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The Penrhys Pilgrimage Way is a 21 mile walk which follows public rights of way from Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff to Penrhys in the Rhondda. It’s a beautiful walk, starting at the Cathedral, following Radyr Woods, up to Radyr Heights, crossing the M4 footbridge to Pentyrch, Creigiau, Groesfaen and Llantrisant (which is as far as I’ve been able to walk so far). It then continues to Penrhys via Tonyrefail.
Going on a pilgrimage was popular in Wales from the fifth and six centuries. St David and St Teilo were the rock stars of that time. In south east Wales, the most important pilgrimage site at that time was the shrine of St Teilo in Llandaff Cathedral. By the fifteenth century, the statue of the Virgin and Child, and nearby holy well, at Penrhys in the Rhondda, was a really popular pilgrimage site, controlled by the Cistercian Abbey of Llantarnam. This 21-mile walk has been rebooted for the 21st century by a
The route of the Penrhys Pilgrimage Way you can walk today was opened just before the COVID-19 lockdown, which has made waymarking and promotion challenging. Local storytellers, led by Steve Killick and Helen Lloyd Jones, have come together to hold an online storytelling event on 24 June 2020 to raise awareness of the walk and to raise funds.
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