Guy Stagg

Pilgrimage is beginning to resemble any other kind of holiday

Following a pilgrim’s way has become the ideal ritual for the spiritual-but-not-religious — and glamping is even available at some sacred sites, says Peter Stanford

St Winefride’s Well, Holywell, Wales claims to be the oldest continually visited pilgrimage site in Britain. Credit: Alamy
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  • Pilgrimage: Journeys of Meaning

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    Thames & Hudson, pp. 256, £25

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