Be a responsible walker Walk Information Walks Introduction

Please remember the countryside is a place where people live egness & This walk uses footpaths and a was granted a charter and and work and where wildlife makes its home. To protect the Walk Location: is on the Lincolnshire Sk B short section of road to link the became a busy . As Lincolnshire countryside for other visitors please respect it and Coast. u towns of Skegness and Burgh le you approach the town, it is on every visit follow the Countryside Code. Thank you. r Marsh. There are opportunities dominated by the and Starting point: Leisure Centre, Southview Leisure g to reduce the length of the windmill. The mill was built in Park, Burgh Road, Skegness. h • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs walk, and a regular service 1813 and restored in 1947. Grid reference TF 547 651. l runs between Known as Dobson’s windmill it • Leave gates and property as you find them e and Skegness if you only wish to was named after the last miller, • Protect plants and animals, and take litter home M h Parking: Southview Leisure Centre. ars walk one way. Frank Dobson. • Keep dogs under close control • Consider other people Public Transport: The Interconnect 6 service runs regularly Prior to the arrival of the railway Most of all enjoy your visit to the between Lincoln and Skegness and stops in Burgh le Marsh and in Skegness in 1873 it was a outside Southview Leisure Park. For further information and village with less than 400 Lincolnshire countryside times call the Traveline on 08706082608 or visit residents. The railway brought This leaflet is one in a series of walk leaflets produced by www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/busrailtravel. more visitors and day trippers. Lincolnshire County Council’s Conservation Services The Earl of Scarborough owned Section to help you explore and enjoy the County’s maps for the area: Explorer 274 Skegness, most of the land and in the countryside. If you have enjoyed these walks and Alford & . Landranger 122 Skegness & . 1870s started developing the would like information on other walking routes in village by building tree lined Walk length: 12 km (71/ miles). It will take approximately 31/ streets, parks, a church, new Lincolnshire then please visit our website. 2 2 hours to complete the walk at a leisurely pace. There is the houses and a . The town option to shorten the route by using the bus either to or from continued to expand into the If you encounter any problems whilst on these walks, such Burgh le Marsh. 20th century with the as an overgrown path or a broken sign post, please let us development of parks know so they can be corrected. Type of walk: The walk uses village paths, field paths, tracks and and holiday centres, and quiet lanes. Mostly level it may be uneven and muddy in places. remains a popular seaside We would also welcome your comments and suggestions on the The busy A158 road is crossed twice. resort today. walk and leaflet to help improve future editions. An important Anglo-Saxon Refreshments: Restaurants at Southview Leisure Centre, shops, settlement called Burg or Burch cafes and in Burgh le Marsh. existed on the site of the town If you require this leaflet in another format of Burgh le Marsh. In 1401 it please contact us Public Toilets: Market Place, Burgh le Marsh.

This walk and leaflet have been put together with the help of Skegness Town Council. Lincolnshire County Council Natural Environment Team Tel: 01522 782070 Minicom: 01522 552055 Email: [email protected] © Website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/countryside Published June 2007

