| 50 Mile Churches Challenge Route | |||||||||||||||
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| Circular route from Guilsborough, 52 miles | |||||||||||||||
| Comment | Total Distance | Open churches with refreshments | |||||||||||||
| Guilsborough: St Etheldreda, Coton Rd | Start | Guilsborough, St Etheldreda | |||||||||||||
| Direction Naseby, cross A5199, 2miles turn right | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Direction Cottesbrook, 1 mile turn right | Gated road | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Through Cottesbrook, turn left on to Station Rd | 3.75 | Cottesbrook, All Saints | |||||||||||||
| Direction Brixworth, 3 miles into Brixworth via | Brixworth, All Saints | ||||||||||||||
| Church St and High St to Scaldwell Rd over A508. | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Turn right then left on to Holcot Rd | 7.5 | ||||||||||||||
| In Holcot turn left on to Rectory Lane | 10 | Holcot, Saint Mary and All Saints | |||||||||||||
| Leave Holcot on Walgrave Rd then right on to road to Hannington | |||||||||||||||
| At Hannington turn left on to Walgrave Rd | 11.5 | Hannington, St Peter & St Paul | |||||||||||||
| At Walgrave turn left on to Rectory Rd, and on to Old Rd | Walgrave, St Peter, and Baptist Chapel | ||||||||||||||
| At Old, head out on the Scaldwell Rd | 14 | Old, St Andrew's | |||||||||||||
| After 0.5mile keep straight on towards Lamport | |||||||||||||||
| After another 0.5mile turn right towards Harrington | |||||||||||||||
| Follow road towards Harrington for 2 miles | |||||||||||||||
| Branch left - continuing towards Harrington, over the A14 | 18.75 | ||||||||||||||
| Before Harrington, turn left towards Kelmarsh | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| At Kelmarsh, turn left on to the A508 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| After approx 100m turn right, signed to the Buddist Centre | |||||||||||||||
| At T junction, turn right towards Hazelbech | 22.5 | Hazelbech, St Michael | |||||||||||||
| Continue to Naseby, and All Saints Church on Church St | Half Way! | 25.5 | Naseby, All Saints | ||||||||||||
| Leave Naseby on the road to Welford | |||||||||||||||
| Branch left towards Welford approx 0.25 mile along this road | |||||||||||||||
| At Welford, turn left on to the A5199. | 29 | Welford, St Mary the Virgin, | |||||||||||||
| Almost immediately turn right on to West Street. | and Congregational Chapel | ||||||||||||||
| Turn right at cross roads after approx 1 mile, towards S.Kilworth | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| At S.Kilworth, turn left towards Stanford on the Rugby Rd | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Branch left towards Stanford on Avon after almost 2 miles | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| At Stanford, turn left towards Clay Coton and Yelvertoft | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| At Yelvertoft turn right towards Crick | Diversion needed to | 37 | Yelvertoft, All Saints | ||||||||||||
| the far end of the village | and Congregational Chapel | ||||||||||||||
| if you want to visit All | |||||||||||||||
| Saints Yelvertoft | |||||||||||||||
| At Crick, follow the road through, past the church to the Main Rd (A428) | 39 | Crick, St Margaret | |||||||||||||
| Cross the Main Rd on to High St, which becomes the Watford Rd | |||||||||||||||
| Follow this road to Watford | Gated Rd | Watford, St Peter & St Paul | |||||||||||||
| Warning - cattle grid !! | |||||||||||||||
| Turn right on to Church St | 41.75 | ||||||||||||||
| Turn left on to Main St | |||||||||||||||
| Turn right towards Long Buckby | 42 | ||||||||||||||
| Follow this road to Long Buckby | Long Buckby, St Lawrence | ||||||||||||||
| Leave Long Buckby on the Brington Rd (turn right off the High St | and Baptist Chapel on Brington Rd | ||||||||||||||
| at the Dynasty Chinese Restaurant | |||||||||||||||
| Follow this road and turn right at the end to visit Gt Brington | Gated Rd. Rough surface. | 47 | Gt Brington, St Mary with St John | ||||||||||||
| Warning - cattle grids !! | Probably not open | ||||||||||||||
| Note: Gt Brington church appears not to be open on the information currently available | |||||||||||||||
| Retreat back down the hill the way you have just come and continue | |||||||||||||||
| across the A428 towards East Haddon | East Haddon, St Mary | ||||||||||||||
| Enter East Haddon on Church Lane | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Turn left and then right on to the Ravensthorpe Rd | |||||||||||||||
| Continue to Ravensthorpe | 50.5 | Ravensthorpe, St Denys | |||||||||||||
| Leave Ravensthorpe on the Guilsborough Rd / Coton Rd | |||||||||||||||
| After passing Ravensthorpe resevoir turn immediately right, passing | 51.5 | ||||||||||||||
| the small car park and up the hill signed to Hollowell | A final test for the legs! | ||||||||||||||
| After 0.5 mile, at crossroads, turn left towards Guilsborough | |||||||||||||||
| Continue back to Guilsborough | Well done! | more than 52 miles! | Welcome back to St Etheldreda | ||||||||||||