe parishes Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 1: St Chad Woodseats S8 0GA to St Peter’s Greenhill S8 7FN, 1.5 miles, 33 min via the FP through Chancet Wood 09:00 Pray at St Chad’s for 15 min 09:15 Depart St Chad 09:45 Arrive St Peter’s to pray for 15 min 10:00 Depart St Peter’s Route:
South on Linden Ave & then L into Abbey Lane
R on to A61, Meadowhead
R on to FP just after RC church on R
Eventually turn L on to Bocking Lane
Turn R to stay on Bocking Lane
2nd exit at roundabout on to Reney Rd
R into Reney Ave to access St Peter’s Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 2: St Peter Greenhill to St John’s Abbeydale S17 3LE 1.0 miles, 20 min 10:00 Depart St Peter’s 10:20 Arrive Beauchief Abbey Pray for 10 min 10:30 Depart Beauchief Abbey Route:
Turn R into Reney Rd, retracing route
2nd exit at roundabout on to Westwick Crescent
R into Westwick Rd
L into Cockshutt Rd & follow to the end
FP between houses slightly L of the end of Cockshutt Rd through Parkbank Wood
L into lne at far side of woods & follow to the Abbey Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 3: Beauchief Abbey to St John the Evangelist, Abbeydale, S17 3LE About 1.0 miles, 20 min 10:30 Depart Beauchief Abbey 10:50 Arrive St John’s Pray 15 min 11:05 Depart St John’s Route:
Google has 1.3 miles Abbey Lane & Abbeydale Rd (A621) = boring; only use this route if it’s very wet
Looks more interesting to take the byway to Cockshutt Farm
Then head for ‘MS’ (milestone) & pick up the track & FP to Twentywell Lane
Descend Twentywell Lane & turn L to the church on Abbeydale Rd
Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 4: St John’s to All Saints Totley S17 4AA, 1.5 miles, 32 min 11:05 Depart St John’s 11:40 Arrive All Saints Pray for 15 min 11:55 Depart All Saints Route:
Easiest route = A621 Abbeydale Rd
L just after Main St (Farm shop on corner) & down an alley into Meadow Grove Rd
R into Sunnyvale Rd
Follow to the end, slight R & then L up footpath to the church Alternative: back track to Twentywell Lane & take FP just after the railway bridge through Poynton Wood to miss out a long section of A road Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 5: All Saints Totley to Christ Church Dore S17 3GY 1.4 miles, 30 min 11:55 Depart All Saints 12:25 Arrive Christ Church to pray 15 min & eat packed lunch 13:10 Depart Christ Church Route:
Leave All Saints car park & turn R on Totley Hall Lane
Cross Baslow Rd (care needed) on staggered crossroads into Hillfoot Lane
Care needed on Hillfoot Lane: narrow & lacks a footpath
Penny Lane leaves on your L, then you join a wall on R; at the end of this (still on Hillfoot Lane) turn R on FP
Follow this through to Totley Brook Rd & turn L, following this up to Furniss Ave; turn L into Furniss Ave
Turn R into Church Lane & then R again into Vicarage Lane to access the church
Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 6: Dore to Ecclesall, All Saints, S11 7PQ, about 3 miles, 1 hour This is map 1 Follow the road to Limb Hill Pass a car park for Ecclesall Woods Take the bridleway marked Go as far as the FBs Then follow the red dotted path I have marked on here, which I have walked but it is not on this OS map Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 6: Dore to Ecclesall, All Saints, S11 7PQ, about 3 miles, 1 hour This is map 2 for this stage
Aim for the LHS of this map, crossing Abbey Lane near the junction with Whirlowdale Rd & follow the LH edge of the wood
Emerge in Dobcroft Rd near ‘Schs’ on the map
If, however, you end up going further R to cross Abbey Lane lower down, just follow the big path round to Dobcroft Rd, crossing Whirlowdale Rd on the way (near the edge of the wood)
Opposite where the path emerges from the woods, take Silverdale Rd up to the junction of Knowle Lane, Woodholm Rd & Ecclesall Rd
Turn R into Ecclesall Rd & follow this down to the church, turning L into All Saints up a path off this main road
13:10 Depart Christ Church Dore 14:15 Arrive All Saints to pray for 15 min 14:30 Depart All Saints Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 7: Ecclesall to St Gabriel’s, Greystones, S11 7JB, 0.5 miles, 9 min
Exit the church on to Ringinglow Rd
Turn L & then R into Dobbin Hill; follow this to St Gabriel’s 14:30 Depart All Saints 14:40 Arrive St Gabriel’s to pray for 15 min 14:55 Depart St Gabriel’s 15:15 Arrive St Augustine’s / Christ Church Endcliffe to pray for 15 min 15:30 Depart Endcliffe
Stage 8: Greystones to Endcliffe, S11, 8RG, 0.9 miles, 17 min via the park
R into Greystones Rd
L into Peveril Rd
L into Rustlings Rd & R into the park
Follow the stream down to the roundabout on Ecclesall Rd
1st exit at roundabout into Brocco Bank
Church is on the R Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 8: St Augustine’s to St Andrew Psalter Lane, S11 8YL, 0.6 miles, 14 min
Back down Brocco Bank to the roundabout Then a choice of either
Sharrow Vale Rd & Bagshot St
Junction Rd & Psalter Lane
15:30 Depart Endcliffe 15:45 Arrive Psalter Lane Pray 15 min 16:00 Depart Psalter Lane
Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 9: Psalter Lane to SS Oswald & Peter, S7 2DL, 1.3 miles, 27 min
16:00 Depart Psalter Lane 16:30 Arrive St Oswald’s to pray 15 min 16:45 Depart St Oswald’s
L out of church & L down Cherry Tree Rd
Continue into Union Rd
Slight R into Lyndhurst Rd
Then L into Union Rd again
L into Brincliffe Edge Rd
FP descends R off this, just past Oak Hill Rd
Take FP to Archer Lane
Turn L into Archer Lane & then R into Archer Lane to descend
L into Bannerdale Rd; church at the bottom on the LHS Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 10: St Oswald’s to Holy Trinity Millhouses, S7 2GY, 0.8 miles, 17 min
Turn R on to Abbeydale Rd (A621) away from the city centre
Take the P&R / Tesco slip road
Pick up the Sheaf River walk just after the recycling point & follow this to Old Station Drive
Turn R to stay on Old Station Drive & exit on to Archer Rd
Turn R into Archer Rd & cross Abbeydale Rd into Springfield Rd
Turn L into Grove Rd
Holy Trinity is on your L
16:45 Depart St Oswald 17:00 Arrive Holy Trinity Pray for 15 min 17:15 Depart Holy Trinity
Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage Stage 11: Holy Trinity back to St Chad’s 1.2 miles, 25 min Looks as though you might be able to cut through the middle, past the crem, but not 100% clear on the map
Retrace your steps Grove Rd, Springfield Rd & Archer Rd
Continue round to L on Archer Rd
R into Fraser Rd
R into Holmhirst Drive
R into Holmhirst 17:15 Depart Holy Trinity Close & then take FP to Moor View Rd 17:40 Arrive St Chad’s to finish L onto Camping Lane
R into Linden Ave