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Social Circles CIC is working to improve the prosperity, health and mental wellbeing of residents in rural Somerset, with a particular focus on the Somerset Levels & Moors.

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The King Alfred Pilgrimage™
All rights reserved. Our Objectives:

* Improve mental health and emotional wellbeing
* Create a sense of ‘taking control’ and increased ‘purpose’
* Provide opportunity for physical exercise and ageing well
* Reduce loneliness and isolation
* Improve sense of ‘belonging’ and inclusion in wider community

We are a listening service so we truly understand the needs and wants of those we work with. Our Pathways ensure longer term support for those that need it, including signposting and referral to other services to improve lives and address the impact of poverty in all its forms

We acknowledge and promote the healing power of nature, and the benefits of nutritionally dense locally grown food to wellbeing and in building relationships, social capital and more resilient communities.

Around 965AD, King Harald Bluetooth declared Denmark a Christian country. This was 87 years after Guthrum, leader of the...
15/10/2026

Around 965AD, King Harald Bluetooth declared Denmark a Christian country. This was 87 years after Guthrum, leader of the viking Danish army, and thirty of his leading warriors were baptised at Aller, a small island in Somerset, in June 878AD after their defeat by King Alfred at the Battle of Ethandun.

Guthrum took the name Æthelstan and ruled as King of East Anglia until his death in 890AD.

Picture: The Jelling Stone

As Wessex burnt one man held his nerve, raised an army and marched against the heathen vikings, defeating them at the Ba...
13/10/2026

As Wessex burnt one man held his nerve, raised an army and marched against the heathen vikings, defeating them at the Battle of Ethandun in May 878AD. You can walk in the footsteps of King Alfred and discover the sites where history happened and this amazing story unfolded.

https://explore.osmaps.com/route/26398769/the-king-alfred-pilgrimage

01/10/2026
A wonderful day walking from Athelney to St.Andrews Aller via Burrowbridge with children from Stoke St Gregory Primary S...
30/09/2026

A wonderful day walking from Athelney to St.Andrews Aller via Burrowbridge with children from Stoke St Gregory Primary School, experiencing the actual locations where the King Alfred story happened.

We were joined by Rev Simon from Athelney Benefice, Cllr Heather Shearer and Jazz Loveys from SW Heritage Trust and thanks to John of Slinky Bus for getting the children back to their school!

Charlie from BBC Somerset breakfast show also joined us to talk to the children and special thanks to the ladies at St Michael’s Church, Burrowbridge for amazing mid-morning snacks!

Diocese of Bath & Wells

Pilgrims are visiting our church and we are so happy about that.
30/09/2026

Pilgrims are visiting our church and we are so happy about that.

Passing by, we had to stop at St Michael's Church at North Newton in Somerset. This tiny, rural building with architectu...
27/09/2026

Passing by, we had to stop at St Michael's Church at North Newton in Somerset. This tiny, rural building with architectural origins stretching back to the 11th century is not on the pilgrimage route but very close by, and sits in a really peaceful corner of the village where it is impossible to do anything but relax and soak up the tranquility of the surrounding landscape.

When you feel you’re being watched … and judged! 😳 St.Andrews Aller Diocese of Bath & Wel...
26/09/2026

When you feel you’re being watched … and judged! 😳

St.Andrews Aller Diocese of Bath & Wells

King Alfred PilgrimageAfter leaving St Mary's Church at North Petherton, our first waymark is St Peter's Church at Nort...
23/09/2026

King Alfred Pilgrimage
After leaving St Mary's Church at North Petherton, our first waymark is St Peter's Church at North Newton which was rebuilt in 1885 but the tower is thought to be of Saxon origin. This is followed by a lovely walk along the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal to Fordgate, where there is a picnic area and interpretation boards showing some of the amazing local wildlife, before heading off on what might be the old routeway between Athelney Abbey and the minster church at North Petherton.

https://explore.osmaps.com/route/26398769/the-king-alfred-pilgrimage

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Langport

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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