Old Way

Brighton & Hove, E Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Southampton, W Sussex

The Old Way to Canterbury is a lost pilgrimage route, rediscovered from Britain’s oldest road map – the Gough map, dated c. 1360. For over two centuries, this was the most accurate map of Britain. Other contemporary maps had Jerusalem at the centre, with Britain as an amorphous lump on the edge of the world, marked with one or two towns only. The Gough map, by comparison, is remarkably accurate. It is the oldest map of Britain that shows overland routes – thin red lines like the Great North Road (the A1). But in nearly 3000 miles of roads, the Gough map only shows one path to Canterbury. And it is not the one you might think.

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Details:

Path Type:	Other Paths
Attributes:	Average Gradients Coastal Pilgrimage Religious
Start:	SU426116 - Southampton, Southampton
Finish:	TR346624 - Shell Ness, Sandwich, Kent
Web Sites:	The Old Way

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