1 A circular walk of 12km (7 /2 miles)

Be a responsible walker Walk Information Lincolnshire Walks Introduction

Please remember the countryside is a place where people live egness & This walk uses footpaths and a was granted a charter and and work and where wildlife makes its home. To protect the Walk Location: Skegness is on the Lincolnshire Sk B short section of road to link the became a busy market town. As Lincolnshire countryside for other visitors please respect it and Coast. u towns of Skegness and Burgh le you approach the town, it is on every visit follow the Countryside Code. Thank you. r Marsh. There are opportunities dominated by the church and Starting point: Leisure Centre, Southview Leisure g to reduce the length of the windmill. The mill was built in Park, Burgh Road, Skegness. h • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs walk, and a regular bus service 1813 and restored in 1947. Grid reference TF 547 651. l runs between Burgh le Marsh Known as Dobson’s windmill it • Leave gates and property as you find them e and Skegness if you only wish to was named after the last miller, • Protect plants and animals, and take litter home M h Parking: Southview Leisure Centre. ars walk one way. Frank Dobson. • Keep dogs under close control • Consider other people Public Transport: The Interconnect 6 service runs regularly Prior to the arrival of the railway Most of all enjoy your visit to the between Lincoln and Skegness and stops in Burgh le Marsh and in Skegness in 1873 it was a outside Southview Leisure Park. For further information and village with less than 400 Lincolnshire countryside times call the Traveline on 08706082608 or visit residents. The railway brought This leaflet is one in a series of walk leaflets produced by www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/busrailtravel. more visitors and day trippers. Lincolnshire County Council’s Conservation Services The Earl of Scarborough owned Section to help you explore and enjoy the County’s Ordnance Survey maps for the area: Explorer 274 Skegness, most of the land and in the countryside. If you have enjoyed these walks and Alford & Spilsby. Landranger 122 Skegness & Horncastle. 1870s started developing the would like information on other walking routes in village by building tree lined Walk length: 12 km (71/ miles). It will take approximately 31/ streets, parks, a church, new Lincolnshire then please visit our website. 2 2 hours to complete the walk at a leisurely pace. There is the houses and a pier. The town option to shorten the route by using the bus either to or from continued to expand into the If you encounter any problems whilst on these walks, such Burgh le Marsh. 20th century with the as an overgrown path or a broken sign post, please let us development of caravan parks know so they can be corrected. Type of walk: The walk uses village paths, field paths, tracks and and holiday centres, and quiet lanes. Mostly level it may be uneven and muddy in places. remains a popular seaside We would also welcome your comments and suggestions on the The busy A158 road is crossed twice. resort today. walk and leaflet to help improve future editions. An important Anglo-Saxon Refreshments: Restaurants at Southview Leisure Centre, shops, settlement called Burg or Burch cafes and pubs in Burgh le Marsh. existed on the site of the town If you require this leaflet in another format of Burgh le Marsh. In 1401 it please contact us Public Toilets: Market Place, Burgh le Marsh.

This walk and leaflet have been put together with the help of Skegness Town Council. Lincolnshire County Council Natural Environment Team Tel: 01522 782070 Minicom: 01522 552055 Email: [email protected] © Website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/countryside Published June 2007

