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Stage 1: Horncastle to Green Lane Stage 2: Green Lane to Belchford Hill Stage 3: Belchford Hill to Horncastle (10.5 km and approx. 50 minutes) (8.7 km and approx. 45 minutes) (13.5 km and approx. 1 hour 10 minutes) 146m 120m ROUTES 34m Cycling is a great way to keep t and appreciate the 1 Leave the car park and turn left onto South 1 Turn left at the junction, signposted Goulceby 1 Carefully cycle downhill into Belchford, past countryside. These easy to read leaets provide CYCLE Street and continue across the trac lights and continue downhill. the church and through the village uphill then useful information on mileage, approximate timing and gradient. and up North Street. down to the crossroads with the A153. 2 Take the next right onto Ranyard Lane. Ignore A simple map and points of interest are included – 2 Turn left onto Hemingby Lane and up to the the next left hand turn, continuing until you reach 2 Carefully cross the main road to continue for those times when you need to catch your breath, admire the countryside or explore the area. next junction. Cross Docking Lane and the next junction. along, signposted Hemingby. Follow the road as continue ahead up Horncastle Road, it bends to the right then take the left turning, Good cycling code:- signposted Hemingby. 3 Turn left onto the A153 and continue until you signposted Horncastle. Always follow the Highway Code and Countryside Code take the next right turn into Scamblesby. Cycle Be safe and be seen – wear a helmet and high 3 At the next junction, turn left Roman road past the school, taking the right onto South Street. 3 Retrace your route into Horncastle, turning visibility clothing and use lights towards Hemingby and take Continue along the narrow lane and follow the right onto North Street, through the trac lights Keep your bike roadworthy and carry a puncture repair kit the rst right onto Chapel road as it bends left to become Chapel Lane . and onto South Street. Turn right into the car Be courteous to other road users Lane, then at the end, Green Lane park, your starting point. Take plenty of water and have a drink regularly. turn right onto Green 4 Continue along out of the village and into open All cycle routes start from the Cattle Market Car Park Lane. Continue along countryside and cycle way up Rowgate Hill. Once 1 Hemingby A153 on South Street, Horncastle (TF 259 693 Postcode: passing wide grass at the top, turn right onto the Bluestone Heath Belchford LN9 6EB). Please check for parking restrictions. verges and the 3 Road and continue along the escarpment until Scamblesby Roman road . you take the next road turning on your right, 2 signposted Belchford. Horncastle Road 3 Scamblesby Horncastle Road Belchford 3 2 Chapel Lane Ranyard Lane 4 B Docking l Hemingby u e Lane s t H Rowgate Hill o e n m e Docking i H n A153 e g Lane Hemingby Lane b a y t h L KEY R A153 a o n a e 1 Route d Main Roads A153 Minor Roads A153 2 Wooded Area N Horncastle Towns/Villages A158 Horncastle A158 Points of interest A158 Horncastle START 1 Route maps not to scale FINISH The Lincolnshire Wolds is a nationally important and Lincolnshire Wolds Points of Interest: cherished landscape. Part of it was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1973. CYCLEROUTE Wide verges and Roman Road at Hemingby Wolds Methodist Centre Covering an area of 558 square kilometres or 216 square ROUTES A key distinctive landscape feature of the Where there were once over 30 miles, the rolling chalk hills of the AONB have been Lincolnshire Wolds is the grassed roadside verges chapels welcoming over 3,000 inhabited since prehistoric times whilst the appearance Horncastle to Rowgate Hill and the wider network of green lanes, with some worshippers in the local area, the as wide as 20 metres. Those found alongside the Wolds Methodist Centre is now of the countryside today has been greatly inuenced CYCLE drovers roads and other ancient routeways the only place of Methodist by past and present agricultural practices. and back commonly provide the most flower-rich verges worship within the southern Wolds. Follow the Bain Valley, cross Roman Roads and and are thought to form remnants of Here you will find excellent The Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service helps to protect explore wide verge lined lanes before a pre-enclosure pastures. Today the wide verges in information boards about both the and enhance the landscape through partnership projects strenuous ride up to the Bluestone Heath Road. the Wolds provide an important additional history and wildlife of Scamblesy with local landowners, farmers, parish councils, businesses grassland habitat, often acting as linear corridors village, along with further Take your time - the views are worth it! for birds, small mammals and insects, connecting information on Methodism. and residents of the Wolds. pockets of isolated grassland. Heading eastwards from Lincoln to Burgh le Marsh, then possibly onto a Roman port south of Places of interest/refreshments: Skegness, this Roman Road is mainly now marked Bluestone Heath Road The Coach and Horses, Hemingby Tel: 01507 578280 as green lanes and footpaths across the Wolds. This ancient route follows the southern edge of Salt was produced along the coast and was Three Horseshoes Pub & village shop, Goulceby Tel: 01507 343909 the Chalk escarpment, with fine views south over probably transported along the road to Lincoln the valleys of the Bain, Waring & Lymn. The Green Man Inn & village shop, Scamblesby Tel: 01507 343317 and across The Wash by ferry to Norfolk. Northwards, you can catch a glimpse into the The Blue Bell Inn, Belchford Tel: 01507 533602 steep sided valleys of Farforth, Oxcombe, The Lindsey Trail is a 69 mile multi-use circular Ruckland and Worlaby, formed by torrents of route around the Lincolnshire Wolds, extending Numerous refreshment outlets available throughout Horncastle. spring melt-water from neighbouring ice sheets from Market Rasen to Horncastle and beyond. at the end of the last glaciation approx. 17,000 The route is suitable for carriage drivers, horse years ago. The route was used to drive cattle and Tourist Information: riders, cyclist and walkers. sheep from the higher chalk land for summer www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/coast-countryside/ Tel: 01507 601111 grazing on the coastal marsh. walking-cycling-horse-riding Email: [email protected] www.lovelincolnshirewolds.com LWCS 03/21 2.5K LWCS @LoveLincsWolds @LoveLincsWolds LoveLincsWolds © Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service, Navigation Warehouse, Distance: 32 km (20 miles) Riverhead Road, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0DA 01522 555780 Terrain: Country roads, with a short section on the A153 www.lincswolds.org.uk [email protected] www.dabgraphics.co.uk Highest Point: 146 metres above sea level @LincsWoldsAONB @LincsWoldsAONB Lowest Point: 34 metres above sea level Mobile app: www.visorando.co.uk Journey Time @ 12 kmph: 2 ¾ hours plus breaks Designed & Produced by by Designed & Produced Contact us if you would like this leaet in an alternative format.