About the route A short easy ride, on mainly quiet country lanes. Starting and fi nishing in West Stockwith. Suitable for all cycles. Trent Vale Cycle Route TVCR19

Cycle Checklist: A150 Route number A631A666331 West Stockwith, Owston A631 19 of 20.

Start Point Ferry and Circular Main Street, West Stockwith. O.S. Grid Ref. SK 791948

Distance A156 Approximately 10 miles (17.5 kms) to 13.5 miles (21.5 kms) (depending on optional routes). A57

Duration 1.5 hours + stops. AA1

Signifi cant points of interest

The “Water Lanes” West Stockwith. A46 St Martin’s Church plus Motte and Bailey .

Smithy Museum Owston Ferry. A177 St Nicholas Church and Mowbray Stone Haxey.

A1 Refreshments Refreshment possibilities in West Stockwith, Owston The dots show the start Ferry and Haxey. points of all our 20 cycle routes. Visit our website for more information.

West Stockwith Basin. A view of the basin where the Chesterfi eld Canal enters the .

Start Point: Main Street, West Stockwith Main Route Length: Approximately 10 miles (17.5 kms) Alternative Route Length: Approximately 13.5 miles (21.5 kms) For more information, visit: This series of cycle rides has been developed in partnership with the Route Duration: 1.5 hours + stops www.trentvale.co.uk charity Sustrans. Route Type: Short ride, road and off road O.S. 1:50000Sheet112©Crown copyright anddatabaserights,2012,Ordnance Survey 100019843.Landmark 100022432.©NextPerspectives, 2012 West Stockwith, Owston Ferry and Haxey Circular

After the church

the road snakes Þ round a series Þ j of bends for approximately one k mile to enter the small village of The Smithy Museum. Þ Þ . As you l leave this village note the fl ag pole and bridleway sign on your right and if Looking West along the Chesterfi eld Canal from taking the longer route turn right here

the road bridge as you enter West Stockwith. otherwise continue straight ahead. Þ 1 Leaving the car park turn North along 3 After a further Main Street. Follow this road for the next half mile, just before four miles alongside the fl ood bank of the the A161 and the River Trent, crossing the county boundary impressive Haxey into , until Owston Ferry is War Memorial, turn reached. Go over the Warping Drain, past left on the minor the old pumping station then shortly after road running parallel Þ passing the turn left at the T-Junction to the A161 to onto High Street. Graiselound. Haxey War Memorial. 6WDUW

Owston 4 Turn left at the end; go round a series Ferry is of bends and then turn right for West home to Stockwith. Cross over the Warping Drain one of the most and at the next cross roads carry straight unique buildings on to re-enter Nottinghamshire, follow the which shaped road back into West Stockwith and turn left its heritage. The A view across fi elds at the T-junction onto Main Street to return South Street venue to Lilley’s Mill at to the start point. houses enormous Owston Ferry. machinery once Alternative route description 3 Follow the West used to drain around 5,000 acres of land road round a 1 Stockwith across the Southern part of the Isle of Follow the short route as far as East sharp left-hand is not in Axholme. It is unique in the fact that the Lound then as you leave the village turn bend and down the Domesday station is the only one of its type in the right onto the bridleway by a fl ag pole and to a roundabout Book and could country to home two sizeable Marshall follow for about half a mile to reach the where you be a slightly L-Class double-expansion steam engines. A161 where you go straight across onto turn left for later settlement, And 100 years on, the station is celebrating a tarmac section. Graiselound. This West Stockwith, garden Parish Church and although it its anniversary which volunteers still use for is Akeferry Road of commemoration. 2 Carry on over the disused railway line Mowbray Stone. The does appear as guided tours, often leaving people stunned and is followed and at the fi rst junction turn left along Church of St Nicholas Wessockiv in 1139. The name ‘Stockwith’ in awe of the size of machinery. back to the A161 Marlborough Avenue to join the B1396 know as the “Cathedral is derived from the Old English word ‘stoc’ where you go and a right turn into Haxey High Street. of the Isle” and the meaning a village/farmstead and the Old 2 Pass the playing fi eld on your left; straight across Continue past Greenhill, St Nicholas Mowbray Stone Norse ‘wath’ meaning a ford/river crossing. continue onto Church Street passing into Graiselound Church and the Water Tower to reach associated with the the Smithy Museum and then the triple to rejoin the . Haxey Hood Game. gateway leading to St Martin’s Church. short route.