1 A circular walk of 12km (7 /2 miles) The Walk Map & Walk The Walk The Walk

1 With your back to the Leisure 3 Cross Middle Marsh Lane and To continue the walk cross the A158 Follow the footpath alongside the passing the industrial buildings Centre turn right and walk continue in the same direction (400m) with care near the junction with drain and after approximately and a caravan store to your left. towards the park entrance. over a series of bridges and 1 Road. 200m bear diagonally right to the Continue in the same direction Burgh le Scale /4 N stiles until you cross a farm lane, corner of the field. Ignore the for approximately 11/ km Marsh mile 2 2 Turn right along Beech Way and with farm buildings on your 6 Follow the footpath up the farm first bridge on the right and (1 mile) to a junction with a follow the footpath signs. By Skegness immediate left. Cross this lane, pa lane passing the chip shop, and then continue alongside the drain. path on the left. ss Follow the road as it turns sharp over another stile and along the 1 the Red Lion on your right. After Follow the footpath over two 4 left and the surface ends. Walk field edge path to a second stile approximately 100m turn left onto a bridges and then turn right over a 10 At this point the path continues directly ahead between two and field. A third stile takes you 6 public footpath. Walk along the bridge. Walk diagonally left ahead into Skegness. To mobile homes to the next to the final field on this section right hand edge of the field to a across the field heading between A158 12 complete the walk, turn footpath sign by the hedge. of the walk. Here, the path 2 bridge. Cross the bridge, turn right the barn and the left hand corner 5 diagonally left and slightly back continues ahead for about two 3 and follow the path along the edge of the field to a footpath sign and on yourself across the field to a Turn right, along the hedge to a thirds the field’s length, until of the drain to another bridge. Middlemarsh Lane. footpath sign and bridge. Cross bridge into Roach Farm Park. As 11 you reach a waymaker by the Continue over the bridge and the bridge and follow the path you enter this park, turn right, 7 hedge. 9 straight on across the field. 8 Turn left along Middlemarsh Lane alongside the drain to a second alongside the drain until you and head bridge, and then, with some meet another bridge. Once 4 At this point, turn diagonally These arable fields are the ideal place to see towards the wooden buildings on your across the bridge the path left to a kissing gate. Cross the lapwings and skylarks. Lapwings are a A158, past Old right, join the A158. continues west road with care and continue in striking bird, easy to identify Marsh Chapel, to a with its long crest and green towards Burgh le the same direction to a gate and footpath sign on Marsh. iridescent plumage on its back. stile. Enter a short lane, to join It also has a distinctive pee-weet your right, immediately 11 Immediately opposite is the cycle/footpath.5 call which has led to it often being after the council tip road Southview Leisure Park. Cross called the peewit. Views of the church and and drain. 8 10 the A158, with care, turn right windmill at Burgh le Marsh are 5 Turn right and follow the and then at the footpath sign now almost directly ahead. The footpath/cycle way towards The Jolly Fisherman, the symbol of 7 Cross the bridge and turn left Skegness, was commissioned by the immediately after the second higher ground in the distance to the Burgh le Marsh. Continue on right is the . Designated an along a farm lane. Follow the Great Northern Railway Company in 1908, water feature, turn left along Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the short distance into Burgh le lane for approximately 150m and drawn by John Hassall. The original the field edge path with lakes poster can be found in Skegness Town Hall, 1973 it covers 216 square miles. Marsh for refreshments, toilets and then bear diagonally and eventually mobile homes and the bus stop if you having been given to the town in 1966 by right to the corner of the British Railways. and hedge on your left. want to catch the “Map drawn from aerial photography copyright Lincolnshire County Council and Getmapping PLC. Lincolnshire County Council reproduced from OS mapping with permission of the controller of Her field. bus back to Majesty’s Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright and Unauthorised reproduction infringes 9 Turn right onto this footpath, 12 At the road turn right to return Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS Licence I00025370” Skegness. Old Marsh Chapel was founded by keeping the drain on the right, to the Leisure Centre. W. G. Tozer, bishop of Zanzibar, Route Other public rights of way Jamaica and Honduras, and built between 1865 and 1867. Originally there was a schoolroom below the chapel. The Walk Map & Walk The Walk The Walk

1 With your back to the Leisure 3 Cross Middle Marsh Lane and To continue the walk cross the A158 Follow the footpath alongside the passing the industrial buildings Centre turn right and walk continue in the same direction (400m) with care near the junction with drain and after approximately and a caravan store to your left. towards the park entrance. over a series of bridges and 1 Ingoldmells Road. 200m bear diagonally right to the Continue in the same direction Burgh le Scale /4 N stiles until you cross a farm lane, corner of the field. Ignore the for approximately 11/ km Marsh mile 2 2 Turn right along Beech Way and with farm buildings on your 6 Follow the footpath up the farm first bridge on the right and (1 mile) to a junction with a follow the footpath signs. By Skegness immediate left. Cross this lane, pa lane passing the chip shop, and then continue alongside the drain. path on the left. ss Follow the road as it turns sharp over another stile and along the 1 the Red Lion on your right. After Follow the footpath over two 4 left and the surface ends. Walk field edge path to a second stile approximately 100m turn left onto a bridges and then turn right over a 10 At this point the path continues directly ahead between two and field. A third stile takes you 6 public footpath. Walk along the bridge. Walk diagonally left ahead into Skegness. To mobile homes to the next to the final field on this section right hand edge of the field to a across the field heading between A158 12 complete the walk, turn footpath sign by the hedge. of the walk. Here, the path 2 bridge. Cross the bridge, turn right the barn and the left hand corner 5 diagonally left and slightly back continues ahead for about two 3 and follow the path along the edge of the field to a footpath sign and on yourself across the field to a Turn right, along the hedge to a thirds the field’s length, until of the drain to another bridge. Middlemarsh Lane. footpath sign and bridge. Cross bridge into Roach Farm Park. As 11 you reach a waymaker by the Continue over the bridge and the bridge and follow the path you enter this park, turn right, 7 hedge. 9 straight on across the field. 8 Turn left along Middlemarsh Lane alongside the drain to a second alongside the drain until you and head bridge, and then, with some meet another bridge. Once 4 At this point, turn diagonally These arable fields are the ideal place to see towards the wooden buildings on your across the bridge the path left to a kissing gate. Cross the lapwings and skylarks. Lapwings are a A158, past Old right, join the A158. continues west road with care and continue in striking bird, easy to identify Marsh Chapel, to a with its long crest and green towards Burgh le the same direction to a gate and footpath sign on Marsh. iridescent plumage on its back. stile. Enter a short lane, to join It also has a distinctive pee-weet your right, immediately 11 Immediately opposite is the cycle/footpath.5 call which has led to it often being after the council tip road Southview Leisure Park. Cross called the peewit. Views of the church and and drain. 8 10 the A158, with care, turn right windmill at Burgh le Marsh are 5 Turn right and follow the and then at the footpath sign now almost directly ahead. The footpath/cycle way towards The Jolly Fisherman, the symbol of 7 Cross the bridge and turn left Skegness, was commissioned by the immediately after the second higher ground in the distance to the Burgh le Marsh. Continue on right is the Lincolnshire Wolds. Designated an along a farm lane. Follow the Great Northern Railway Company in 1908, water feature, turn left along Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the short distance into Burgh le lane for approximately 150m and drawn by John Hassall. The original the field edge path with lakes poster can be found in Skegness Town Hall, 1973 it covers 216 square miles. Marsh for refreshments, toilets and then bear diagonally and eventually mobile homes and the bus stop if you having been given to the town in 1966 by right to the corner of the British Railways. and hedge on your left. want to catch the “Map drawn from aerial photography copyright Lincolnshire County Council and Getmapping PLC. Lincolnshire County Council reproduced from OS mapping with permission of the controller of Her field. bus back to Majesty’s Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright and Unauthorised reproduction infringes 9 Turn right onto this footpath, 12 At the road turn right to return Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS Licence I00025370” Skegness. Old Marsh Chapel was founded by keeping the drain on the right, to the Leisure Centre. W. G. Tozer, bishop of Zanzibar, Route Other public rights of way Jamaica and Honduras, and built between 1865 and 1867. Originally there was a schoolroom below the chapel. The Walk Map & Walk The Walk The Walk

