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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


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


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


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


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


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!


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


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!


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


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

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