Ecclesall Deanery Prayer Pilgrimage (part of the deanery) Overview: ca. 14.7 miles Woodseats Chad Greenhill Abbeydale St Jn Totley Dore Greystones Endcliffe (x2) Psalter Lane SS Peter / Oswald Woodseats Chad NB. Some of the more central 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 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