1 With your back to the Leisure 3 Cross Middle Marsh Lane and To continue the walk cross the A158 Follow the footpath alongside the passing the industrial buildings Centre turn right and walk continue in the same direction (400m) with care near the junction with drain and after approximately and a caravan store to your left. towards the park entrance. over a series of bridges and 1 Ingoldmells Road. 200m bear diagonally right to the Continue in the same direction Burgh le Scale /4 N stiles until you cross a farm lane, corner of the field. Ignore the for approximately 11/ km Marsh mile 2 2 Turn right along Beech Way and with farm buildings on your 6 Follow the footpath up the farm first bridge on the right and (1 mile) to a junction with a follow the footpath signs. By Skegness immediate left. Cross this lane, pa lane passing the chip shop, and then continue alongside the drain. path on the left. ss Follow the road as it turns sharp over another stile and along the 1 the Red Lion on your right. After Follow the footpath over two 4 left and the surface ends. Walk field edge path to a second stile approximately 100m turn left onto a bridges and then turn right over a 10 At this point the path continues directly ahead between two and field. A third stile takes you 6 public footpath. Walk along the bridge. Walk diagonally left ahead into Skegness. To mobile homes to the next to the final field on this section right hand edge of the field to a across the field heading between A158 12 complete the walk, turn footpath sign by the hedge. of the walk. Here, the path 2 bridge. Cross the bridge, turn right the barn and the left hand corner 5 diagonally left and slightly back continues ahead for about two 3 and follow the path along the edge of the field to a footpath sign and on yourself across the field to a Turn right, along the hedge to a thirds the field’s length, until of the drain to another bridge. Middlemarsh Lane. footpath sign and bridge. Cross bridge into Roach Farm Park. As 11 you reach a waymaker by the Continue over the bridge and the bridge and follow the path you enter this park, turn right, 7 hedge. 9 straight on across the field. 8 Turn left along Middlemarsh Lane alongside the drain to a second alongside the drain until you and head bridge, and then, with some meet another bridge. Once 4 At this point, turn diagonally These arable fields are the ideal place to see towards the wooden buildings on your across the bridge the path left to a kissing gate. Cross the lapwings and skylarks. Lapwings are a A158, past Old right, join the A158. continues west road with care and continue in striking bird, easy to identify Marsh Chapel, to a with its long crest and green towards Burgh le the same direction to a gate and footpath sign on Marsh. iridescent plumage on its back. stile. Enter a short lane, to join It also has a distinctive pee-weet your right, immediately 11 Immediately opposite is the cycle/footpath.5 call which has led to it often being after the council tip road Southview Leisure Park. Cross called the peewit. Views of the church and and drain. 8 10 the A158, with care, turn right windmill at Burgh le Marsh are 5 Turn right and follow the and then at the footpath sign now almost directly ahead. The footpath/cycle way towards The Jolly Fisherman, the symbol of 7 Cross the bridge and turn left Skegness, was commissioned by the immediately after the second higher ground in the distance to the Burgh le Marsh. Continue on right is the Lincolnshire Wolds. Designated an along a farm lane. Follow the Great Northern Railway Company in 1908, water feature, turn left along Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the short distance into Burgh le lane for approximately 150m and drawn by John Hassall. The original the field edge path with lakes poster can be found in Skegness Town Hall, 1973 it covers 216 square miles. Marsh for refreshments, toilets and then bear diagonally and eventually mobile homes and the bus stop if you having been given to the town in 1966 by right to the corner of the British Railways. and hedge on your left. want to catch the “Map drawn from aerial photography copyright Lincolnshire County Council and Getmapping PLC. Lincolnshire County Council reproduced from OS mapping with permission of the controller of Her field. bus back to Majesty’s Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright and Unauthorised reproduction infringes 9 Turn right onto this footpath, 12 At the road turn right to return Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS Licence I00025370” Skegness. Old Marsh Chapel was founded by keeping the drain on the right, to the Leisure Centre. W. G. Tozer, bishop of Zanzibar, Route Other public rights of way Jamaica and Honduras, and built between 1865 and 1867. Originally there was a schoolroom below the chapel.

