Where the coast meets the countryside Enjoy big sky country

Walk this way Sea and sand in spades This is a great area for level walks. Five miles of beautiful sandy Choose a beach walk or a footpath across beaches for you to enjoy! working farmland. Follow part of a disused railway or use an all-access trail.

Dog owners: please keep your dog under close control when on farmland footpaths or near nature reserves – and consider

Lincolnshire County Council County other Coastal Country Park users at all times.

Beachcombing bounty Our beaches are fantastic for beachcombing! If you walk the five miles of shoreline, you may find up to 30 different types of sea shell. Right: Fuse/Getty Images; top right: Lincolnshire County Council Right: Fuse/Getty Lincolnshire County Council Cue the clouds Big Sky Art In ‘Big Sky Country’ you can watch The Round and the drama of weather unfold over Round House land and sea. is one of our ‘Bathing Beauties’ Wonderful for wildlife – Beach Huts for The Coastal Country Park is a the 21st century. wildlife watchers’ paradise. Watch Its all-round seabirds, waders and songbirds; spot views also make butterflies and dragonflies – and look it ideal for bird out for seals and harbour porpoises! watching. Lincolnshire County Council Campbell Laurie Dean Eades Find out more at www.lincolnshirecoastalcountrypark.com Explore, experience and l beautiful big skies l historic villages enjoy this slice of Lincolnshire’s l sandy beaches and dunes l network of footpaths living countryside, with its l wonderful wildlife and nature reserves across working farmland

A B C D E F G Sutton on Sea Acre Gap Sutton Branch Line Walkway P Parking

➔ Includes parking for Sandilands Walk P+ 1 Sandilands1 2 larger vehicles To Alford Creek Walk P Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust reserve Footpath Other wildlife viewing areas Permissive access Toilets (all disabled access) – opening times vary Poplar Farm Chapel Point to Walk Disabled access 2 Walks leaflets available from 01522 782070 and TICs Picnic area Main attraction Farm shop Place to eat

A52 Car Terrace Please keep your dog under close control when on farmland footpaths or near nature Sutton Branch Line P reserves (dogs not allowed on LWT reserves) 3 and always clear up any mess. Respect the Dog Restriction Zones at Anderby Creek and beaches from 1st May - 30th September. Farmer Brown’s Ice Cream Roman Bank

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5 Huttoft Anderby Creek Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary P Cloud Bar Anderby Drainage Museum Round and Round House

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7 On Your Marques P Chapel Six Marshes

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9 NORTH Mike Ritchie Reproduced from OS mapping with the permission of the Controller HMSO © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Chapel St Leonards copyright and may lead to civil proceedings. OS licence 100025370 Lincolnshire County Council Where to go for wildlife Places to visit

There are several Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust nature reserves within the Poplar Farm (Map ref. 2B) Lincolnshire Coastal Country Park, including: Farm shop. Lincoln Longwool sheep and Huttoft Bank Pit (Map ref. 2D) Wolla Bank Reedbed (Map ref. 6F) lambs. Events and activities. Cream teas and Anderby Marsh (Map ref. 6E) Chapel Pit (Map ref. 8F) light refreshments.

Huttoft Marsh (Map ref. 3D) Farm Helen Matthews, Poplar 01507 440202 or 07894 292641

Other great places to see wildlife are: Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary (Map ref. 5A) Rescued donkeys enjoy the rest of their lives Chapel Six Marshes Nature in comfort here. Also horses and ponies. Reserve (Map ref. 7F) 07940 146330 Wetland area with all-access trail so that everyone can get close to nature. Farmer Brown’s Ice Cream (Map ref. 3B) Ice cream parlour, tea room, farm shop and Round and Round House (Map ref. 6E) play area. Cows, sheep, ducks and chickens. All-round views over the beach, dunes 01507 490347 or 07961 320186 and inland pools at Anderby Creek. Ice Cream Brown’s Farmer On Your Marques Model Car Museum (Map ref. 7B) Chapel Point (Map ref. 8G) Model vehicles and motor racing memorabilia. Restored WWII gun emplacement and Pit-Stop Cafe and model car shop. viewing point – now good for gull 01507 490052 On Your MarquesOn Your Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary

Lincolnshire County Council watching. Anderby Drainage Museum (Map ref. 6E) Huttoft Car Terrace (Map ref. 3D) 1945 pumping station housing engines, old One of the best places to watch seabirds – and drainage tools, photographs and from the comfort of your vehicle! archaeological finds. For opening times: 01507 328095

Sutton Branch Line Walkway (Map ref. 2B) Lincolnshire County Council A disused railway line, now managed for wildlife. Anderby Creek Cloud Bar Acre Gap (Map ref. 1C) (Map ref. 5E) Where the sea broke through the defences The world’s first Official during the Great Flood of 1953. Now a flood Cloud Spotting Area! Lincolnshire County Council

alleviation and wildlife area. Geoff Trinder Find out more at www.lincolnshirecoastalcountrypark.com Hull How to get here Traveline Public Transport

Information: www.traveline.info nty Council (LCC); Or telephone 0871 200 22 33 Calls cost 10p per minute plus any each – LCC

Louth charges your network provider makes. Lincolnshire Coastal Country Pa rk Weather in the Alford Lincoln Coastal Country Park Met Office: www.metoffice.gov.uk

Boston British Weather Services Live Line 09061 992 060 0800-2000 hours daily Calls cost £1.53 per minute (mobile King’s Ly nn charges may vary)

Where to stay in the Coastal Country Park Visit Lincolnshire: www.visitlincolnshire.com/accommodation Mablethorpe Tourist Information Centre 01507 474939 Skegness Tourist Information Centre 0845 6740505

For more information: www.lincolnshirecoastalcountrypark.com – Horse riders –Tern Geoff Trinder; Holubecki; Mermaid’s purse – Janina Campbell; Lincolnshire red calf – Laurie Lincolnshire Cou

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