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The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia was created to facilitate the study of pilgrimage through two primary mechanisms.

A pilgrimage takes place each year on the Sunday closest to 12 July, the day when travelling priests Nicholas Garlick and Robert Ludlam were captured at Padley in 1588. They were subsequently convicted and executed.

Founded 1989.

Follows in the footsteps of Pilgrims from Farnham to Canterbury.

Association of people with the common interest of walking long distances in rural, mountainous or moorland areas. Includes pilgrimage routes.

Provides information and support to visitors.

Journeying is an ecumenical organisation which takes small groups on holiday to locations in Britain and Ireland.

The Pilgrimage Museum in Santiago opened in 1951.

BBC blog on pilgrimage.