Be a responsible walker Walk Information Lincolnshire Walks Introduction

Please remember the countryside is a place where people live egness & This walk uses footpaths and a was granted a charter and and work and where wildlife makes its home. To protect the Walk Location: Skegness is on the Lincolnshire Sk B short section of road to link the became a busy market town. As Lincolnshire countryside for other visitors please respect it and Coast. u towns of Skegness and Burgh le you approach the town, it is on every visit follow the Countryside Code. Thank you. r Marsh. There are opportunities dominated by the church and Starting point: Leisure Centre, Southview Leisure g to reduce the length of the windmill. The mill was built in Park, Burgh Road, Skegness. h • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs walk, and a regular bus service 1813 and restored in 1947. Grid reference TF 547 651. l runs between Burgh le Marsh Known as Dobson’s windmill it • Leave gates and property as you find them e and Skegness if you only wish to was named after the last miller, • Protect plants and animals, and take litter home M h Parking: Southview Leisure Centre. ars walk one way. Frank Dobson. • Keep dogs under close control • Consider other people Public Transport: The Interconnect 6 service runs regularly Prior to the arrival of the railway Most of all enjoy your visit to the between Lincoln and Skegness and stops in Burgh le Marsh and in Skegness in 1873 it was a outside Southview Leisure Park. For further information and village with less than 400 Lincolnshire countryside times call the Traveline on 08706082608 or visit residents. The railway brought This leaflet is one in a series of walk leaflets produced by www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/busrailtravel. more visitors and day trippers. Lincolnshire County Council’s Conservation Services The Earl of Scarborough owned Section to help you explore and enjoy the County’s Ordnance Survey maps for the area: Explorer 274 Skegness, most of the land and in the countryside. If you have enjoyed these walks and Alford & Spilsby. Landranger 122 Skegness & Horncastle. 1870s started developing the would like information on other walking routes in village by building tree lined Walk length: 12 km (71/ miles). It will take approximately 31/ streets, parks, a church, new Lincolnshire then please visit our website. 2 2 hours to complete the walk at a leisurely pace. There is the houses and a pier. The town option to shorten the route by using the bus either to or from continued to expand into the If you encounter any problems whilst on these walks, such Burgh le Marsh. 20th century with the as an overgrown path or a broken sign post, please let us development of caravan parks know so they can be corrected. Type of walk: The walk uses village paths, field paths, tracks and and holiday centres, and quiet lanes. Mostly level it may be uneven and muddy in places. remains a popular seaside We would also welcome your comments and suggestions on the The busy A158 road is crossed twice. resort today. walk and leaflet to help improve future editions. An important Anglo-Saxon Refreshments: Restaurants at Southview Leisure Centre, shops, settlement called Burg or Burch cafes and pubs in Burgh le Marsh. existed on the site of the town If you require this leaflet in another format of Burgh le Marsh. In 1401 it please contact us Public Toilets: Market Place, Burgh le Marsh.

