Via Beata

Via Beata The Via Beata is a pilgrimage route across the widest part of UK with artworks to visit on the way.

The latest Via Beata Artwork Will be a magnificent bench going to a church in Herefordshire. Some of the team went over...
28/05/2026

The latest Via Beata Artwork Will be a magnificent bench going to a church in Herefordshire. Some of the team went over to a sawmill in Herefordshire to buy this magnificent clean piece of beautifully loved oak! We thought it was fitting that oak cut from the county went into making the artwork!
Now it is time to start marking up the design that will be carved into it.





28/05/2026

Last painting! The Stony Hearts artwork at in . The artwork is nearly finished renovation and will be placed back on location in . This is part of the pilgrimage walk across the UK. There is one of these artworks every 10 mile all the way across the UK from st David's to Lowestoft!


14/05/2026

Along the Via Beata there are art installations like this carved in wood (or other mediums!) every 10 miles along the route. This one is from in Wales.




For centuries, pilgrims have carried a passport as a sign that they are undertaking something out of the ordinary.We’ve ...
30/04/2026

For centuries, pilgrims have carried a passport as a sign that they are undertaking something out of the ordinary.

We’ve now created a Via Beata passport in that same spirit. It offers a simple way to mark each artwork you encounter along the route. Each passport is individually numbered and impressed as a unique record of your journey.

Passport holders are welcomed at no charge into the cathedrals along the way. Many of the places connected to the route offer accommodation at a reduced rate, or sometimes freely, to those travelling it if you show your passport.

The final image here shows Biddy Collyer, our Walking Director, with the first passport issued.

If you feel called to walk the Via Beata, you can find more here:
https://www.viabeata.co.uk/passports/

These are stone hearts carved by young people at a music festival in 2014. They are now part of the Via Beata art inst...
16/04/2026

These are stone hearts carved by young people at a music festival in 2014. They are now part of the Via Beata art installation, located in a waystation shelter there. There is a verse in the Bible that talks about God taking away our stony hearts and giving us a new soft heart.




Getting ready the 40 ft long set of ornament survey maps! All join together to show the Via Beata route in Landranger s...
16/04/2026

Getting ready the 40 ft long set of ornament survey maps! All join together to show the Via Beata route in Landranger scale! We have made markers to show every artwork along the route! After nearly two decades We are getting close to our dream of having a artwork communicating something of the gospel every 10 miles of this beautiful and incredible journey.





After literally years of planning... We now have our first batch of Via Beata Pilgrim Passports! These will allow pilgr...
19/02/2026

After literally years of planning... We now have our first batch of Via Beata Pilgrim Passports!

These will allow pilgrims to record each way-station they visit, get free access into the cathedrals on the route and get substantially discounted or free accommodation at various places along the pilgrimage.

Our wish was that anyone can access the hugely significant and rather quite challenging 450 mile walk of the Via Beata between St David's and Lowestoft. We hope these passports will accompany people on life changing adventures for many years to come!

They will be available to people undertaking the Via Beata in any form, from the website in the next few weeks.





In a church in Eardisley in Herefordshire, The Via Beata are getting ready to set up a plaque. It's not a full-blown way...
08/01/2026

In a church in Eardisley in Herefordshire, The Via Beata are getting ready to set up a plaque. It's not a full-blown way station yet!
This is the proposed design and we're going to carve it onto a big slab of sycamore. This particular bit of wood has a bit of story - It was bought over 20 years ago to craft the necks and heads of double basses and cellos! It has been sitting in a shed ever since - so what better use than to make it a part of an artwork made as an act of worship!






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One of our recent walkers completed the whole of the English leg of the Via Beata (in one go!) and took many great pictu...
27/11/2025

One of our recent walkers completed the whole of the English leg of the Via Beata (in one go!) and took many great pictures along the way. This one was my favourite. I feel like it shows the Via Beata is getting established as part of the fabric of the countryside....

Really excited to share — our latest artwork is now in place at Bethel Chapel in , Carmarthenshire! This piece was carv...
30/10/2025

Really excited to share — our latest artwork is now in place at Bethel Chapel in , Carmarthenshire! This piece was carved from a single large block of oak and framed in a stainless steel casing made by the amazing . If you’ve been to that part of , you’ll recognise the famous viaduct over the valley — it’s the frame for this artwork.












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