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Hexham Abbey

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Hexham Abbey
Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 3NB

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Hexham AbbeyThe Way of Light, HexhamWelcome to a breath-taking trail that transports you from the dawn of Christianity through to contemporary pilgrimage via Dark Ages battles that changed a region’s faith, abbeys that matched Rome for majesty and a stunning seminary that taught England’s leading ecclesiastics.

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