Walks, guides and notes from the people making Pilgrim.
The North East has been a place people walk to for 1,300 years. A guide to its pilgrim routes, from week-long trails to a two-mile crossing of the sands that you have to time with the tide.
15 October 2026 · 7 min read
Edinburgh's river runs through a gorge a few minutes from Princes Street, past mill villages, a Georgian spa and six iron men standing in the water. Here's the best city stretch, stop by stop.
13 October 2026 · 6 min read
York's best streets are the ones too narrow for a car. A short loop from the Minster through the snickelways: medieval lanes, yards and passages most visitors walk straight past.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
The Ouseburn made glass, pots and lead for centuries. Now it's where Newcastle goes for gigs, books and a pint by the water. A short loop through the valley, stop by stop.
6 October 2026 · 7 min read
A guide can read a group's faces and change course. A written stop can't. Here's how to write walking tour stops that hold someone's attention on a cold pavement.
1 October 2026 · 8 min read
Seven bridges cross the Tyne in about a mile of river. You can walk over five of them. Here's a loop that takes in four, with a step-free version and a longer one.
29 September 2026 · 7 min read
A walking journey is a self-guided walk with a beginning, a middle and an end, made by someone who knows the place. Here's how they work and why we think finishing matters.
24 September 2026 · 5 min read
Most people who could make a brilliant walking tour never do. Here's how to turn what you know about a place into a route strangers can walk, and finish, without you.
24 September 2026 · 8 min read