East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Overview: Total distance = 37.4 miles Start & finish = my home in Bramley. List of stopping points: Thrybergh, St Leonard’s Hooton Roberts, St John the Baptist Ravenfield, St James Bramley, St Francis Braithwell, St James Maltby, St Bartholomew Firbeck, St Martin Letwell, St Peter Woodsetts, St George Anston, St James Thorpe Salvin, St Peter Todwick, SS Peter & Paul Dinnington, St Leonard Laughton, All Saints Thurcroft, SS Simon & Jude Wickersley, St Alban People could join me for shorter sections, e.g. Todwick, Dinnington, Laughton, Thurcroft East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 1: From my home to St Leonard’s Thrybergh, S65 4HN, 2.1 miles, 11 min (largely downhill) 08:20 Leave home 08:35 Arrive St Leonard’s to pray 08:50 Depart for Hooton Roberts Route: Walk the bike through the woods to Hollings Lane Descend Hollings Lane Turn R under the railway bridge on Vale Road Turn R into Park Lane Turn R on to Doncaster Rd Church is on the L after the School Lane junction East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 2: St Leonard’s Thrybergh S65 4HN to St John the Baptist Hooton Roberts, S65 4FP, 1.4 miles, 7 min 08:50 Depart Thrybergh 09:00 Arrive Hooton Roberts Pray for 10 min 09:10 Depart Hooton Robert Route Doncaster Road Stage 3: Hooton Roberts, S65 4FP, To St James, Ravenfield 1.5 miles, 11 min, uphill 09:10 Depart Hooton Roberts 09:25 Arrive St James Pray 15 min 09:40 Depart Route Doncaster Rd (westbound) Ascend Ravenfield Lane. NB. use pavement (narrow road) Turn L into Church Lane & follow this uphill to St James East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 4: Ravenfield to St Francis Bramley, 2.2 miles, 15 min to tie-in with Thursday Morning Prayer 09:40 Leave Ravenfield 09:55 Arrive St Francis 10:00 Morning prayer Stay for coffee 10:55 Depart Bramley Moor Lane N & S Main Street Stage 5: Bramley, S66 2SQ to St James Braithwell, S66 7AS, 4.0 miles, 21 min 10:55 Depart St Francis 11:20 Arrive Braithwell 11:35 Depart Braithwell Main St L onto Bawtry Rd Cycle lane / crossing to cross M18 roundabout & continue on A631 L. into industrial estate (Denby Way, then Hellaby Way) Staggered crossroads into Greaves Syke Lane R into Micklebring Lane East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 6: Braithwell (S66 7AS) to St Bartholomew Maltby (S66 8JB) 2.2 miles, 12 min 11:35 Depart Braithwell 11.50 Arrive Maltby to pray for 15 min 12.05 Depart Maltby Route: Maltby Rd / Braithwell Rd past Leisure Centre to A631 Cross this main road & take Blyth Rd & Church Lane down to the church Stage 7: Maltby (S66 8JB to St Martin Firbeck, S81 8JY 3.5 miles, 17 min 12:05 Depart Maltby 12.25 Arrive Firbeck to pray & also lunch stop 13:10 Depart Firbeck Route: A634 Blyth Rd out past Roche Abbey R into New Rd, signed for Firbeck R at Black Lion Inn, still New Rd: St Martin’s is on the R East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 8: Firbeck, S81 8JY to St Peter, Letwell S81 8DE, 1.4 miles, 9 min 13:10 Depart Firbeck 13:20 Arrive Letwell to pray for 15 min 13:35 Depart Letwell Route: Kid Lane (opposite the church) Turn R into Lamb Lane, B6463 Turn L into Ramper Rd & enter Letwell, sweeping round to R R into Church Lane to find the church Stage 9: St Peter, Letwell S81 8DE to St George, Woodsetts S81 8SU, 2.3 miles, 10 min This follows the route I took as part of the Worksop Triathlon 13:35 Depart Letwell 13:45 Arrive Woodsetts to pray for 15 min 14:00 Depart Woodsetts Route: Basically straight down Gildingwells Rd, though it changes name from time to time (Burns Lane, Woodsetts Rd, etc.) NB. On the triathlon the junction in Gildingwells was a compulsory STOP because you are giving way at a road with the national speed limit. CAUTION! East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 10: Woodsetts S81 8SU to St James Anston S25 5DT, 2.8 miles, 19 min 14:00 Depart Woodsetts 14:20 Arrive St James, Anston to pray for 15 min NB, Bikes CAN access church from Sheffield Rd (under lych-gate) 14:35 Depart Anston Dinnington Rd / Woodsetts Rd to North Anston L on to B6060 Straight on at TLs R into Sheffield Rd Church on R Stage 11: St James Anston S25 5DT to St Peter. Thorpe Salvin S80 3JP 2.5 miles, 14 min 14:50 Arrive to pray 15:00 Depart Sheffield Rd keep L into High St L into Crowgate B6059 L into Packman Lane L into Lady Field Rd East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 12: Thorpe Salvin S80 3JP to SS Peter & Paul, Todwick, S26 1HN 2.8 miles, 17 min 15:00 Depart Thorpe Salvin 15:20 Arrive Todwick, pray 15 min 15:35 Depart Todwick Route: Lady Field Lane R into Packman Lane L into Red Hill, B6059 R at Kiveton Lane in Kiveton Park & follow this road into Todwick R into Lindley’s Croft Could do with a cuppa by the time I reach Todwick! East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 13: Todwick, S26 1HN to St Leonard Dinnington, S25 2QU, 3.2 miles, 18 min 15:35 Depart Todwick 15:55 Arrive Dinnington to pray for 15 min 16:10 Depart Dinnington Kiveton Lane to A57: use crossing! Todwick Rd, B6463 as far as Marquis Motorhomes. Cross the road here into Church Lane R at T-junction (still Church Lane) R into Church Lane when Althorne Lane goes straight ahead Join B6060 (New Rd) R into Nursery Lane Stage 14: Dinnington, S25 2QU to Laughton S25 1YF, 1.9 miles, 11 min 16:25 Arrive Laughton, pray 10 min 16:35 Depart Laughton Nursery Rd, L into New Rd R into Laughton Rd 2nd exit roundabout Breck La R at B6463 & then L St John’s Rd East Rotherham & Laughton Prayer Pilgrimage Cycle Route Stage 15: Laughton S25 1YF to SS Simon & Jude Thurcroft S66 9LH, 1.5 miles, 7 min 16:35 Depart Laughton 16:45 Arrive Thurcroft & pray for 15 min 17:00 Depart Thurcroft Route: Leave the village via High St & Rotherham Lane This becomes Laughton Rd Turn L between houses shortly after the surgery & approach the church across a park Stage 16: Thurcroft S66 9LH to St Alban Wickersley, S66 1ES 2.5 miles, 15 min 17:00 Depart Thurcroft 17:15 Arrive St Alban’s to pray: Plan with Peter Hughes After prayer there, cycle home Stage 17: Wickersley to home 1.6 miles, 8 min .