This walk and leaflet have been put together with the help of Skegness Town Council. Lincolnshire County Council Natural Environment Team Tel: 01522 782070 Minicom: 01522 552055 Email: [email protected] © Website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/countryside Published June 2007

1 A circular walk of 12km (7 /2 miles) The Walk Map & Walk The Walk The Walk

1 With your back to the Leisure 3 Cross Middle Marsh Lane and To continue the walk cross the A158 Follow the footpath alongside the passing the industrial buildings Centre turn right and walk continue in the same direction (400m) with care near the junction with drain and after approximately and a caravan store to your left. towards the park entrance. over a series of bridges and 1 Ingoldmells Road. 200m bear diagonally right to the Continue in the same direction Burgh le Scale /4 N stiles until you cross a farm lane, corner of the field. Ignore the for approximately 11/ km Marsh mile 2 2 Turn right along Beech Way and with farm buildings on your 6 Follow the footpath up the farm first bridge on the right and (1 mile) to a junction with a follow the footpath signs. By Skegness immediate left. Cross this lane, pa lane passing the chip shop, and then continue alongside the drain. path on the left. ss Follow the road as it turns sharp over another stile and along the 1 the Red Lion on your right. After Follow the footpath over two 4 left and the surface ends. Walk field edge path to a second stile approximately 100m turn left onto a bridges and then turn right over a 10 At this point the path continues directly ahead between two and field. A third stile takes you 6 public footpath. Walk along the bridge. Walk diagonally left ahead into Skegness. To mobile homes to the next to the final field on this section right hand edge of the field to a across the field heading between A158 12 complete the walk, turn footpath sign by the hedge. of the walk. Here, the path 2 bridge. Cross the bridge, turn right the barn and the left hand corner 5 diagonally left and slightly back continues ahead for about two 3 and follow the path along the edge of the field to a footpath sign and on yourself across the field to a Turn right, along the hedge to a thirds the field’s length, until of the drain to another bridge. Middlemarsh Lane. footpath sign and bridge. Cross bridge into Roach Farm Park. As 11 you reach a waymaker by the Continue over the bridge and the bridge and follow the path you enter this park, turn right, 7 hedge. 9 straight on across the field. 8 Turn left along Middlemarsh Lane alongside the drain to a second alongside the drain until you and head bridge, and then, with some meet another bridge. Once 4 At this point, turn diagonally These arable fields are the ideal place to see towards the wooden buildings on your across the bridge the path left to a kissing gate. Cross the lapwings and skylarks. Lapwings are a A158, past Old right, join the A158. continues west road with care and continue in striking bird, easy to identify Marsh Chapel, to a with its long crest and green towards Burgh le the same direction to a gate and footpath sign on Marsh. iridescent plumage on its back. stile. Enter a short lane, to join It also has a distinctive pee-weet your right, immediately 11 Immediately opposite is the cycle/footpath.5 call which has led to it often being after the council tip road Southview Leisure Park. Cross called the peewit. Views of the church and and drain. 8 10 the A158, with care, turn right windmill at Burgh le Marsh are 5 Turn right and follow the and then at the footpath sign now almost directly ahead. The footpath/cycle way towards The Jolly Fisherman, the symbol of 7 Cross the bridge and turn left Skegness, was commissioned by the immediately after the second higher ground in the distance to the Burgh le Marsh. Continue on right is the Lincolnshire Wolds. Designated an along a farm lane. Follow the Great Northern Railway Company in 1908, water feature, turn left along Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the short distance into Burgh le lane for approximately 150m and drawn by John Hassall. The original the field edge path with lakes poster can be found in Skegness Town Hall, 1973 it covers 216 square miles. Marsh for refreshments, toilets and then bear diagonally and eventually mobile homes and the bus stop if you having been given to the town in 1966 by right to the corner of the British Railways. and hedge on your left. want to catch the “Map drawn from aerial photography copyright Lincolnshire County Council and Getmapping PLC. Lincolnshire County Council reproduced from OS mapping with permission of the controller of Her field. bus back to Majesty’s Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright and Unauthorised reproduction infringes 9 Turn right onto this footpath, 12 At the road turn right to return Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS Licence I00025370” Skegness. Old Marsh Chapel was founded by keeping the drain on the right, to the Leisure Centre. W. G. Tozer, bishop of Zanzibar, Route Other public rights of way Jamaica and Honduras, and built between 1865 and 1867. Originally there was a schoolroom below the chapel.

