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Introduction vii1. London 1Westminster Abbey 2, Diana, Princess of Wales 5, Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine 9,Twickenham Stadium 10, Bevis Marks Synagogue 12, Highgate Cemetery 15,Central London Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre 17, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir 182. Southeastern England 21Bradwell-on-Sea 21, Canterbury 23, The Long Man of Wilmington 27, Winchester 29,Stonehenge 34, Bhaktivedanta Manor 38, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery 403. Southwestern England 45The Avebury complex 45, Bath Spa 49, The Cerne Abbas Giant 53, Glastonbury 55,Tintagel 61, Walking The Saints' Way 64, Marazion and St Michael's Mount 66,Land's End Peninsula 704. Central and Eastern England 75Lincoln 75, Leicester's Hindu, Sikh and Jain temples 79, Uffington White Horse 83,Rollright Stones 86, Little Gidding 90, Ely 92, Walsingham 965. Northern England 105Lindisfarne (Holy Island) 105, The Farne Islands - Inner Farne 110, Jarrow 113,Durham 119, Cumbria's stone circles 124, The medieval monasteries of NorthYorkshire 128,

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Britain is packed to the gunnels with places to visit that many regard as sacred, from iconic sites such as Iona, Lindisfarne and Stonehenge to more out-of-the-way pilgrimage destinations, stone circles, holy wells and obscure corners. Then there are places that appeal to a particular following, places of philosophical or celebrity interest such as Karl Marx's tomb in Highgate cemetery, Princess Diana's statue or, for sporting enthusiasts, Twickenham rugby stadium. This book, first published in 2011 as Sacred Britain, has been thoroughly revised with additional sites and re-packaged as part of Bradt's award-winning series of Slow travel guides to regions - and aspects - of the UK. Updates have been included, including to Stonehenge, Tintagel and Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, as well as new locations such as Goat's Hole Cave on the Gower Peninsula, Creswell Crags in Nottinghamshire, Stanton Drew in Somerset and St Nectan's Glen in Cornwall. Also new is the memorial to Princess Diana in Kensington Palace Gardens, which is included in addition to the island on the Althorp estate on which she is buried. Sites in England, Wales and Scotland are featured, from far-flung islands to ancient chalk hill carvings, hot springs and sites of myth, legend and apparition; and from soaring cathedrals to Buddhist and Hindu temples, shrines to martyred saints, irreligious philosophers and immortal rock stars - locations revered for their connections with art, music, literature, sport, crime; and places holding emotional associations for those with ancestral roots on Britain.

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