The village is famed for its religious shrines in honour of the Virgin Mary and is a major pilgrimage centre.

Dereham, UK: The newest religious community in the UK has just received the keys to its very first convent – a converted barn complex near Dereham in Mid Norfolk. The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham began life in 2004 in the Slipper Chapel at Walsingham – the village  famed for itsContinue Reading