Be a responsible walker Walk Information Lincolnshire Walks Introduction

Please remember the countryside is a place where people live egness & This walk uses footpaths and a was granted a charter and and work and where wildlife makes its home. To protect the Walk Location: Skegness is on the Lincolnshire Sk B short section of road to link the became a busy market town. As Lincolnshire countryside for other visitors please respect it and Coast. u towns of Skegness and Burgh le you approach the town, it is on every visit follow the Countryside Code. Thank you. r Marsh. There are opportunities dominated by the church and Starting point: Leisure Centre, Southview Leisure g to reduce the length of the windmill. The mill was built in Park, Burgh Road, Skegness. h • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs walk, and a regular bus service 1813 and restored in 1947. Grid reference TF 547 651. l runs between Burgh le Marsh Known as Dobson’s windmill it • Leave gates and property as you find them e and Skegness if you only wish to was named after the last miller, • Protect plants and animals, and take litter home M h Parking: Southview Leisure Centre. ars walk one way. Frank Dobson. • Keep dogs under close control • Consider other people Public Transport: The Interconnect 6 service runs regularly Prior to the arrival of the railway Most of all enjoy your visit to the between Lincoln and Skegness and stops in Burgh le Marsh and in Skegness in 1873 it was a outside Southview Leisure Park. For further information and village with less than 400 Lincolnshire countryside times call the Traveline on 08706082608 or visit residents. The railway brought This leaflet is one in a series of walk leaflets produced by www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/busrailtravel. more visitors and day trippers. Lincolnshire County Council’s Conservation Services The Earl of Scarborough owned Section to help you explore and enjoy the County’s Ordnance Survey maps for the area: Explorer 274 Skegness, most of the land and in the countryside. If you have enjoyed these walks and Alford & Spilsby. Landranger 122 Skegness & Horncastle. 1870s started developing the would like information on other walking routes in village by building tree lined Walk length: 12 km (71/ miles). It will take approximately 31/ streets, parks, a church, new Lincolnshire then please visit our website. 2 2 hours to complete the walk at a leisurely pace. There is the houses and a pier. The town option to shorten the route by using the bus either to or from continued to expand into the If you encounter any problems whilst on these walks, such Burgh le Marsh. 20th century with the as an overgrown path or a broken sign post, please let us development of caravan parks know so they can be corrected. Type of walk: The walk uses village paths, field paths, tracks and and holiday centres, and quiet lanes. Mostly level it may be uneven and muddy in places. remains a popular seaside We would also welcome your comments and suggestions on the The busy A158 road is crossed twice. resort today. walk and leaflet to help improve future editions. An important Anglo-Saxon Refreshments: Restaurants at Southview Leisure Centre, shops, settlement called Burg or Burch cafes and pubs in Burgh le Marsh. existed on the site of the town If you require this leaflet in another format of Burgh le Marsh. In 1401 it please contact us Public Toilets: Market Place, Burgh le Marsh.

This walk and leaflet have been put together with the help of Skegness Town Council. Lincolnshire County Council Natural Environment Team Tel: 01522 782070 Minicom: 01522 552055 Email: [email protected] © Website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/countryside Published June 2007

1 A circular walk of 12km (7 /2 miles)