Prayerwalk around Wannock and Polegate – August 31

Route is about 7 miles in total – bring a packed lunch
Timings are estimated to allow time to pray wherever we need to.

Start at St Wilfrid’s church at 10am

Section 1: about 1½ miles
Pray for Willingdon School which is opposite the church. Turn left and left again into Wannock Avenue
Pray at Willingdon Primary School. Continue into Wannock Lane
Continue to the end of Wannock Lane and turn left into Coppice Avenue Pray at Trinity Church  and continue up Coppice Avenue to Broad Road

Section 2: about 2½ miles – 11.15am
Turn right into Broad Road, then right into Eastbourne Road
Pray about the new housing
Pray at the Triangle where there is an outreach on Saturday mornings.
Continue down Eastbourne Road and turn right into Gorringe Valley Road and then left and right into Wannock Lane which becomes Wannock Road. Pray at Wannock Village Hall. Turn left at Traffic lights and pray at Bernard Baron Home. Come back across lights to Eastbourne Road – No 259 – John and Yvonne Pressdees for lunch (About 1.30pm)

Section 3: 1¾ miles – 2pm?
Back to traffic lights – North Polegate
Pray at the Crossroads which is a major entry point into Eastbourne and then turn right into Polegate High Street
Pray at St George’s church; Pray at Manor Park Medical Centre
Pray at St John’s Pray at Council offices
Pray at Polegate school.
Pray at Downland Medical Centre and pray at ‘You Raise Me Up,’ café for the bereaved.
Pray by the station where chaplaincy team have a table during the week Pray by the railway as an entry point into Eastbourne

Depending on time there are two routes now

1.       After crossing the railway turn left into Black Path, Pray by Polegate Care Home, Then right into Brightling Road and right into Church Road and left to traffic lights,  then continue with 2nd route

2.       Continue along High Street to traffic lights and turn left into Eastbourne Road. Turn right into the Thatchings and then into Park Croft, past the Windmill. Continue along Park Croft and turn left into Farmlands Avenue.  Stop here and pray because a number of St Wilfs (local church) people live in this area and the men’s breakfast is held in the café. Turn right into Broad Road and return to the Church. (About 1 mile)

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