Halton Holegate Leaflet 18/10/06 09:13 Page 2 The Walk Map & Walk The Walk The Walk Halton 1 From the pub walk eastwards Continue in the same direction Holegate At the next junction turn left 1 5 Cross the two bridges and bear At the track turn right, and at 8 At the end of the next field, down the hill heading towards through a copse, paddocks and right to the start of the hedge the junction of paths and tracks where several public footpaths along the track marked public St Andrew’s Church. gardens (following the 2 and small copse to a waymarker turn right up the track marked meet, turn right and follow the bridleway. waymarkers) to a bridge. Cross N 12 post. Go through the hedge public bridleway. footpath across the field to a 11 This impressive church was the bridge and keep to the left and cross the field by bearing bridge in the hedge ahead. At the next junction turn right largely constructed from local edge of the next field to the 3 diagonally left and following Rejoin the instructions for the along the track marked public Spilsby sandstone, known as road. the footpath sign to the tree longer walk at 11 to return to Cross the bridge and turn left bridleway. Follow the track as it greenstone. Local legend tells of 10 and gap in the hedge line and Halton Holegate. along the field edge. At the turns into a tarmac road and Thomas Clay, a regular church 4 Turn right and follow the road 11 enters Halton Holegate. Look goer, who had requested that when he Toynton another footpath sign. end of the field continue for approximately 50m. Turn out for an information board died he wanted to be carried the mile or so from All Saints FOR THE LONGER ROUTE: straight on over a bridge to his house to the church across the fields, but his right into the field following Cross into the next field and Pensgate Lane. that will tell you more about body was taken via the roads. On the day of the the public footpath sign. Walk bear left to another footpath 7 Turn left along the public foot- the area. funeral villagers saw a light from his house across along the edge of the field sign on the roadside, halfway path between the barn and the 9 Turn left to visit the village of the fields to the church. Now when a villager keeping the hedge on the right 4 dies, it is said that a light shines and can be seen along the field hedge. church, through the churchyard Toynton All Saints, or to The lane crosses the now disused, but still for 300m then bear diagonally on the church tower, and is known locally as 9 to a field. continue the walk turn right visible, railway line which ran between Spilsby Clay’s light. left across the field to a wooden 6 Turn right and follow the road and follow the lane as it turns and Firsby. Opened in 1868 it finally closed in bridge. 5 into Toynton St Peter. In the Cross the field by bearing into a track and bends sharp left 1958. The old station can still be seen in village turn right towards slightly left to a then right. Take the public Halton Holegate. 2 As the road bends to the left Toynton All Saints and then bridge in the hedge. footpath on the left, take the public footpath on the Hedges like this one are right along Church Lane. immediately after the bends, At the end of the lane turn left right to the church. Follow the important for wildlife, especially through an area of newly path along the hedge and past in an agriucultural landscape. 7 to return to the starting point. 8 FOR THE SHORTER ROUTE: Look out for Lincoln red cattle planted trees and hedges. the church and out into the They provide nesting sites, shelter (400m) and food for birds, and a corridor for grazing these and surrounding field. Bear diagonally right to 6 fields. This breed is one of the oldest movement for small mammals, and because 1 7 Continue past the church and 10 At the track turn right along the Scale /4 mile the far right corner of the field. many hedge plants flower and come into leaf along the field edge, with the of the UK’s native beef breeds and has a rich deep public bridleway and past a Toynton St Peter cherry red coat. The breed originated in the late early in the year they provide food for a variety of hedge on the right, on the number of fishing ponds. Follow the footpath through a insects. 18th and early 19th century when a local breeder public footpath. Where the crossed some cherry-red coloured Durham and private garden to the road. “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 hedge turns right, bear left York shorthorns with some local draught animals, The tower of St Peter’s Church Majesty’s Stationery Office (C) Crown Copyright and Unauthorised reproduction infringes the resulting breed was called the Lincolnshire red Crown Copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS Licence I00025370” across the field to the corner. 3 Turn left, walk past the school at Toynton St Peter can be seen shorthorn. to the second public footpath ahead. Cross the bridge and walk on the right, as the road bends. straight across the next field towards Spilsby church tower in the distance..