We advance British pilgrimage as a form of cultural heritage that promotes holistic wellbeing, for the public benefit

Award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane is an expert guide to the wonder and wildness of Britain. We are lucky to have his advice and support in taking British pilgrimage forward.

‍Richard Long has been in the vanguard of conceptual art in Britain since 1967, the year he created A Line Made by Walking, an original and poetic work which became a precedent for art as a journey. Through this medium of walking, new subjects for his art became time, space and distance, observed in wilderness regions all over the world. Enigmatically he made Dry Walk – 113 walking miles between one shower of rain and the next. He is maybe the first person to have walked in a straight line across Dartmoor.

Peter spent half his career with Unilever running various businesses around the world, both small to large, initially as finance director and later as operations and managing director. In private equity, Peter was a founding partner of Allianz Capital Partners based in Munich, the direct investment arm of Allianz AG, before becoming a partner of Cinven, the pan-European private equity investor.

Philip was asked to lead the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids in 1988, and since then the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world, now 20,000 strong. He combines this role with writing, and giving talks and workshops.

A leading authority on history of the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. Also the leading historian of the ritual year in Britain and of modern paganism.

Phoebe is passionate about using adventure to help others. She is President of the Long Distance Walkers Association, a multi-award-winning travel writer, photographer and broadcaster, and author of 10 books, with her next one, Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain’s Ancient Paths, published in 2024 by HarperCollins, charting her journey as a non-religious soul to overcome past traumas by walking multiple pilgrim paths.

Patrick is the founding director of the Sustainable Food Trust, which works internationally to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable food systems, and was the founding chairman of British Organic Farmers in 1982. He sees the potential for pilgrimage to reconnect us with our land.

Martin is the Honorary President of FaithInvest, the Chair of the International Network on Conservation and Religion (INCR) as well as Senior faith advisor to WWF International. He is also Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture (ICOREC). Martin is also a regular contributor to the BBC on religious, ethical and historical issues, and has written various books, including ‘Sacred Britain: A Guide to the Sacred Sites and Pilgrim Routes’.

Tristan is an author and natural navigator. He has led expeditions on five continents, climbed mountains across the globe. He has flown and sailed single-handed across the Atlantic, and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society.