Bradley Barnoldby Loop

BEFORE SETTING OFF

> Make sure that you’ve got appropriate footwear for your walk > Check the weather before leaving your house and dress accordingly > Check that the walk is suitable for you and your party. If in any doubt then contact the PRoW team for more details > Let a friend or relative know where you are planning to walk especially if you are off out exploring by yourself BRADLEY > Make sure that you’ve got your mobile phone and that it’s got plenty of battery left BARNOLDBY LOOP 5¼ miles (8½km) WHEN OUT WALKING REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE COUNTRYSIDE CODE

> Consider the local community and other people enjoying the outdoors > Leave gates and property as you find them and stay on the line of the paths > Leave no trace of your visit and take your litter home > Keep dogs under effective control > Plan ahead and be prepared > Follow advice and local signs

Suitable for walkers Refreshments with dogs available When you’re out walking in the countryside, please respect the Countryside Code.

PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD BRADLEY BARNOLDBY LOOP

Walking is a great activity for just about anyone irrespective of This is a great walk to get out and discover the countryside right their age or level of fitness. Regularly getting out and about is on your doorstep. The walk starts in the picturesque Bradley an ideal way of becoming more active. A good walk can improve Woods, easily accessible off Bradley Road. There is ample car the strength and flexibility of your joints, boosts your immune parking at the start. system and lift your mood. It’s also a great way of discovering North East Lincolnshire. During the middle ages Bradley Woods and nearby Dixon Woods were favourite haunts for the Mayor of Grimsby and the Whether you are the type of person to ‘get your hiking boots on’, enjoy a ‘gentle stroll with the family’ or prefer a ‘brisk walk with the Burgess where they would hunt for boar. At the time, the woods dogs’ we have just the walk for you. would have covered a much greater acreage than today and the noblemen would have raced up and down the ‘rides’ chasing boar. With more than 50 parks and open spaces to enjoy alongside coastal paths and many countryside trails, North East Lincolnshire The people of Bradley used to supply the boar for the Mayor’s has wonderful walks and cycle routes to choose from. As we’re banquets and this is reflected in the coat of arms of Grimsby. located on the edge of the rolling Lincolnshire Wolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, there are many more to discover right Roughly halfway around the walk, you’ll come to the village of on our doorstep. Barnoldby-le-Beck, passing St Helen’s Church. Now a Grade I listed building, over the years the Norman structure has been Discover more of what North East Lincolnshire has to offer on significantly restored and renovated. Small parts of the original www.DiscoverNorthEastLincolnshire.co.uk including plenty of building still remain as do examples of medieval glass in the other walking routes around the area. church windows.

ULCEBY Walkers can stop off at The Ship Inn for a drink and something

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1 27 IMMINGHAM HABROUGH 25 2 START Immingham Library, AD RO KIRMINGT BY Pelham Road ON 23 BROCKLES Postcode: DN40 1QF

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D lillystearoom.co.uk 1 15 Head west along Pelham Road 14 LD ROA The instructions given in this 2 Bear left onto the B1210 CUXWO guide take you in a clockwise Stallingborough Road direction around the route 3 After the level crossing turn 8 At the end of the track swing right 13 11 right towards Keelby then turn left towards Swallow 4 After entering Keelby turn left 9 Go straight across at the 12 onto South Street junction with the A1173 15 Take the first left onto 5 10 Continue onto St Bartholomew’s Turn right then immediately Whitegate Hill towards Caistor Close then onto Riby Road left to Swallow. Head straight 16 Cross the A46 then turn left 6 through the village Turn left onto the A18. Take onto South Dale 11 22 Take care when crossing the care along this road In Cuxwold turn right and 17 Take a sharp right onto Horse 7 follow the road to Rothwell A18, head towards Brocklesby Take the first right along a small Market 12 23 Go straight ahead through single track Turn right onto partridge Drive 18 in Rothwell Continue up Plough Hill into Brocklesby and turn right onto Market Street the B1210 towards Habrough 13 After the pub turn right and 19 24 head uphill on Caistor Road Turn right onto High Street Continue along the B1210 past Habrough and turn right at the 14 20 Follow the road to the junction Turn right onto the B1225 mini roundabout with the A1173 and turn left 25 Turn left onto Mill Lane 21 After the woods bear right and

follow the route northwards 26 Turn left onto Church Lane and follow the road as it turns into Washdyke Lane

27 Turn right onto Pelham Road back towards the start of the route On leaving Barnoldby you head north along the network of footpaths and bridleways passing Laceby Manor Golf Course before heading back through the woods to complete your walk.

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START Bradley Woods Car Park Postcode: DN37 0AA 1 15 2

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The instructions given in this 5 guide take you in a clockwise 11 direction around the route

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The Ship Inn, BARNOLDBY LE BECK Main Road, Barnoldby Le Beck, DN37 OBG 01472 822308 7 (book in advance) 9 8

BRADLEY BARNOLDBY LOOP 5¼ miles (8½km)

1. From the car park continue along 6. You may spot rare breed sheep 11. Cross the bridge and follow 16. Look out for a path crossing the road into the woods passing at Glebe Farm the direction of the waymarker the tarmac road with 2 way sign alongside the green metal gates across the arable field posts either side of the road. 7. Follow the track into the Turn right here and continue 2. At the playing area turn left village passing the Obelisk and 12. At the junction with the stone along the ditch side along the bridleway and continuing straight ahead. Take track turn right following the continue out of the woods along care along the road to meet direction of the waymarker 17. Cross the bridge and continue the field edge with the busy Main Road alongside the golf course along the ditch side 3. Ignore the path on the right and 8. Turn right onto Main Road. 13. At the first 3 way signpost 18. Turn right at the junction with continue straight ahead Refreshments may be available continue straight ahead taking the track and head towards at The Ship Inn public house care through the farm yard the woods then turn left at the 4. Ignore the path on the left and waymarker following the outer continue straight ahead through 9. Turn right at the Footpath sign 14. At the second 3 way signpost edge of the woods the metal barrier post and follow the track north turn right along the tarmac road towards and through woodland 19. Turn right at the 3 way sign 5. As you cross the drain the 15. Ignore the path on the right and post into the woods and back path turns sharp right then 10. On emerging from the the left to the start immediately left. Ignore the path woodland look out for the off to the right and follow the waymarker at the stone track waymarker south to Barnoldby indicating the path north across an arable field to a bridge