Walsingham
Site Significance: 1
In 1061 the Mother of God appeared to a local Saxon noble woman named Richeldis de Faverches, instructing her to build an exact replica of the Holy House in Nazareth. The shrine soon became a major site of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, but was sadly destroyed at the Reformation. In 1897, the Slipper Chapel (1 mile outside the village) began to restored by the Roman Catholic church and in 1921 the recently appointed Anglican priest of the village, Fr Hope Patten, began reigniting Anglican interest in the site. From the 1930s the Orthodox church also started undertaking pilgrimages and was granted special space at the Anglican shrine to construct a dedicated chapel.
Type of site: Church
Ownership: Church of England
Website (if known): https://www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk
Facilities
Parking: There is Pay and Display parking available in the village.
Accessibility: Wheelchair access throughout the site.
Refreshments: The Anglican shrine has a cafe for day visitors, as well as a restaurant for pilgrims staying overnight.
Accommodation: The shrine has bookable overnight accommodation.
Getting there
Address: The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Walsingham
Norfolk
NR22 6BP
Nearest rail station: Norwich
What3Words: operated.scorpions.swooning
Co-ordinates: Latitude: 52.89470000 Longitude: 0.87590000
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