St Peter's Chapel at Bradwell-on-Sea. The St Peter's Way provides an alternative to the Way of Our Lady of Light to Clacton-on-Sea, which can only be walked during summer months because it uses seasonal ferries at Brightlingsea.
It has been adopted by Essex County Council, waymarked, and a downloadable guidebook was produced in St Peter's Chapel is one of the oldest largely intact churches in England. In AD Cedd travelled south from Lindisfarne to spread Christianity amongst the East Saxons, and, having been ordained as a bishop, returned the next year to build the chapel, amid the ruins of the abandoned Roman fort of Othona. There is an annual ecumenical pilgrimage and the chapel is used by the nearby Othona Community.
Using the tabs in this section you can find the information you need for your pilgrimage. The Outer Way provides practical advice about the route. The Cathedral can be reached by foot or bus from the railway station. The route is through suburbs and them quiet countryside to the village of Ingatestone, shortly afterwards passing Ingatestone Hall and then reaching Stock.
There are plenty of options for food, drink and accommodation in Brentwood. There are pubs and shops at Shenfield, Ingatestone and Stock. There are railway stations for trains back to Brentwood at Shenfield and Ingatestone. There are buses from Stock, although no direct route to Brentwood see link below.
Accommodation is available at an inn in Stock. For walking directions download the walking guidance for the Way of Our Lady of Light. It was originally a neo-Gothic mission church built in the s and raised to cathedral status in It was considerably enlarged in the s, but this addition was replaced in with a neo-Classical extension designed by Quinlan Terry, inspired by the early Italian Renaissance fused with the English Baroque of Sir Christopher Wren.
